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dad was d/x in january with bladder cancer with spread to lungs and prstrate and 1 lymh node, he has had 6 cycles of carboplatin and gemzar but unfortunatley his scan this week has shown chemo no longer working and tumours have grown bigger, specialist did offer radiotherapy to the bladder which my dad said he would go for, dad has a stent with bag in each kidney as kidneys had failed and that evening the specilist called to say he had spoken to the surgeon about having the stents put inside so dad...
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I am new to all of this so bear with me!! I have finished my course of radiotherapy and am coping with the side effects but can anyone help with how to prevent my skin breaking down as under my bust is sooooooooooooooo red and sore now!
It was really helpful to read your comments. I was begining to think that maybe it was some personal inadequacy that I hadn't bounced back by now!
No, my experiences do not dominate my thinking, but I suppose we all need time to process what has happened.
Thanks.
Mum came over today so we could discuss dads funeral, we know its for the best to be prepared but my god it suck discussing it while he is still here. We are really finding it tough to deal with.
While we have been off line Alan was at A&E on Weds eve he has c inflamation in his wrist the one the canula had been in on Monday on strong anti biotics for 5-7 days .
it is not red now and no longer warm ,but still bit puffy.
We are off to Devon on monday so wont be on line from late tomorrow until Fri eve . Looking forward to a change of scenery.
Nanaboo
Not sure why it didn't copy over, sorry. Anyway below is current report.
Last week September Issue 2009
well my nodes are clear just the removal of the breast to be done ... feeling really sore today .. got my appointment with plastic surgeon monday .. and consultant wednesday .. things moving pretty fast ..
Hi everyone, good to be back. I was starting to get withdrawal symptoms as have not been on for a few days.
I had my results last thursday and they were good and bad! The cancer is stage three (which I half knew anyway) but the sentinel nodes were clear, so hopefully chemo can start soon. I was tod there was Infiltrating ductal carcinoma with associated HNG grade DCIS (not sure what that means, despite going on to internet) and lymphatic permeation, vascular invasion. (Is that the same thing?)
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