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So I finished my chemo friday and had my final PEG injection saturday and am thinking lovely nothing more for a while now phew!!! Yesterday got a phone call from St. Thomas's saying that next week on my birthday got to go in for my initial scan before starting radiotherapy!! Blimey they are keen. Not sure what to expect other than being up before the crack of dawn to get to hospital for 08.20!!! will I get my little tattooed dots?, be photographed?, any ideas anyone??
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Well i've at last finished all the chemo and radio therapy, i feel like i've been run over by a steam roller - very achy and very tired.... but very relieved to have got this far. now i have to wait for scans, tests etc to see if has all worked. i'm scared but optimistic. After the surgery i had pretty much built my strength back up but now i feel knackered again. oh well onwards and upwards. if i can take my bike out for a short run next week (the first time in a year) i will be a very happy person...
hi, dont know if anyone can help or give advice. In a nutshell mum diagnosed with womb cancer (from a routine smear test) last week, hospital appointment this thursday,(from a phone call) had no letter from hosiptal as what to expect where to go etc, co i called them today, was told mum was to go for a Colposcopy. Spoke to a lovely nurse advisor from cancer research who said thats more to do with cerival cancer and its very rare to say that a woman has womb cancer just from a smear test. this is all...
Today is ward round day so my partner should be seeing his consultant to find out whether he is going to start the Stem Cell Transplant process. Very fortunately, my partner's sister is a perfect match however she will need to take drugs to get her ready to donate so we are all on tenterhooks. Crucially it depends on whether he is now in remission (crossing everything, hope so!).
Off to watch my son in his Sports Day, he's quite nervous as there are house points involved and he's worried about...
Very happy to have been called by the Oncology Department today booking my appointment with the Oncologist. It will be on Thursday afternoon in MK. Half an hour to discuss treatment "options" (not sure that much will be optional when it comes down to it!).
I haven't posted for a while but thought I would share some news that I hope will give encouragement to those who, like my husband, cannot have the surgery (see my earlier blogs/posts). It's a year this month since diagnosis.
Radical radiochemo finished end this Feb & a subsequent CT was unable to define heavy radio scarring/inflammation from a tumour. Last Friday a camera-down-throat job (gastroscopy) was done (cos I fought for it!!!): this showed that while there is still evidence of...
Yesterday's path results were good with no spread and clear margins. Now need to move on to the next stages. There might be some drug treatment but that is a discussion to be had. At least I'm clear at the moment and only need to have 6 monthly scans for now.
Surgery recovery is going well even if it is frustrating and boring! Day at a time, its incrediable to think I've come this far when I think what I was like coming out of hospital!
Well we have started treatment. First radio wasnt so bad physically, not sure how i will be feeling after 6 weeks of this but we will see. Have first chemo tomorrow.Just feeling totally overwhelmed right now. The reality of it all is scary. Till now I guess I have protected my brain from really facing the reality of the situation. I know I have been worried and all that, but sitting there yesterday waiting for radio was very upsetting. Looking at some of the other patients who looked so sick, knowing...
Hello to all, been in a lot of pain recently, new chest pain right in the middle of my sternum, feels very deep in my chest but also tender to touch.
Saw oncologist today and he says it could be my bone disease or it could be a side effect to the biphosphonate Ibandronic Acid as the pain started about the same time as I started the new drug.
So I have a week not taking it and see if the pain gets better, if it does then this means I can't take any biphosphonates at all. This is not good cause the...
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