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My name is Yilmaz and I am a carer for my mum. She has a history of a cancer: breast, bone, liver, but bravely fought through it. This year, she started getting headaches. A scan revealed that she had several brain mets. After a course of radiotherapy, the medics decided that there was no more they could do for her.
My mum's mobility is virtually non-existent. She cannot walk or make many movements with her body. She speaks with difficulty and struggles to speak coherently.
I came...
Had my appointment for my reversal . I saw a new ( to me) consultant. He was lovely . He explained everything to me so as I could understand. Retired nurse or not I am the patient now and we nurses don't know everything.
I got to know the truth of why my cancer was never discovered. I never did have a Colonoscopy, it was just a Sigmoidoscopy. Its no wonder they never found it they never went up far enough.
So before my op I am to have a Colonoscopy just to check the bowel.
I could have the...
We'd actually been intending to start a family this year and in our ideal world I would have been about 2-3 months pregnant when we got married in April. Just was well I wasn't with the discovery of the breast cancer in Februrary! Anyhow, this meant that retaining fertility throughout my treatment was a consideration hence my BCN arranging an appointment for me to meet with a 'consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist'.
Unfortunately my fiance couldn't attend the fertility discussion...
On D-Day my breast care nurse (BCN) suggested that I e-mail her a list of questions over the weekend so that we could go through those and information about the upcoming surgery at our next appointment which she scheduled for 6th April 2010.
So back to the specialist centre I went, once again with my fiance who wants to be part of everything at the moment (for which I am very grateful) :) My list was rather long (see below) and as it turns out actually covered off much of the stuff she wanted...
….I ran away! I’ve developed a real dislike for hospitals. I can do the out-patient stuff no problem, lots of people to chat to and generally people who are either only a little bit poorly or dealing with their poorliness quite well. It’s the in-patient stuff that makes the hairs (the sparse few) on the back of my neck stand on end. Until this cancer malarky I hadn’t had much experiences of hospitals except that Master Bad Fairy was born in hospital. Such a delightful experience...
hi everyone just to make people aware my husband and i never new about psa test for prostrate cancer until my husband was diagnoised with it it is so unfair that there isnt more testing done for men woman have breast screening and smear tests why isnt this made more aware of for men
Why oh why can't I just have a normal cold and get over it in a few days like other people. Here I am, now in remission with a chance to get out and about again, but now I've had a cold for 10days. The last twice I've been like this I've ended up with penumonia - I'm supposed to be going away next week touring in Europe for 5 weeks. I've got no voice and feel so grotty I will be at the doctors tomorrow in the hope that they'll give me some antibiotics. two weeks ago when...
we have decided to bring our wedding forward to 9th oct and it has given us all something nice to focus on am really doing well with chemo doctor is happy with me too off all painkillers too i feel more alive than i have in years x
Once again my fiance went with me to my appointment. This time it was at the specialist centre and we were taken into a nice little room with sofas. I should have twigged something was up when the breast care nurse (BCN) asked if I wanted them to record the session for me (which I said yes to).
My mind was sitting in some isolated place of calm not really taking in the impact of what was being said to me - a very surreal feeling. When I went back and listened to the CD it was as though I...
This wait didn't feel at all like the last one. I was surprisingly productive at work and was bouyed by my fiance reminding me that the biopsy results were benign. Not 'inconclusive', but 'benign' which was a good thing. So, I began to think I'd be fine and it was all a lot of stress for nothing.
I don't know whether to be glad that the stress wasn't for nothing or not ;)
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