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Hi all,
I have seen my consultant today to get the results of my CT scan and the news is not so good. The Caelyx is not working and so the remaining cycles have been cancelled. I now have three options to consider before returning to see him on 28th June.
Firstly, he would be happy for me to have a break from chemo for a few months, especially as I feel good and my energy levels are fine. I would be regularly monitored with blood tests and scans throughout. Option 2 is to test my original cancer...
i am about to start chemotherapy next week for a disease that could lead into leukaemia has anyone been through similar and could share their experience?
Sitting here on a rare! sunny day in scotland feeling so sorry for myself. Feeling awful, no energy, bones and muscles ache and feel like yuk. Just got one of six chemo out of the way and it seems such a long road. Know its a lot worse for other people, just feel so helpless. My situation is complicated by the fact I have a disabled son who is in the family home being looked after and I am in a flat with with my friend being looked after, I just want to be home looking after my son, to hear him moan...
Well I don't do many blogs to be honest, but I do read through this site regularly.
I've not been on this site a full year yet, but I certainly have learnt a lot and met some lovely people. I'm older , wiser (still learning) and a damn site greyer (anybody know a good hair dye that actually covers up grey ?) A friend of ours from my scuba-diving days has just recently been told his treatment is to be stopped (what little he has had) and he will be sent home with painkillers. This friend is...
Hi Guys, Thought id write an update been feeling almost back to normal since last surgery and been busy getting ready for hols on thursday although im still not ready!!!
Ive been told surgery all done phew! I am glad they did some more though as they did take some DCIS away that was left near to the tumour... i didnt know till the other day that i had this as well as the invasive.
Onto the chemo... On 2nd July i shall start 4 cycles of EC followed by 3 of TAX.... feeling very nervous but with...
Hi Guys
I am now home after having my double mastectomy last Wednesday. I can honestly say (especially for those out there facing the same thing) it was not as bad as I imagined. Op on Wednesday home by Friday evening after drains were taken out (not painful at all, but just a weird sensation) and am finding that I do get tired after a few hours, so a good excuse for a lie-down! My chest is not painful at all, just a little sore, although I can only sleep on my back! Seem to have a little fluid...
Had chemo number 5 friday, which went as well as it can, TAX makes me feel really tired while being administered for some strange reason. Have had a good weekend, apart from bloody England and that goal!!!! what a wally Green is.
Looking forward to the week ahead each day brings less pain and the weather looking good for London so will be pottering around in my garden.
My son has his last two GCSE's this week, happy days no more stress for him!!!
Gentle hugs, to all
x
I opened the Sunday Mail this morning ( local sunday paper) and my eyes could a small paragraph entitles SUNDAY SERMON
Im not religous in any way shape or form infact i usually turn the channel over on TV when anything to do with religion comes on, ignore folk when they are talking about religion etc. However this paragraph i have been reading over all day and cant put it down
"I thank my god every time i remember you" - Phillippians 1:3 A well meaning person told a woman at her husband funeral...
I had a hard time figuring out how to post anything, and if I've done anything wrong by going about it this way, I apologize.
I am from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA
I was diagnosed with stage 3 Esophageal Cancer last October 30, 2009. (Stage 3 T3/N1/MO)
I went through 206 hrs continuous chemo infusion plus 28 radiations in 5.5 weeks.(Chemo was two sessions of 103 hrs continuously on the 1st and 5th week and radiation 5 days per week. Hell, that almost killed me-:)
I had...
I had 2nd chemo on the 4th of June and I have been fine. I have been indoors and decided to go to church today because I feel so strong. My daughter was given lunch in the kid's church and I fed her and also ate from it. We got back home and I laid on the couch watching movie and I started feeling dizzy. I tried to calm down but it was as if i was suddenly drained out. I called my partner but before he came to my side, I had collapsed. That didnt last long but I started vomitting and stooling and...
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