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I have been thinking more and more recently that I never really wrote about my preparation for Radiotherapy Treatment. It might be useful to other people reading the blog and so I am going to add it now.
In the run up to treatment starting .......
I tried to look after myself with a good diet and exercise. Having recently recovered from surgery I was keen to try and keep some level of fitness as I had been training to run 10km prior to surgery and finding out about cancer.
I was (and still am...
Good news today - my double vision (and MS relapse and nothing to do with RT) seems to have corrected itself. I have left the prisms on my specs and started wearing my old pair so I can ensure the correction is a permanent feature, because often my MS does this and then slips again before correcting.
In terms of my treatment .... I am trying to sleep after treatment each day and the fatigue has been a little better these past two days. Due to my concerns about constipation, I haven't re-introduced...
Things have not changed significantly in the past month, hence the title.
I can walk reasonably far but I still get tired. My legs still do not feel as though they are fully under my control and they are weaker than they used to be. The mets are still there in my pelvis but are quiet at the moment as my PSA had fallen to 3 at the last count. I know it should be lower on treatment. I gave up ibuprofen completely more than 2 weeks ago but I still have to take paracetamol to settle for the night. My...
HI fellow sufferers.
i am a first timer so please be gentle with me.
Back in 2011 having been diagnosed with a mesothelioma cancer on my chest, I had 3 ribs removed and replaced with titanium (aren't i lucky ) Along with that a titanium chest plate was fitted to make me even more valuable.
I was told that having thrown it all away that was that and to get on with life. (as if )
But after visiting my consultant recently i was told that I was doing quite well as these things often return.
...Following my second routine smear test at the end of March, I received my results in the first week of April which confirmed that I have high-grade dyskaryosis. An appointment has been made for in 4-weeks time at which point I will have a Colposcopy.
Even though the letter from the trust was informative and detailed, including leaflets on colposcopy, treatment and what to expect, I do feel very nervous and worried about the procedure and future results.
I hope that the next few weeks pass quickly...
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, my work knew. Two weeks later, one of the colleague was diagnosed with esophagus??? in his food tube which was 7 cm. He was so upset and wonder why???? He told me that he was not drink any alcohol, did not eat meat, did not smoke...he was so down. I remembered his sad face.
We were talking about medications, treatment and all sort e.g. his background even we did not know each other before. Cut the story short,, he died last Sunday and his funeral was on Thursday...
Now my mum is a widow, the other day she said to me "I should have supported you more, I didn't realise what you were going through".
Only now that she has lost her husband, does she understand the emotional anguish that I had to deal with while maintaining routines and supporting my children through the loss of their father.
What frustrates me is that as I know what she is going through and support her, she has no consideration to the fact that I am also dealing with the fact that...
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