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  • gemma1712's blog
    Race For Life
    Hey every1, as u all know i was recently diagnosed with malignant melanoma.Fortunately for me they managed to remove it all&my lymph nodes were clear. I have decided to do the race for life in May to raise money for cancer research and hopefully 1 day they might find a cure or a treatment for melanoma. If you would like to sponsor me please click on the link below,remember no amount is too small!Its all for a great cause! http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/gemmawaddell Thank u Gemma x...
    Former Member
  • Cella's blog
    My first chemo is over, too.
    The first chemo wasn't so bad. Although I am having some neuropathy already in my feet and fingertips and I have become so allergic to things!! I put cream on my feet and developed a rash! I am allergic to tape! What's next?? Could be worse so I am grateful for what is not worse. My boyfriend is feeling overwhelmed already. We are going to have a tough time together, if we make it. I have been knitting socks to keep my feet warm and think, "Sock it to cancer" with each pair I make. What...
    Former Member
  • TriciaS's blog
    Dealing with Cancers - not one but three
    OK so I'm retired and life was good. I enjoyed walking 4 - 10 miles once a week with friends always planning our route round a good pub for lunch. I found a lump in my groin I thought was a hernia so went to see my doc. She was amazing. Not 100% sure she sent me straight to the hospital where I was immediately admitted. A biopsy. A week later I was informed by 'phone from a Dr at hospital that I had cancer in the lymph nodes and these would need to be removed. That was Oct 2005. Since then...
    Former Member
  • grateful's blog
    mum of three
    I am a 52 year old mother of three who got diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2005, i underwent all the necessary treatment for this, chemo, radiotherapy etc... Within 18 months it was found to be secondary cancer in the spine and also in the liver, i found it very traumatic to deal with after everything i had previously been through, and my daughter, two sons and husband also found it to be a blow. But i remained my fighting spirit and decided i would not let it beat me, as i have so much to live...
    Former Member
  • comfortc02's blog
    The Life Change.
    Well I'm 18 years old now and still find it hard to cope with all the different thoughts and feelings i hold about how my mum passed. When I was 11, my mother was diagnosed with Leukaemia im not fully aware what one it was however i know that it was the moment my life and my 3 younger siblings life's would change forever. My father would take my mum to hospital for her chemotheraphy, and all was well she was still herself. Then the side effects kicked in and she began to loose her hair. This was...
    Former Member
  • LittleBearx2's blog
    Myeloma - 'You're all different'
    'We can't tell you, you are all different' became such a standard response that I gave up asking what came next! My cover is always to appear upbeat but I have found this not actually negative but no better than neutral approach to any difficulties or side effects added to my problems rather than helping. I was diagnosed in June 2008, given all the info by my consultant, of whom I will hear no ill, with a support nurse in attrendance and sent home to start taking the pills the next day. Mercifully...
    Former Member
  • rachel2's blog
    mom
    Hi all! I'm new here. I just need a spot to right down everything just to get it out before I lose my mind. My mom, Barbara, who is 59 years old has been diagnosed with an incurable form of lung cancer. It has spread to the right frontal lobe on her brain. She is very upbeat, but very tired. She gets radiation 5x's a week and chemo once a month for 3 hours. She got her first chemo last week and is so very tired and drained, all she wants to do is sleep. They said this will pass as her body adjusts...
    Former Member
  • Clarityx2's blog
    Good news about cancer (for England at least)
    Hi everyone, I've just been sent this document (for my unrelated paid employment) but it includes some rather good news about cancer survival rates in England. Since other parts of the UK that ought to be joined fully with our national health service and not run separately, in my opinion, aren't reported on I can't say how those other country's rates are doing, but I would presume they would be similar. I am part Scottish and I have to say I don't agree with this kind of thing being separated. That...
    Former Member
  • cheryl1962's blog
    Pain in my armpit
    Just over three weeks ago i had a small op on my reconstructed breast by lyposuction because it was bigger than the other. The op went really well and i didnt have any pain at all. Today though i,ve got this dull ache in my armpit. I also have breast lymphodema. Has anyone got any advice? Should i go back to the breast clinic if it carries on? Love Cherylxxx
    Former Member
  • valrose's blog
    non hodgkins lymphoma older people
    my husband has so far done well with his NHL a small amount of initial chemotherapy chlorambucal and prednisolone. After four years and 4 month checkups. There is also the dry mouth problem, out of breath....goes on. However, we were very surprised when he had a heart attack. Being near the hospital was a life saver, for after three days in he had an angioplasty and a stent in one heart artery. He seems about the same, hopefully with less circulation problems .... keeps to his routine...
    Former Member
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