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Good morning
Just off to the hospital for my appointments.
I am going armed with a stack of questions for everyone and anyone who ends up sitting in front of me with my notes!!!!
The sun is shining. Hopefully this is a good omen.
Updating later
Peter
I had about 18 months of catching every bug going and became really run down - I had (and still have) itchy skin, a persistent cough, night sweats, fatigue and miraculously lost 9kg without realising it. They thought I had allergies, asthma and then thyroid. In January 2010 my glands in my neck were swollen and didn't disappear this is when the gp thought thyroid. I wasn't happy with this so went to the senior gp who immediately put 2 and 2 together to get me fast track referred to en ENT....
Hi, well wasn't that fun?! I went in yesterday to have a PICC put in and my second treatment. The PICC went in fine...but went into my neck instead! I turned my head like a good girl but it wasn't going round that corner! Cue re-try, and the same thing happened again. So glad it wasn't a painful procedure, whether going in or out! They're referring me for a Groshong, straight into the chest under a local anaesth/sedative, so that sounds fun...
Had my treatment today instead, as they...
My beloved 49 year old dad is getting his scan results tonight .......my heart has been racing since i got up this morning....my children are playing in the garden i can see their happy faces and i just want to cry. I really hope the chemo has done something.......Please guys send us some good vibes..........i really really love my dad........today i want a miracle!!!
mums hair has started to come out so i see a trip to the hair dresses to get the wig styled on our list of things to do.she's finely had a poo her words were that it was the biggest poo she had ever seen .problem was she was at the doctors at the time and worried it might block the toilet thankfully that was not the case lol.doc says she has a sinues infection and given her anitbiotics but is worried about her thyroid so more blood tests to day .still got a very low temperture but this could be because...
Good evening.
I have managed to find a photo of the original mole. It look a big messy as its post biopsy but its not that different to how i presented it to my GP. I had split it open while getting out the shower before xmas last year and never really healed. 2 months ago i showed my GP... the rest as they say is history.
Amazing how a mole the size of the average thumb nail can make a wound the size it has (for those of you who can bare to look at the photos!)
Hope this is of help to those with...
My darling little Angel,
You were not meant to be, but i love you very much.....
I wanted to be a mum, i wanted to hold you in my arms i am only sorry i didnt get to meet you, I miss you so much
Sleeping safe in a dream world
protected by all that surrounds you--
a beating heart
a gentle laugh
the touch of loving hands
And your future wasn't too far away.
We longed to see your smile
hear your cry and dry the tears
We longed to teach all that we knew
and hold your hand in ours
But time has slipped ...
Im a 40 year old woman who feels very lucky at her age to have a set of grandparents.......my nan is the type of person that if shes got a scratch she will go to the doctors, my grandad on the other hand hates doctors hospitals etc......my grandad started getting poorly a few years ago with his bowels and he went for tests and we thought that he had prostrate problems........over the last 6 months hes has got weaker and the doctors thought he had testicallar cancer ....he had a scan and all was good...
Today marks round 2 of Dads chemo.The first round was rough , he's alittle like me in that nausea is the worst thing ever . He found it so hard to deal with and we had to get a doc out to help one night .
Side effects haven't been so awful as yet as it was the first round , who knows what this round will be like.
Dad has on good days been out doing stuff like digging a veg patch , there really is no telling folks :) but its good and positive and normal to see him doing these things.
Little...
So, the triedness starts to kick in, totally knackered by 17:00, then always the dreaded sign at Radium treatment desk..DELAY , always 40 minutes...Only 16 radium treatments to go, slowly being crossed off, amazing how these seem to drag, when life seems to be flashing by. Had the review clinic yesterday, talking through any side effects...isn't it weird how you spend your life private on toitlery habits, then you speak so openly on most basic deatils to a complete stranger. Even the wife is unaware...
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