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My Mum's just recently been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. I've only just come onto this site and already reading other peoples' stories has made me cry. She's only 58 and I am about 20 years younger than her. It's already spread from her lung to her other parts of her body, therefore they can't operate and won't offer radiotherapy only 6 courses of chemo. It's so unfair and I feel like screaming. She lives abroad and is not allowed to travel back to the UK...
Things are looking up...just managed to eat a whole slice of wholemeal toast, I am sure if I can get this sick feeling under control and my apetite back then I will feel a lot better, Im sure its just nerves though cos I was eating like a horse last week.
Even managed to answer the phones today and not done too much wandering round the office aimlessly.
Hope everyone is ok.
love Terri xx
Doing a Star Wars job here & going back in time now.
This is a time I really hate myself for and look back in anger at how utterly useless I was. I'm not offering explanations & you can draw your own conclusions as to how I behaved. It's done now & lessons have been learnt.
About 6 years ago I remember clearly my sister coming home after a weekend away and saying she had found a lump. Trying to convince her it could be totally harmless etc was no use & she seemed to know it...
Well another day closer to D Day, feel sicky this morning so just going to take my time and get ready then drive into London for another fun day at work. My company are being fantastic and understand that my head is all over the place at the moment so are giving me a bit of slack when for instance I dont pick up the phone and it just keeps rining or I wander round the office with paper in my hand not quite sure what Im doing with it...not to different to last week to be honest.....lol
Hope everyone...
This is no ordinary soft diet..........This an M&S soft diet!!! lol!
I have been left with eating problems (swallowing,chewing etc)
I managed to stabilise my weight enough to finally have my peg tube removed and at first it was wonderful, soups, custard scrambled eggs etc!
However after a few months my weight dropped as I became bored and depressed with eating the same old things,and because I have little to no saliva, I drink loads of water so I never seem to feel hungry!
Anyway, my family...
Husband is 75 and for a few months had suffered from excessive burping when eating/drinking. Went to GP after suddenly almost choking one day. GP (bless him) immediately arranged for camera-down-throat job at Southend hospital. We had thought they'd say hiatus hernia or similar......
However, they couldn't get the camera down all the way cos of a 'growth' blocking its passage and the operative told us, regretfully, it was almost definitely cancer. Biopsies were taken and a CT scan done. We...
Clive is still feeling really well, and has been doing lots of normal things. Had a fab night out in London. Clive's amazing boss treated us. People really can be so kind! Are looking forward to our Vegas trip in just over a weeks time. Clive is really looking forward to meeting up with some old friends while we are over there too.
I never want this to end, Clive feeling great and spending some wonderful time together. I can't get away from the feeling that the clock is ticking......
I am sending this not even knowing what I`m doing. Is this the same as our old Share site posting? I have sent email to Help section as I am tottally confused with this new site. I have only been learning the computor since husband was ill (October 2008) and felt as if I`d mastered the Share site but now!!!!!!! I`m totally useless please advise!!!! LIZBRAD
Hi everyone, I am now 4 weeks post surgery and starting to feel a lot better. I'm still not feeling well enough for my liking, but that's just me. Still have seroma which has been drained twice but doesn't want to go away. (It must love me!)
I am missing work and my lovely colleagues who have been sending cards, flowers, messages and their love and support.
Today has been a good day for the most part.
Around 11am my lovely friend came and took me for lunch, which was wonderful. She...
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