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My dad had an operation to remove the tumour today. It was more severe than they thought from the xrays, and he has had to have his Colon and small bowel removed. He has also been given a temporary stoma and will need to have surgery again in about 6 months.
He is in intensive care this evening, though they are concerned about his breathing.
The last few days before his surgery he was getting really bad, he fell backwards a couple of times and started to get muddled and forget things. Hopefully...
Had my appointment with the doctor and was told my ct scan was clean! So thats a relief. Blood counts are all good as well yay
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My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer in June last year - there were no options for treatment, it is in both lungs and the tubes to the lungs and lymph nodes in the cest. Similar story where he had been going to the doctors for 2 years complaining of shortness of breath and a persistent cough - 2 years down the line they agree to an xray, then a second xray and then the devastating news. Since then they have moved house to be closer to me - they were in Wales, I am in the Highlands...
I haven't blogged in ages, I haven't really spoken in ages, in real life or online. The old 'weird' became the new 'norm', life carries on, we simply adjust and adapt and that becomes the way of life.
Questions of mum's health or well-being have been met with an almost unbroken six month continual answer of...'Ok, not brilliant but, Ok.' This has been the genuine and only stock answer up until yesterday.
Yesterday my honest answer would have been, 'She needs...
Still at home… cross fingers touch wood on day 13 of my third 21 day cycle.
I did pack my bag for hospital late last week as I at last succumbed to the chesty cold my daughter had when at home. I’d held it at bay for a week but eventually I guess it whittled away my resistance and got me.
Of course my temperature jumped up a degree (one learns to be very attuned to temperature). Luckily that was the day the hospital rang me with my 7 day post chemo courtesy call and they suggested...
In January 2010 I had a hysterechtomy as cancer cells had been found in my womb, just two months after my initial concerns had been treated BRILLIANTLY by my GP. A few weeks later the tests showed that I didn't need further treatment as it had been detected so early. NEVER PUT OFF GOING TO YOUR DOCTOR is a lesson that should be learned by everyone. I took it as a wake up call and started to go to the gym, lost weight and improved my fitness considerably.
In August 2011 I was devastated to learn...
I havent been on here for some time to add a post. After our October 2011 diagnosis of my wonderful mum having 1 year to live with advanced stomach cancer, we enjoyed a really good 9 months of her health improving after a very heavy and intense chemo session from Oct-Jan 2012. We just got stronger and stronger and went on holiday, she returned on 1st October from Lanzarote looking well but her gall bladder (how they found the cancer and impossible to remove) was playing up and getting worse. She...
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