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Its been a very tough weekend, Mum has been extremely sick but was feeling alot brighter yesterday thank God. Its so hard to watch her there that ill. I spend my time thinking of things I wish I'd done with her, the holidays we should have booked, the pictures I wish I'd taken. And isnt it funny how you try and remember all your times together but you go into a panic when you feel you cant remember them all (or is that just me?)
We are meeting with the head doctor today (for the first time...
Well, I've ended up here from following a link on You Tube, it's funny how when surfing the net at this time you end up looking at all sorts but, since my partner has been diagnosed these late night surf sessions have tended to have just one theme.
I guess today I feel a little low, I feel guilty for it too, I do whatever is necessary to make Steve as happy as possible and hide my sadness by busying myself out of sight but he went to bed at 9 tonight so a few hours alone, some thought provoking...
Oh dear,
Seems me and Tamoxifen are not going to get along after all!!!! Making me very weepy, waking me up at night to pee about three to four times with a lovely hot flush thrown in for good measure! Am hoping these things will pass, any suggestions?
Thanks, from a sweaty betty!
Alex xx
Just had a call from my oncologist to say that the chemo has done nothing. I had tumours removed from bowel and liver 18 months ago but had some spread to my lungs. I had chemo before and after surgery which shrunk nothing, a further 3 months of a different drug which resulted in growth, a further 3 months which made me lose my hair but no shrinkage. I will go to see him on Thursday but he says it looks as if we should just monitor it. There may be options but he says after 4 drugs failing we need...
My partner came home from work in Sept 2009 complaining of backache. He was in absolute agony and at the doctors frequently for pain relief. He was told it was siattica which usually resolves after 2 months and didn't warrant a CT scan until after that time frame. In the mean time he went to see a physiotherapist privately which didn't make a spot of difference to the pain. We had to phone 999 twice as the pain was so severe and it was the hospital who then chased his CT scan. I remember...
Well its been a hard weekend, I spent most of Friday crying as Mum is really sick she is still throwing up and I feel helpless in helping her. Spoke to a Doctor and really its a visious circle she has alot of pain for which they are giving her painkillers, which is then causing constipation, which is then causing vomitting. I just dont know what to do for her.
I am just sitting watching my Mum die, in my heart I feel that she wont be well enough ever again to get another session of chemo but I...
So following on from my last blog which was quite a while ago I havent had any treatment at all. So to say I am worried about my scan results is a bit of an understatement to say the least. I had an appointment with a locum oncologist a while back about the pain and lump in my breast and also the heart symptoms I had been experiencing. He basically said what I was feeling in my breast was my ribs and that cancer doesnt grow in 2 months, which is how long it had been since my previous CT. Ok I thought...
Well, 15 months nearly since we lost Dad now. Still miss him loads although Most of my memories of him are good ones and the few months that he was ill for are becoming distant. Everything reminds me of him, he had been an avid 'twitcher' or birdwatcher for over 50 years and of course, birds are everywhere. Once again, christmas is drawing near, a terrible time because we always spent it together and also at the beginning of December 3 days after my Mum he would have been celebrating his 80th birthday...
After having a few days away in the motorhome with windy and drizzle weather, we came home yesterday, and today we actually have a fine sunny day when I've managed to do washing (and dry it), and have 2 hours gardeing while my husband has rubbed down and stained the window frames. A day of achievement as these jobs have been pressing for months! I have also arranged coffee with friends Friday, agreed to go to Spain with my sister next weekend, and hope to go to the Target Ovarian wellbeing day...
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