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Blogging can be a great way to journal your experiences and share with others. Why not create your own cancer journey blog, or have a read of other blogs created by our members?

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Latest blog posts

  • My Angel
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    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • WLE AND SPILT SKIN GRAFT (CONTAINS PHOTOS OF A GRAPHIC NATURE)
    28TH AUGUST 2010 I AM BACK PLUS PHOTOS

    hi everyone

    newest pics 29 aug 2010 - back to work a month now... i have to be honest that it hasnt got any better for this and i am now worried i need to take more time off. dressing are now.. 50/50 moisturiser whole leg - jelonet the wound then aquacell (not ag) then gauze then surgipad then lymphoedema stocking...daily painkill...ers are now 3 x 50mg dicolofec 25mg amitriptalyine and up to 4x2 co-codomel as and when i need them but having to take fybogel on those days as codeine bungs me up....

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • life's always a changin'
    Bummer!

    Found out this morning that Patrick's cancer had spread to 2 of the lymph glands that were removed at the same time as his bladder.  Not great news but we don't have much detail yet - this news came in a letter!  Nice!!  Hopefully he'll be able to talk to someone in more detail after the bank holiday.  Until then we're in the dark!

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • sara
    symptoms after cone biopsy

    hi has anyone had symptoms after cone biopsyy?

    ive had 3 periods since, and the last 2 have been awful, at times excruciating!

    only when im on period it seems to make everything else inside tender and cause probs like its tender inside when i wee, wind suddenly becomes a big problem, thats the excuciatingly painful bit! like someones stabbed me, and it feels heavy right by pubic bone.

    spoke to mac millan nurse yesterday and she said it sounded like by bodys finding it hard to let period go and...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • jenni b
    well im ready i think :) heres too a fab memorial xxx

    The sun is shining its a beautiful day ,im just hoping tommorow will be too ,

    I woke up at stupid time again this morning , panicking as had so much to do , silly as i had all day, but no its all done, except got to bake the cookies i said i woudnt make !! and got lots of cakes to ice but my best friend is going to do that while i play with neve ,i get all the hard jobs :) and i have now listened to tam (tj1 ) who has told me to chill ,think yourself lucky i dont normally take advice ,

    Im really...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Third lot of chemo
    Third lot of chemo

    My Dad went into hospital Thursday morning for his third lot of chemo, which has ended up with him getting his first two chemo drugs in a drip and the other in tablet form due to my Dad taking a reaction to it. This has allowed my Dad to come home and take the rest of his chemo at home, so he now just has to go to hospital as a day patient. Im a bit confused about all this as Im not sure does the treatment work the same is it as effective as the drip? My Dad quite happy he is home Mum a bit upset...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • pinkvicki
    The right words??

    My friends Dad passed away this morning in a hospice of bowel cancer. I hope i am saying the right things, i think she is expecting me to say it get easier but for me so far it hasn't.....it has only gotten harder.

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Like mother like daughter?
    8th April 2010 - Pre-op assessment

    My fiance was able to get time off work to attend my pre-op assesment with me; this time it was back at my local hospital so only about 15 mins away.  From memory we were only  there for a couple of hours over all...

    First they took my weight, height, blood pressure and BMI.  Next I sat down with a nurse to go through a 16 page form.  She also gave me lots of leaflets to take away and read about anaesthetics, deep vein thrombosis, lumpectomy, sentinel node biopsy, visitor guide, carer's guide for...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • baps54
    ray of light 2

    some of you read my original post about receiving a 40 p cheque from income support, well today i got another letter advising me that  i will receive 10p a week income support paid every 4 weeks paid by cheque!!! im saving this up now for xmas and would like some ideas about what i could do with it!!! lol

    looking forward to your comments

     

    hugs and kisses    sue xx

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Karen
    Very Tired

    Today I went to see my plastic surgeon this morning....all is healing well and will see me again in 3 weeks.......so, if this is all healing well, why did I feel sad, depressed, tired, fed up, crap etc......I have 3 consutlants clambouring for my attention, under normal circumstances I would be flattered, but I'm not (obviously)..This could also be that I have to go to my uncle Billy's funeral on the 31st, why is it you need the ones that are no longer here??  Gotta go before I start making...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
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