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A huge thank you to everyone who attended our coffee morning (and afternoon) on Friday - either at Mum and Dad's house in Edinburgh, or here in sunny Stony - and made a donation to Macmillan as part of the World's Biggest Coffee morning. And thanks to SB for co-hosting with me -would have struggled on my own!
I have today made the on-line donation of £300 - from morning, afternoon, selling a few leftover cakes at Meeting on Sunday, and adding in the cheque from Holiday School this summer...
I had my first councilling session yesterday. I did not know what to expect whether we would go through the whole story or what. It was a bit of an assessment visit, she mainly asked me about what I hoped to get from it and a few details of my support network. She was sure that councilling was a good idea and that we should start on weekly basis. I didn't feel that I gained anything from it but I guess that was not the point of the first visit.
I know they can't work miricles, they can't put...
I only have afew days to go before i start my treatment and to be fair , yep i am scared, no amount of infomation and lectures hasnt helped, but talking in the forums has
It is strange how scared i am i think im suffering panic attacks at every turn which is nothing i have experianced in my life before, and i have cook for some stuck up celebs too! so to sum up , im frightened of not knowning, worried about the treatment, and need a date for a wedding, so apart from that its all good!
I thank...
I tried to come on yesterday to update, but I just couldn't manage it.
As you know, I was refused funding by my local PCT earlier this year for CHT-25 treatment down at the Royal Free in London.
People rallied round and raised enough money to send me at the end of June.
I
had a scan after 4 weeks which showed great signs - neck was no longer
active, under arm shrank by 2cm, chest mass shrank by half.
I had
a scan last week (about 13 weeks post treatment), which unfortunately
shows that...
my darling wee sister has passed away.
she went peacefully in hospital,no pain,no worries,and her sisters with her through the night i hope she knew we were with her.God bless Tricia,ill miss u so badly. I love you x
Thanks all for your good wishes. Angela it was the lower rectal region I dont know if same but quite sure it would've been same surgery. I'm sure they will take biopsy for lab so don't know when i'll know outcome. I'll keep you posted.
Stay good
Jim
27th september - a sort of a weird one today....alls still fine...trev doin well, no pain or sickness....and had really good sleep to make up for no kippin in hospital.....so why am i feelin a bit down!!????? really dont know!! maybe the flyin about last week and the emotions of it all are catchin up on me!! really not sure! maybe when i was visitin im up at the hospital we had time for 'us'. i really am not sure. maybe im just low coz me new boyfriend got cancer and everyone tells me he ll def get...
Hello everyone, I've never blogged before so excuse me if I rant on a bit, I'm going to start from the beginning and hope things don't get too boring, so I will keep it as brief as I possibly can.
I'm a 42 year old male diagnosed with advanced lung cancer - adenocarcioma.
My dilemma started in June of last year with swelling joints and joint pain flitting around my body, my doctor arranged a rushed consultation at the Mineral Hospital in Bath. On consultation day the doctor examined...
My first ever blog on the net .I am due an appointment tomorrow at the General Hospital Southampton to explore possible treatment for my cancer which is Squamous Cell Cancer I had been told i had Lymphoma but when i spoke to the Macmillan nurse she told me my records showed different Had an oppointment Thursday last week and the Doctor confirmed that was correct Hope that things work out O.K
Could not let the day go by with out saying:
BIG HUG TO YOU FOR TOMORROW, AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMING BACK ON CHAT AFTER THE OP. WILL BE THINKING OF YOU ALL THE WAY THROUGH TOMORROW.
Loads of hugs
Jan xxxxxxxxxxx
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