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When I was originally diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, I started 6 courses of chemo from June til Sept. then had lumpectomy and lymph glands removed Oct. Then 5 wks radiotheray finishing just before xmas. Was seen and told good margin of clear tissue and only 4 lymph nodes had c cells. so far so good given Tamoxifen and given appt once year for check ups. All ok until last year when had really bad pain in back and...
The sun is shining ,out of hospital 6 days ( post chemo infection ) last Chemo Tuesday 30th March yipee !!! No radiotherapy yet . Must make the most of these well moments.
going to see the nurses on the cemo unit tommorow not really sure what will happen .mum's got her bone scan on tuesday and on thursday we see the doc for results of her bone scan and ct before her cemo she also got an e.c.g at 1pm everythings upin the air can't see how she will start treatment if they don't really know what their dealing with until thay have all her results .she already thinks the worsed and has said if it has spread that it 's no treatment as she doesn't see the...
hi there im am new to this site, my name is zoe and i am 22 years old, my mum has been fighting against melanoma cancer now for two years.
She has had two small operations and one major one to remover half of her liver, and it was followed by radiation treatment.
Two days ago she was given some bad news that the cancer has spread yet again. She has been offered chemotherapy although there is only a 20% chance it will do any good. She is awaiting for another appointment this week to speak with a...
Ramblings of a Bad Fairy can now also be found at http://ramblingsofabadfairy.blogspot.com/
I will keep posting here and duplicate the entries on the new address.
My reasons for doing this are because, whilst I totally understand why the blog space at Mac should be a secure haven for people to open their hearts, my blog has always been written in a way which is "safe" for public viewing.
Along with sharing my experiences with all of you lovely people here who understand each others needs...
Today I recieved a letter from the DWP informing I was no longer entitled to the ESA I have been claiming since I was diagnosed last may. There is a generalised assessment in which you have to score 15, i score 0 the fact that i could touch my toes on that day and can string together a coherent sentence qualifies me to go back to work.
Things have to change, although i was asked about my illness in great detail, and what challenges it brings to everyday life this apparently has no bearing on my...
Thats me, text book, to the day exactly when the nurse said my hair would start to fall out it has started. Have to say blubbed in the car on the way to picking my daughter up from her sleepover and then thought how silly its just hair it will grow back and there are far more important things for me to think about than losing my hair. I surprised myself by feeling this way am usually, and have been strong so far on this journey! Sitting here on this grey afternoon I can still see rays of sunshine...
My wife and I have annual travel insurance though Direct Line but pre-existing conditions are not covered.
I was checking around to get some new quotes for Annual Travel insurance and these seem to be around £100-£120 but don't cover anything to do with the bowel cancer.
I phoned one company and they wanted and additinal £960 to cover the bowel cancer!
Hopefully good news is that we bank with NatWest and they have a gold card which costs £12.95 a month but includes breadown...
I went back to see my consultant today for my 3 month checkup
Everything seems ok, I was not sure what my cancer staging was but it is T3,N0,M0 - Dukes B
Still feeling quite tired, consultant thinks this is more psychological rather than physical, he says it will take 6 months to get over the surgery and the mental side of having cancer.
I am going back for CT scan and blood tests in May.
I was a bit down when we discussed the 5 year survival rates but hopefully I will be on the higher end of...
…..goes without saying I must smile a lot then! Although Miss Bad Fairy disagrees, she thinks I could do more smiling apparently and Master BF says in his lovely, sincere and gorgeous tones, “Mum, I don’t want to upset you or anything, but your tummy’s looking really fat!” Now, remind me … Miss BF said what?? In fairness to them their comments did make me laugh, along with causing another impromptu amateur human biology lesson, which only made them laugh when they were shown the accompanying...
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