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It's a cold crisp day and the sun is shining in a perfectly blue sky. Inside our hospital room, Andrew continues to make progress. Today his bowel 'woke up' which meant he could have his first meal in 6 days - a small cup of chicken broth. He sipped it very slowly making it last as long as possible. The next hour proved pretty eventful - getting in or out of bed usually takes about 10 mins by the time you have unplugged the IV stand and untangled all the drip tubes and drainage bags and then there...
I learned last week, that she has lost her battle with SCLC after a year. She was a unique individual that was very special to me. I will miss her a lot.
I'll miss this website too, as it's been a great place to rant once in a while, the ppl here are truly good. Thanks to all my friends, for being here.
MikeC
i went for my results on monday, after 2 years and 3 rado iodine treatments i've been given the all clear. i'm over moon, its been hard and plenty of tears along the way, and tantrums lol. thankyou to every one thats been there for me.
i'll have to have check ups for rest of my life, i have another illness thats been put on hold while i've been having treatment. so i've to have check ups for that and hope everything alright fingers crossed, but at the moment i'm so happy i'm not thinking...
So, its apparently good news. I thought mum was 'doomed'. That was my initial fear. Its definately not good, but all is not lost.
Mums cancer has spread to her bones, round her chest cavity, into her legs, her spine and into her head. Thats the joy of stage 4. When we were told on Sunday night, all I could do was cry. But they got back from the oncologist today and we've been told they're going to try blasting the cancer in her spine and head.
This will not cure mum but it will...
Dads leg is sore all the time and swollen, he has a physio appointment at the hospice tomorrow, from what I have heard from some of my nurses they say they will strap his leg for the swelling build up which is caused by the blocked lymph node.
His district nurse got in contact yesterday, she has just taken over his case. It still gets me when someone says how frail my dad is as its a word I never thought I would use but that describes him to a tee just now. So I now have both the district nurse...
Well it was sunny when we came out ! A gorgeous warm coppery Autumn Day.
Carrying on with my journal. It's been a hard & low fortnight, but today my shoulder feell a bit lighter. Sister has had her scan/ultrasound for the Pelvic area & try as they could they didn't find anything - nowt on the ovaries.
She came out much happier - 1 less thing to worry about she said. She has been so down - depressed / despairing, lack of sleep with panic / anxiety attacks on waking. Feel better she...
Hi,
My mum was diagnosed with lung cancer 3 weeks ago. At the time, we thought it was just a small tumor on her lung but were then told it had spread to her spine and so was stage 4 lung cancer. Even at this point we were resolute not to give up hope, especially as we were told that the cancer was particularly receptive to chemo. A week ago,however, my mum's oxygen levels fell through the floor( day before chemo started) because the tumor was blocking her left lung and so there was an infection. Now...
Well Im new to this site. I was drawn to here by the warm supportive messages I read.
Cancer has played a big part in my family for a fair few years now.
My nan had a long yearly battle with breast cancer but one the battle but sadly lost hir life due to an attack of bone cancer.
That was 3 years ago she passed away.
Then my grandad got prostate cancer and skin cancer but currently has been sucesful in his battle.
But sadly there is a 3rd family member that has been affectedby cancer my loving dad...
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