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On coming off the steriods the headache started to come back, not as intense as before, also David feels like he is floating around. He is able to take himself to the toilet still. But feels very tired and lost his appetiate.
We had an outpatient appointment with the team that offered the radiotherapy, but they skirted around the whole issue of exactly what we needed to know. WHY? I have decided that they don't really listen.
Before David had radiotheraphy we asked "Would the treatment get...
Hi,
I do wish web sites were simple. Why does everything have to be frenitic, overcrowded and jargon loaded?
Well I am somewhere in this morass so here goes.
I had muscle invasive cancer 2 years ago and had turbt, Chemo. and Radiotherapy with good results.
My last check cystoscopy showed C I S and I have started a course of BCG therapy.
Once I had gone to the GP with blood in the urine things moved very quickly and they got things done.
However I did feel I was on a conveyer belt with lots of...
Saw my consultant today, he went over everything again from when i first saw him. I decided he had forgotten who i was and didnt remember any of our previous consultation. The bit i really wanted to know i had to remind him about.............................. did the MRI show any cancer in my lymph nodes?
O yes he said i almost forgot that, it was negative, i breathed a sigh of relief although the tumors are much bigger than they first thought, well who gives a dam whatever they are getting the...
Its been an up and down week.
Sunday morning we had 2 doctors and 2 nurses in the house to conduct a review on Julie. The outcome was a syringe driver with a concoction that put her to sleep for the rest of the day.
The coctail worked and yesterday the Mac nurse suggested the driver came down and go back to tablet treatment.
This morning Julie is back on a driver to sedate her more than anything else.
I think this illness is progressing
We are having fewer good days.
The Mac nurse is sorting...
Today's blog is about seeing other couples and looking into the future
Enjoy x
hi everyone
just had my last chemo today met some lovely positive people in my room so now have to wait for the scan on the 6th june to find out if its reducing the little beggars asked the onc what happens next .......just because you so need to know but dont really want to know at the same time .......he wasnt very forthcoming cos i knew exactly what he was going to say if its reduced then we dont need to see you for 6 to 8 weeks if not back to the drawing board more chemo rt .....ah such is life...
This week my mum was diagnosed with Lung Cancer.
We are yet to see the Lung Specialists, we see them on Tuesday, we dont know what options we have or what stage it is classed at.
I feel frightened, scared, angry - I feel like I want to curl up into a ball and come out when its all over, but for my mum I can't. She looks so well and fit, the Dr's have said they've never seen a case like it, where the patient is showing no signs of lung cancer or any secondary cancer - hence they mis-diagnosed...
The MRI was a daunting experience,or was i just being a pathetic wimp.......... I was frightened, anxious, nervous and get this i cried afterwards. (get a grip woman) Not even my hot chocolate in the hospital cafe could console me.
The sounds of that machine will stay with me forever, and as soon as i went into it i started losing my breath, i tried to keep counting slowly and breathing properly. No way was i going to push the alarm, i couldnt let those wonderful medics see me falling apart. After...
Well Dr's confident about how to proceed in removing the mass. It's not near any major blood vessels and has well defined margins. He talked about the possibility it could grow back so will need follow-up MRIs in the future to monitor it and as time passes the likelihood for regrowth will decrease.
Some Drs have previously tried to reduce the potential for regrowth with wide area excisions, chemo and radiotherapy but it's proved inconclusive about whether this would actually make a difference...
My Dad is currently in Hospital and has been in there was over a week. I really feel that he doesn't have long. I had a few days off work this week and this is my first day back, i feel detached from my colleagues and my dad is constantly on my mind and I want to be with him. I never realised until it was to late what a huge part of my life my dad was and how much a loved him. I feel so isolated at work and was told by a colleague work as the best place for me
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