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Hi All Bert is on day 5 of his chemo and has all the usual side effects, nausea, diarrhoea, hasn't eaten since day 1. Now he has a fight to get his blood count back to something more like normal which I expect will take some time as he was Neutropenic before he even started the Chemo
He has an infection ?? where they don't know yet so his temp continues to spike despite all the antibiotics and fluids.
He is also very confused, we still do not have the result of his liver scan hoping
...Just an update on me. I went to have my 6th session of r/t yesterday and was told the Dr wanted to see me afterwards. Panic mode set in! Well, as uncomfortable as i could be as i am still suffering with this UTI and not getting to the loo before the Dr spotted me, i sat down with him and he opened up my folder and said he had the results of the last scan. My heart was racing - what was he gonna say?
Ok, he said he was rather puzzled and that apparently my scan was quite a good one but somehow my...
Hi everyone!
Thank you for your replies I am taking your advice and hopefully there should be some improvement in the next couple of days! Fingers crossed!!!! xxx
Dont know what was wrong with me today, well, I do, i'm missing Dad !! Taking the kids to school in the car....started crying. Got to work.....started crying, and so it carried on like that for a lot of the day. I keep talking to Dad out loud and kind of hear him answering. Oh my god im going mad now, hearing voices. I do like to think that Dad is talking to me. I feel him near at times, but its funny, mum went on holiday on saturday with her cousin, the holiday she was supposed to be going on with...
Hubby went into our local hospice last week, for symptom control and respite. I was keen for him to be seen in the hope that he would get a more holistic approach to his care. However, I am now torn between spending time with him in there and trying to take advantage of the fact I can now leave the house.
Things seem to have taken a sharp turn for the worst over the last 3 weeks and each day brings its own new challenges. He started taking oxygen today and was also given some antibiotics to tackle...
Mum has been on a trial since june. The first scan showed the tumor in her neck hadn't grown and may have reduced slightly. 6 weeks on and the scan has shown that 2 other tumors have appeared and now they have taken her off the clinical trial and she is due to start standard chemo tomorrow. I think this is the last thing that they can try for her. She is due to be scanned again in 6 weeks and if the chemo hasn't done anything then i don't know if i can bear it. She's been talking to me about arrangements...
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My mum has small cell lung cancer and was diagnosed in dec 08. They treated her with chemo and radio and managed to clear the lung of the tumour. But after stopping chemo in april another tumour appeared in her neck in june. She's now back on chemo ( a clinical trial) and they have given her months as opposed to years. I too am devastated. She's 52 and i'm 33 my youngest sister is 20. Mum doesn't want to know 'how long' I asked the doc when mum was out of the room as they kept referring to...
Well here we go the wee man is in having more chemo. He seems to be ok hope it stays that way. He has lost more weight and they are wanting to give him more build up drinks so i hope that works. He has another 5 blocks to go and then i dont know.
My dads farewell went well he would have been proud of us all. I took the kids to the chapel but not to the crematorium. I said good bye and told him i would be there for my mum. The kids made me so proud i cant believe how grown up they are. I think this...
Hi All !
I am new to this site and quite not sure how to begin !!
Diagnosed with early BC in Autumn 2008. Surgery early December 09 followed by Chemo on 22nd Jan and Radiotherapy- and now hormone therapy (Femera).
Chemo and Radio thankfully had NO adverse effects other than complete hair loss. Hair now growing fast. Why I expect you are thinking is she worrying ?
What I would really like advice on is how and when should I try and get holiday insurance.
All advice appreciated !!!
hello to all my friends whom i made on macmillan cancer site,i hate the new site and have had nothing but trouble logging into it,for this reason i will not be using the site anymore,but,if anyone would still like to keep in contact please go onto facebook and look for kathyoreilly,friend requst me and i will except.to me macmilan should have left the site alone as it was,still, i dont no if you will recieve this message,i can only hope ypu do.goodbye to you all and godbless love kathy,aka in memory...
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