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Hi all, Is it just me or does everyone find all this cancer thing a blur! i feel like it doesnt exsist till my next appointment, ive relised ive blocked the whole experience out unitentially though, ive not long finished chemo and have just been given my date for the op(originally i was told i was having a full mastectomy) on last biopsy test they said theres pre-cancerous cells around tumor, but have decided to do a partial mastectomy + latisimus dorsi flap. while i have been thinking about this...
Dad is 77 years young fit as an Ox , never ate loads not over weight ,so I guess we all missed the weight lost and tiredness.........his first op is on Monday so fingers crossed it can be removed from the stomach ,vowed I would not look up stomach cancer on the net and scare my self . Want to be a strong daughter for my Dad as his always been there for mke but how do I do it ?
Mum is coping better than I thought ,My brother David will do all the driving to & from the hospital ( I don't drive feeling...
The taxol has actually been fine,I have had few side effects,not even the peripheral neuropathy.The only thing was my blood count plummeted and I ended up in hospital with some stupid infection.Now they've got me on the injections to get the white blood cells up and actually I feel worse after them then I do after the weekly taxol!Still I've had 10 out of 12 so nearly over and my hair seems to be growing back(grey! please no,it wasn't grey before!!)After that it's radio and of course the ongoing...
Follow a bit of disturbed night, she settled down well and looked really good in the morning. We had a visit from a cousin from the Netherlands, and on his arrival she really perked up. Mistakenly we ordered a chinese take away and she rather filled her plate, halfway through she rushed to the toilet in real distress and began to have breathing problems. I got her back into her chair in the living room, gave her a nebuliser and an anxiety pill and called the ambulance. After the first nebuliser had...
Arrived at the hospital yesterday morning at 8.30 as requested having talked myself into being positive when we got there they did all the normal questions date of birth height weight all that stuff - then they asked me have you been taking folic acid - no I said, it appeared that according to the records they had I should have been.
I explained that I had two appointments to discuss the type of chemo and the decision at the first appointment I was given a prescription for a vitman B injection and...
Well this will hopefully be short but you never know with me :)
I know some of you have been waiting for this, but its been a long hard week, and ive not had time to do much at all , and have been exausted , i also as some of you are aware have had a nasty prob to deal with and will carry on doing that tommorow and thanx to those of you who know and are helping me through ,i will tell everyone else when its dealt with xxxx
Well im now a health care assistant for the nhs, and i am thrilled the...
So, yesterday afternoon Dad was told that the cancer has spread to his lungs, chest, edge of the heart and liver and he will not survive.
He's going to have RT next week and chemo in 3 weeks to try and ease it and give him a bit longer.
It feels very surreal writing this
september 24th - well another day, another chemo session!!! went up to james cook hospital..or now affectionately known as jimmy c's. went to the mac coffee morning....won chocs . earrings and bath stuff!! woo hoo!! lady luck was shinin today!!!
spent the whole day up there.been for walks, coffee...dinner etc. been lush! have to share with you....i got trev to walk in front of me...bcause i can see his tumour is visibly shrinkin!!! its mad!!!!!!!!!!!! we have looked at pics from last weekend...
Im not sure what to write, no really, i only joined the website today after speaking to a wonderful lady on the phone, like many people i guess i was under the "it can only happen to them" guise but then it happened to me,
next week i start my first sessions of chemo and radio, im scared, nervous and wake up in a sweat over what may happen, i want to thx the people oi met in the chat today, you ladies and gents are the true heros out there
So there it is in a nut shell, im 36 and have...
Hi everyone
Just wanted to say that I had my last chemo session on the 22/9/2010. Not suffering too badly from side effects as yet although do feel a bit washed out today and have sore throat. Normally have an injection in my stomach day after chemo but decided against it this time due to the side effects. Just going to take things nice and easy for next few days then will have blood test to make sure all still ok.
Really sad to say goodbye to my chemo nurses as they have all been terrific and...
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