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  • Becky's blog
    Tough Day - Missing My Pops
    Hi Guys, Today has been a real tough day, missing dad never gets any easier and I wish i could just hear his voice, his whistle or see his gorgeous blue eyes looking at me or she his huge hands hogging the remote, the endless wants and needs are endless. It was one of my good friends dads funeral today also and I couldnt go because the loss of my dad and his funeral is still so raw, she understood but I still felt terrible, she couldnt be with me at my dads funeral either because she was anxious...
    Former Member
  • babydaisy's blog
    One step closer
    well mum saw oncology consultant today and has been told she starts her chemo the week after next. Firstly she has to go next week to see a nurse to check her blood count and kidneys etc before they can start the chemo. She will be having her chemo in stints of 3 weeks at a time, some through a line in hospital and the rest taken at home as tablets. Does anyone know if this is a good type of chemo to have? Am I right in thinking this is the ECX type of chemo??
    Former Member
  • one day at a time's blog
    if it doesn't rain it pours
    i have just spoken to my mum my dads stent is insitu it was put in this afternoon he is taking sips of water and looking forward to getting up and about so thats really good news, he hasn't had a drink since saturday so he is enjoying the water. i don't know if i have mentioned it before but my sister in law is my dads temporary oncology specialist nurse and she is fab, not just with my dad but everyone she go's that extra mile for all her patients, one of the nurses (my dads) is off sick with stress...
    Former Member
  • Trudy jayne's blog
    fantastic news :O)
    Hi , Just a quick update to let you know i recieved the results of my axillury node excision biopsy on friday ......only 7 days post op, which surprised me as i was told it could take up to a fortnight..... Anyway i'm estatic to say the the node was totally cancer free " wooooo" it was enlarged due to infection .What a huge relief . The lymphoma is now isolated to my groin .I had an appointment today with the radiotherapist who explained everything regarding my treatment ,i am now just awaiting...
    Former Member
  • one day at a time's blog
    hurray doctors working through his lunch hour putting a stent in my dad
    my dad had deteriated fast yesterday he couldn't even swallow his own saliva doctors think he has a blockage in his stomach/oesophagus, so he is going in today 12.15 to have a stent fitted they aren't even going to do a stretch dialation first? straight for the stent. i saw him this morning and he looks gastly as would be expected. he has lost 12 pounds in 3 weeks. my mum isn't doing too well either i thought she was doing great and then a week ago i realised she had been in denial and it has only...
    Former Member
  • rusi's blog
    Stomach Cancer
    hi My lovely dad is 83 and was diagnosed with prostate cancer that had spread to the bones in January 2009. The cancer was being kept under control with hormone injections every 3 months. However, he was taken into hospital with severe anaemia recently and had to have a blood transfusion. He has now been diagnosed with stomach cancer and we have been told there is nothing that can be done. Not sure how long he has left with us and am waiting for the results of ct scan. He is eating ok but gets...
    Former Member
  • Jillyanna's blog
    ct scan
    Hi Everyone It was nice to have some sunshine today and do things around the garden and tend to my koi pond, got a couple of 'sterlets' today, so hope they do ok as bloody expensive!! (could really have used the money better!) but just thought I'd let you know that my ct scan of neck pelvis abdomen lungs had no further tumours or growths and I'm still not on chemo again yet as it made me so ill, but my anxiety was lifted a bit this weekend and celebrated with an indian!! yum I still love my food...
    Former Member
  • skippyx2's blog
    secondary cancer in the spine
    hi there new to blogging has anybody experienced a secondary cancer in the spine from bowel or colon cancer if so i would be interested to hear from you
    Former Member
  • poppyanne's blog
    Never ending !!!
    Why is life so awfull??? My poor Paul is really poorly at the moment. He was diagnosed last September with lung cancer that had spread to his spine. Its gone mad lately even gone into his jaw so has trouble eating as he can't open his mouth very far. That is all he needs as he is very thin now . When I look at him I can't believe that is my husband sitting wasteing away in the chair !! He can't do very much now , he is constantly tired and in a lot of pain. Our hospice nurse is great but there is...
    Former Member
  • Fiona Jane's blog
    Feeling lost, lonely and scared
    I hope I am not on my own in feeling lost, lonely and scared. My husband has just gone into hospital for a high dose chemo followed by stern call replacement treatment and for the first time since he was diagnosed in May, I am not sure what to do. I find it very hard to sit back and see him in pain and discomfort and have come home every night from the hospital in tears. I have been able to work through feeling crap up to now - but he is away for 3.5 weeks now and I hate the feeling that I cannot...
    Former Member
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