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Keith had his scan 2 weeks ago, and has been in a lot more pain since then. We had to call out the duty doctor last week on Friday night because his pain control medication was not adequate. I felt so helpless not being able to do anything except be there for him. He was admitted to hospital and as he hadn't been able to eat they put him on a hydrating drip, then a catheter.
All sorts of pain relievers were given...
Well here I am , getting ready for a mastectomy next tuesday. It'll be the 3rd surgery and I'm quite annoyed! I asked them to do this day 1 and they resisted. So, I said ok a WLE will do. Then, they come back and ask to do more because of further DCIS. I again asked about a mastectomy and they resisted. And THEN, they come back and say, oh actually, we do need to do a mastecomy.
I have had quite a few problems after this latest surgery. The wound opened, the breast became so swollen it...
this is gonna sound stupid but what signs do i look out for when my mum's health starts to deteriroate anyone got any ideas please help she was given 3-6mnths 12 max now she is approaching the 12 month mark i thing her health is starting to go down hill but im not sure
hi folks,i jump on and off this site, i read a lot of things and let them sink in.
I havent had chemo like many of you seem to have had, my cancer doesnt respond well to chemo, so major facial surgery was the road i went down,hence so far i havent put a picture on my profile,i have a prosthetic nose and beleive you me what a difference it makes to me, not having to wear dressings on my face and being more normal ( ignoring the prats out there),anyway 1 of my main implants for holding the prosthesis...
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just got back from plastic dressing clinic. Lead nurse saw me today and cards were laid on the table.
…..ponderings, Bad Fairy style. Why does it seem that only my white hairs are falling out with this chemo and not the dark ones? My yellow Labrador seems to “melt” more than the black two do, maybe there‘s an explanation in there somewhere! Or maybe there are just more white ones to fall out in the first place. Why are young children so accepting and resilient when life throws them some tough stuff to deal with? Why do I manage to set the smoke detector off whenever...
well here i am again...off to see another new surgeon...its nearly three months since yank was diagnosed...why are we waiting this long?!?!...going to see if this new doctor will do the operation...why does it all take so long..the stress is driving us mental...spoke to the specialist nurse yesterday an was told that this new doctor has to agree to the operation so we feel were back to were we started nearly 3 months ago...no treatment...no support...no guidance...were totally out of our depth an...
well after a nice few days i came to earth with a bump,, maybe it was the stress of going back to work ,i dont know , but someone said something last night that just set me off ,they didnt mean to but when your grieving you easily take things the wrong way, so lots of tears, 1 hrs sleep not good with busy shift to do ,but was ok but tired and then our occupational therapist ar work popped into see me ,she was part of mac team looking after julian too, she wanted to see how i was ,how embarassing...
Well day 6 after my Mothers 14 hour operation and still cant really believe this has happened. There has NEVER been cancer in our family and then out of the Blue around Easter this year my Mum was told, you have jawbone cancer and you will need a big operation...... Well I had never even heard of jawbone cancer but god I have found out so much in such a short space of time.
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