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I am caring for my mum who has throat (tonsil) cancer. She was diagnosed in Nov 10 with stage T2 N2 M0 which i believe is stage 4? Nobody ever did tell us the stage other than the TNM.
When mum was diagnosed they told her that as she doesnt smoke or drink that her chances of it being cured were around 80%. As much as i wanted to be happy i wasn't sure that 80% could be accurate as the cancer had spread from the right tonsil to the lympth nodes on the same side of the neck. They took out the...
Things have been a lot better the last few days. No Nausea, the odd small vomit, but nothing to worry about - usually the result of a coughing fit. The cough is easing up though now - the antibiotics must be taking effect.
It shouldn't be too long before we can get out again - out of our prison and into some fresh air, maybee visit some local friends.
hi everyone!!!
well here i am again guys i have since my last chemo turned into a complete moaning minnie because i have had the last ten days feeling like absolute crap!!! i do know that some of my friends on here have said that as you go through it every session you can have more severe symptoms well mine sure came from the depths and bit me right on my arse bigtime this last time to the point im so dreading no 4!!
now anyone who does know me knows im very partial to my food and YES ive been...
Hi Everyone, It has been a while since i last blogged but i check on here regularly to see how you are all doing.
Things have been hard the last few months, in 3 days it will be 8 months since i lost a beautiful amazing man, my hero, my dad.
I am coping okay you have to with kids don't you? Things have been tough at work thought, i work on the renal ward but it seems every few days we seem to get a patient sent to us with cancer. Yesterday i was dealing with a patient behind the curtains and...
Hi all, third chemo next wednesday will be halfway through yeah! I mainly feel really good even though lots of people keep telling be it will get so much worse, not very helpful and obviously we are all different, still make the most of feeling good and doing lots incase things do change. I even love my wig, my hair has thinned but no bald patches yet so hopefully the coldcap is doing its job. My wig is so much easier than my own hair I think I will probably moan more when I have to go back to washing...
Hi I have been fighting NSCLC for 3 years now.I am undergoing treatment for the 3rd time the hospital have told me that this is my last treatment so i hope this works. I would like to know if people have had more than 3 lots of chemo?
....And its good news.
There has been improvement and is less "fluffy" (surley a technical term ;o) ) there are still areas of high grade tumour that he is now starting Chemo for 5 days every 4 weeks.
And all of his bad symptoms recenlty have been put down to coming off the steriods.
As the Oncolgist said "I can't send you away and say everything will be ok, but I am feeling positive about the out come"
Now he is desperate to go on holiday - which is a whole other story...
Good news from the consultant last night. Mum is regaining some control of her arm they now think it was due to a bleed?? not the cancer???
When I asked how she knows she stated that if it was the tumor spreading she would not regain control. So they have doubled her steriods to see if that helps. The consultant was very vague as to what caused the bleed as they haven't scanned her. I feel they are just guessing. This sure is a roller coaster ride of many ups and downs. We are now pushing for a...
Hello to anyone reading this. My mum started complaining of shoulder pain in September 2010 it was stopping her playing golf and it was really getting her down She went to the doctors and was sent to physiotherapy and given steroid injections for tennis elbow. The pain increased and mum looked tired and was sleeping downstairs in a chair. Mum had mentioned a small lump but no-one listened. Finally a family doctor listened and referred her to a specialist she had a biopsy and we were hit with the...
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