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My cancer has returned. and they are going to take my bladder away and I will have a bag. they have even given me a practice one to wear. I must fill It with water too so that I can get used to emptying It and walking about with It.....sleeping with It. I will do It. I will get used to It. I now have a growth In my chest. they are watching It. saying It Isn't getting any bigger. I never ever thought I of all people would end up In later life suffering this type of Illness. I've always been fit...
well im afraid i given up hope of not being given a terminal verdict next week, yes i know i thought these thought before but mainly because my consultant was forever telling me in september that i was in a very horrible position after the failure of HDC.
i had the lung operation on the 10 th of October and very soon i will have my first consultation concerning the results,
i can't see it possible that i will get away with out any more treatment,
nor can i see how it wont be just palliative...
Reclining in bed writing this. Returned from hospital yesterday following clearance of my left axillary nodes as a precaution because I did have cancer in that breast. Two types ductal and lobular. So now I have had bilateral mastectomy and axillary clearance right and left. Two operations in one month. Its good writing this blog because I get it all out and yet I still can't believe its me I am talking about. Other halfs just gone to get my prescription ..painkillers, laxitive and sleeping tablets...
Well its been nearly three week since my operation and finally the major shooting pain has gone, and i have slowly weened myself off the oramorph, but my question is what is happening in my body,
i have a blood test monday and will find out the results and what happens next friday, even though the results are pre ordained there are three possible results
a) my tumour markers have returned to nearly normal, thus giving the impression that there are no cancer cells left in my body and i will be...
Well, Hickman line safely installed. Not quite the walk in the park I was promised...however! as I have previously posted, I was very apprehensive prior to it. I really don't like being messed with in this way. The girls on the interventional radiography unit were so kind and reassuring, I can't thank them enough for their sensitivity.
God is so good, and answers prayer, I never know why I should doubt! I was so peaceful and calm it was amazing. My heart rate, breathing and blood pressure...
After feeling relatively at peace with my husband's cancer-ness, we arrive home after work yesterday to an envelope on our door mat. Now after all these years of cancer in our lives I can tell a scan letter a mile off...it's a talent, I'm sure!!!
Husband opens the letter and shock horror, it is a scan! Straight away I am thinking at million mph in my head, thinking of the date of the scan, then thinking of the date of the MDT and how that works with our work/life diary...already thinking...
