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My mother in law was diagnosed in August with Stage 4 Pancreatic cancer but has remained remarkably well since. She has had some swelling of her legs due to loss of Liver function and some bladder incontinance but has otherwise been able to do most things for herself.
Last Saturday she was admitted to hospital with a DVT and infection in the Gallbladder. She has struggled to regain the same vigour that she had before her admission. I haven't seen her myself as the children and I have been poorly...
Friday, October 9th 2009
I can't believe that a whole week has flown by. And, oh what a difference those 7 days make. Andrew began eating again yesterday. He had a small cup of chicken broth and then later he had a very small portion of cream of wheat. His body seemed to cope well .. we do have to do a fair bit of walking the halls in order to activate the digestive system but the main thing is that it's working. He also had the IV removed so no saline solution bloating the body and no magic pain...
her how worried i am about him being in so much pain, and not eating
as well as he used to these past few days. I asked her if he could have
an M.R.I, she said doctors in her area could not send patients for a M.R.I
that was up to his consultant at the hospital to do. His been waiting 3months now for a apointment, the doctor said she would email them
to move things along as his pain was more progressive. She said when
she saw him last he...
Is it just me or would it be great if we coud access to a padded, sound proof room to let of steam?!?
I have just spent the evening counteracting Sammi's chemo with a load of other medicines to let her get to sleep.
She had sore eyes so we got out the codine, then she had a headache so we got out the paracetamol then she had a sore tummy because of the chemo and other medicines we gave to her so we gave her something for that.
She is only 9 and we seem to be pouring medicine down her all the...
Hi everyone,
Well I made it home for the weekend, had my lump removed with auxillay node clearance, will have to wait till Thursday for path results, consultant was talking about possible satellites,,,must be why I get such a quick response from my laptop, tired, sore so will keep one shprt and sweet.
Hope everyone is having a good day
love Terri xxxx
Today was results day, it's been 2 and a half weeks since I had another lump removed from my groin. I didn't realise just how stressed I had been, until I was sat in the waiting room fighting off the all too common signs that a panic attack was about to rear its ugly head, add to that an inappropriately timed hot flush and it's amazing that I actually made it to see my surgeon!
Anyhow, the lump was just an abnormal lymph node, no sign of any melanoma cells or other malignancy at all.
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Mum went to the consultant today - brilliant news! He doesn't think the cancer is back. She will have to have a colonoscopy just to check out some inflammation, but he was sure it was not cancer. Yippee!!!!
Dad is getting better day by day. Next appointment end of the month. Fingers crossed. xx
Hello all, I have been reading a lot on this site for a while and have decided to bite the bullet and join in. I am 36 and in July after a chest infection which turned to phnemonia was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. I am still cant believe this has happened to me, I lost my mum to lung cancer 9 years ago so have some idea of how this will pan out. Having said that I have had 4 cycles of chemo and feel great so at the moment feel like a bit of a fraud. I have a fab husband who is my rock and...
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