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I have to honest I've never written a blog before although a lot has been written about me but not connected to my cancer, but I would just like to share a little of my journey with you.
I am the mother of nine children ( well most are adults now) and very sadly one of my sons was murdered 9 years ago in south east London I will share the story of Jimmy with you one day.
In July 2016 I happened to go to the toilet and passed some blood and panicked but went to my doctors and to cut...
wish that I could go back in time and maybe not say the things I did or wish I had done .
I wish I could get rid of these feelings of sadness that eat at me every day I wish they would just go away .
I wish that I could feel better and not feel so lost inside .
I wish I had said what I meant at times instead of keeping it all in .
I wish this cancer would go away and I could feel like me today and everyday .
Instead I feel alone and sacred of what is to become .
I am not scared to die and sometimes...
Happy Easter to all of you :)
It's early evening and I'm still sitting in the hospice so I thought to stave off boredom (there is nothing on TV, I'm stuck watching a marathon of Who do you think you are? currently) I'd bring you bang up to date with me and tell you about my latest London trip.
I received agreement from London that they were happy for me to travel down and be seen and hopefully if it was deemed I was well enough I would receive treatment. So the hospice were glad that...
My partner suffered headaches for 6 weeks. Was told he had bells palsy on the left side of his face and was admitted to hospital. 5 days later we was told he had lung cancer which has spread to his skull base.
Everything changed in seconds, our life will never be the same again. He cant drive, he cant work, he cant play golf. This cancer has taken over our life already.
At the moment we are waiting on the MDT meeting so we know exactly what we are dealing with.
He is in so much...
I had an axillary clearance - nodes out under right armpit - on 8th April, following a WLE/SNB on 14th March where 2 of the 3 nodes taken out for biopsy were flecked with cancer. It's now a week and two days later and my right arm feels like it is being gripped by Edward Scissorhands and I have this twitching burning feeling every so often that really hurts. I am back taking the cocodomol for pain relief to try and take the edge off of it, and I am just hoping that it gets better and doesn't...
I had an awful day today with a few sorry tears. I feel so sad for my husband when he's sitting watching me cry, I mean, what can he say or do? I was in pain from the clearance - sore, stiff and burning - and I also felt full of doom and gloom about the now, the next and the future.
I'm praying that there are no more positive lymph nodes and trying my hardest to be positive, but sometimes it is the hardest thing.
Sorry for being miserable xx
Hi all.i would like a bit of advice.my husband had bowel cancer in 2015, it got to his liver last year which was burnt in an procedure.now he as been told he a a shadow on his lung.? We are both in shock.thought we had beaten it.my husband also has a massive hernia in his stomach.which again is on hold.it is getting him down. We are waiting for a hospital appointment now for my husband to go in for another operation on his lung.im worried as he is drinking more.what can i do to help him?
Hello, my name is Lin and I have recently been diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. It was a real shock, I am 69 yrs old and up until 6 weeks ago I have been fit and healthy, so I am still in shock as is my husband and family. Everything is happening quite quickly, I have had scans, biopsies taken, ecg, bloods and a fitness test, I have also had an initial meeting with a surgeon. He was a lovely man and was very patient, explaining what was happening in my body and what they could offer me in the...
I write this the night before I say goodbye to my cervix. Tomorrow it is being removed via a rather brilliant surgical piece of equipment and a rather brilliant surgical procedure. Whilst I may come across as flippant about this, please rest assured, I am not. I’m writing this to expel some nervous pre-op energy. I’m also writing it to expand upon how lucky I am, something that I have alluded to in previous posts.
I was given the option of having a hysterectomy or something called a trachelectomy...
Hello blog peeps,
I am writing this blog from within the hospice. My family are here with me to stay the night, please don't panic. I am in here for respite and very much plan to come out again but I'll tell you how we ended up here.
It's been a while since I wrote a blog. It's been eventful. Unfortunately not in a good way.
On the 15th March I felt really hot so I took my temperature. 38.9 is not good, not when you've recently had treatment for chemo or immunotherapy. So I duly...
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