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Diagnosis breast cancer - via a mammogram still cant get my head around it after my surgery and awaiting radiotherapy. It seems as if it has all been a very weird dream. People are the things I find hardest to deal with - some peoples reaction is horrendous - one of my friends screamed down the phone "oh my God I cant cope" - and family, my mother in law when I commented on how I was upset as I had recently lost a lot of weight and got quite fit down the gym said "well if you had been fat they might...
hi i,m a 57 year old former plumber and my story is probably similar to a lot of you here anyway here go,s
From january 2009 i was going to my gp and although he knew me i wasn,t a very regular patient the problem was a "sore throat" i was told and the usual course of antibiotics was given to me but after the 8th course i had to fight with him to see a throat specialist as i had feared the worst which turned out to be correct I won,t name any names here as im not out to score points this...
And so it begins........
The word Chemotherpy, I think carries as much stigma as cancer does. There is no getting away from this, no matter how you are introduced to this next redical step, it is going to be life changing. It can be swallowed, injected, rubbed in,or in my case fed directly into the body by way of a Central Line or PICC. Luckily there have been massive improvements in this since my father died from cancer some 25 years ago, even thought Chemo has beed around longer, in those day...
I went to my local breast clinic with a lump in my breast about 6 weeks ago. Since then I have has 2 biopsies, then diagnosis, then sentinel lymph node removal (which fortunately was clear), then 2 days later was in hospital and had mastectomy and reconstruction. I am now at home (had dressings removed yesterday) and feel like it has all happened to someone else! Just can not get my head round the fact that all this has happened in such a short time, and that it is because I have cancer! Anyone else...
1. Call.
2. Don't lie.
3. Never tape any of her body parts together.
4. If guys' night out is going to be fun, invite the girls.
5. If guys' night out is going to involve strippers, remember the zoo rules: No Petting.
6. The correct answer to "Do I look fat?" is never, ever "Yes."
7. Ditto for "Is she prettier than me?"
8. Victoria's Secret is good. Frederick's of Hollywood is bad.
9. Ordering for her is good. Telling her what she...
this week started okay, no hassle just chilling, waiting for 2 appointments to come round, so went to the first appointment with the prosthetic chaps 1 of the 2 facial implants inserted in december 09 is no good and has got to come back out, they will then try and use the other one, this time ive asked to get knocked out while they do their work, waiting for an answer on that.
2nd appointment was with a proffessor, nice chap speaks plain english, bottom line no chance of facial rebuild, too much missing...
Well im cross (again ) !!!
We all went to my mums today for a family bbq ,which dont get me wrong was lovely ,missed ju alot as first time ive been their since ,i have been avoiding it if im honest but i did it !
well anyway my brother walked in and first thing i noticed was his sunburn ,its the worst case of sunburn ive ever seen !! so i zipped it ,and said hello and spent some time with my gorgeous neices , until i could speak to my brothers girlfriend , well it turned out she came to find...
errol is on his 3rd course of stutent, 1st course only managed 2 week, 2nd course managed 3 weeks but this time we have have still got 2 weeks to go but i dont think it will be possible, he cannot keep his eyes open and is very confused, this happened last time and was admitted to hospital his calcium level was slightly raised weekend on a drip and no better, pain is worse , everyone is great district nurse is our angel, doctor brill, but i am so scared never knowing what the next day will bring,...
On the 21st of March 2010 our Mum went to the doctors with concern that she had limited use of her left arm and hand the doctor adviced mum to go to the medical assesment unit for a scan for a suspected stroke , Once there mum was MRI and CT scanned what they found was to change all our lives overnight .
We were taken to a small room and mum was told she had a shadow on her right side and straight away was refered to The Wessex Nuerological unit at Southampton Hospital for further tests and scans...
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