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  • jollylolly1's blog
    Upbeat message
    Hi everyone I love reading the blogs on this site and I thought I would send an upbeat message about my chemotherapy treatment. After being diagnosed with this damn disease on May 1st we flew back to England for treatment (even though we have American medical insurance). Time will tell if we made the right decision. I had my 4th cycle of 6 yesterday with 2 more to go. This will be then followed by 20 sessions of external and 2 sessions of internal radiation - yuck. After reading about some...
    Former Member
  • one day at a time's blog
    feeling numb please advise, help, listen?
    hi all, i just wondered i know were all different and we cope different but my dad passed away on thursday morning i loved my dad very much and i am glad i listened to lots of you on here (i started to tell him i loved him about 2 weeks before he died). whats bothering me is that i'm feeling numb i am totally in a daze, i haven't showed any emotion yet, if i think about my dad i feel like a shutter is being pulled down infront of my brain to prevent me from the truth? everybody else is crying and...
    Former Member
  • DebbiesDaughterxxx's blog
    Keeping happy
    Today found out result's of Mum's CT to see if C had spread into blood and bones and they were all.......Clear!! Woop!! I know this dosent mean Mum has'nt got C anymore but at least it has'nt spread!!! I'm actually starting to get good at saying Yes to her now She ask's me for something i just smile n say Yeah sure!! Admittadly sometimes i have like a 10 second moan but then i just use that little brain of mine and do as she asks. I dont know why but i have been feeling very chipper Today..And that...
    Former Member
  • steve-the-wizard's blog
    Advice Please !!!!!
    Hi does anyone have any advice on how I can help my mum to start to eat and drink, she had a stent fitted last week and this is so very hard trying to encourage her, any ideas would be gratefully received I was really frustrated yesterday. Also trying to find recipies for nutritional menues ect...
    Former Member
  • Steve123's blog
    MDT outcome tomorrow
    Read somewhere that cancer is a rollercoaster. That's how its felt to me since the diagnosis 5 weeks ago. PSA 6.8 and Biopsy result - Gleason 6 and PC in 6 of 10 cores. Had MRI last week. MDT met today and Urology Nurse will phone me tomorrow with the outcome and to start the process of options for treatment etc. Waiting to learn the stage and progress of my PC since last week has been difficult, but not long to wait now. Then away again on that roller coaster! Thanks to all who have shared their...
    Former Member
  • gemma1712's blog
    Doctors!!
    so i went to have my usual 3 monthly check up today with the same consultant i always see,I told her I have been having a lot of pain in the leg that i had the melanoma removed from it is constantly aching right up my leg&sometimes i get shooting pains this has been happening for the last 2 or 3 weeks.She didnt seem at all concerned as she said the melanoma i had was relatively thin,she said if the pains dont go away to go back and they will x-ray it!Surely she should just have sent me for an x-ray...
    Former Member
  • emmaemily34's blog
    What now?
    Hi I'm 34 and finished radio/chemo 6 weeks ago, whilst I'm pleased to have finished treatments i now feel lost what am i suppose to do now i feel like I'm waiting for it to come back. Its hard at night when my head does my heart no favours by thinking dark thoughts. Im scared really scared
    Former Member
  • beanpole's blog
    what a difference a week makes
    Things are certainly looking up at the moment. Clive's eating has been steadily improving we even went for a chinese a few days ago which is amazing considering he was only having prescribed drinks for the last few weeks. He is so much more his normal self too, laughing and joking instead of all down in the dumps. I know the long term prognosis won't change but living for the moment things are much better.Looking forward to getting on the beach this week in the good weather hopefully!
    Former Member
  • sorted67's blog
    here we go...
    Well today I went back for another PET scan (the one with all the pretty lights!). Straightforward - am I alone in finding them kind of relaxing?!? If anyone reading this doesn't know - * Drank loads of water (no food / caffeine) before (needed the toilet for the entire hour drive - ouch). * Go through their form; lie down on a little room; takes blood sample for 'sugar test' (sorry, should've asked but didn't); saline flush then very short radioactive tracer into the line; she let me use ipod...
    Former Member
  • Meredithx2's blog
    Fantastic News
    My darling nephew today got clear scans - that's now three in a row and I am so pleased (and a bit tearful!). He had a synovial sarcoma removed last August, followed by gruelling chemo and radio, finishing in January this year. It's still a long and uncertain road ahead for him, I know, but clear scans are clear scans hey!. Love to you all out there in cyberspace and keep battling on. Sue
    Former Member
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