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Hi, I am Julie, my Mum used to call me Loulabell when I was little. My Mum has advanced lung cancer, we have known since the end of March and life has changed irrevocably since her diagnosis. I was moved to join you tonight as my visit with her this evening broke my heart and I don't know how to help her. She was so very low and has been so strong till now. She feels she has no control over her life and emotions, she had chemo last week and was on a high for a few days and now she has sunk like a...
My Mother has been in Broomfield hospital Chelmsford for a month now and during this time I have had to repeatedly complaint to the point I am now friends with the cheif exec's assist lol. I have had to complain about the care levels the treatment, why they dont explain anything to us and think they can just do it. Why they seem to think that they can just do anything they want and not be accountable? Why there are never enough nurses, why they leave my Mother in a bed filled with poo and wee...
I received the promised phone call from my specialist at the UCH in London on Wed afternoon. Following their medical meeting, it has been decided that my tumour is too big to operate on at the mo, so i am to start chemotherapy (doxorubicin) on Friday 25th, next week. Wow, now that news has really put me in a different frame of mind. So many questions to ask, i keep logging in here to find my answers, which to a great extent i have found. I really thought i would have had surgery, then some further...
At the start of this week we announced to mum and dad about getting married in november, the day after my brother and his wife announced a baby due on january 8th and dad had his 2nd last chemo today .
They brought him up on wednesday for his bloods and again up today for the chemo but this time he had it during the day and got out for home at around 4.30pm.
I think he prefers to be at home at night , he really couldn't wait to be away from the hospital today.
They also reduced his chemo by...
Today I learned that my kidney cancer had returned in my remaining kidney & also tumour on my liver, all three are very small & I am waiting for date for surgery to remove all three hopefully with one big op.
Whats hard is for the first time in my life I am happy, getting married in september have three wonderful children......and then this shattering news. Think I need to accept reality that my cancer will keep coming back but dont want to leave three young children behind.....emotions...
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1st time at this trying to get my head round the fact that the doctor has told me I have the big C. Feel a bit of a fraud at the mo as feel and look fine all a bit surreal. Was watching the England match with my boys but have given up watching as pants !!! lol
Anyway story so far, found a lump under my arm a few weeks ago popped to the docs on the insistance of my partner was reffered to the breast clinic, week later mamagram scan and biopsy( bit surprised thought they were going to laugh me...
i am finally taking 4 weeks off from Monday 21st June to make the final recovery of the WLE wound. Surgeon said to me this morning... take the time off or it will be along time before it heals 100%.... please get in line for the "I told you so" comment... thanks.... anyone in or near london please let me know if yo...u wanna drop in for a coffee morning, lunch or dinnner.... thanks
Well where do i start , maybe the nice glass of champagne im drinking atm, well earnt i think ,
Last night at 4 am i watched my best friend give birth to a beautiful baby girl , a home water birth , i could not ever explain what an experiance it was ,but i have fallen in love :) and cried and cried so many happy tears seeing her come into the world , but then after the perfect birth it all went wrong , my best friend ended up having to go into hospital sadly for an op , i wont go into details ...
Sal and I went to the hospital this morning for her normal review of progress so I thought I would bring you all up to date.
This cycle has gone pretty much to plan. Symptoms this time include slight nose bleeds, breathlessness, nausea, bad tastes, fatigue, trouble sleeping. Nothing too disabling or troublesome but they decided that Sal should have a chest x-ray today just to check.
Sal had a head CT scan last week and that has come out clear.
So, just 3 cycles more and it is all starting to become...
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