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  • Jillyanna's blog
    Arrhhh! my hair is coming out!!
    Hi Not sure if this is normal, but stopped my chemo 2 months ago when it nearly killed me, and put my body in 'crisis' but after all that and a bit of a remission my hair started to fall out, by the handfull and it now feels very thin, worried now i'm going to loose it all, hope this is a temporary thing as i have or had quite long hair!! Anyone else experience this some time after chemo?
    Former Member
  • positivelady's blog
    Something to think about..
    A friend of mine is a reflexologist and she is also a Jehovas Witness. Although i am not a Jehovas Witness myself we very often have some lengthy discussions on the subject. Her belief is that one day the world will end and all the good people will live in paradise where there is no more sickness or suffering and we will meet up again with loved ones who have passed away. Now i know what you,re thinking-YEAH RIGHT!! Which is usually what i say to her. In my line of work i come across some right...
    Former Member
  • hayleymcbayley's blog
    20
    I haven't wrote a blog post for ages....have a feeling this will be a long one lol. Everything with me cancer wise is fine, I am still having regular check ups (every 8 weeks) and when I went last week my consultant said my left vocal chord still has some swelling there but he's pretty sure that it's scar tissue, which has replaced the healthy tissue that was there before the tumour grew. I went for an ECG earlier today as my heart seems to do some crazy stuff every now and then, one of the chemo...
    Former Member
  • gerzabec's blog
    Can't take it all in
    I have only just joined as well, so forgive me for my gabble. My husband is at the moment sleeping - not coping very well with his 4th round of chemo. He is totally shattered, lethargic and his legs don't seem to work. He is on daily carboplatin tablets and epirubicin intraveniouslly every 3 weeks. It is knocking the crap out of him and I am totally at my wits end. I know he is not the only one suffering but to me, to see him having everything dragged from him slowly is devastating. ...
    Former Member
  • JAS.D's blog
    takes some getting over
    This is my first bloggggg!!!! Hope its acceptable. Had my bladder removed because of bladder cancer on 14th april this year. Getting on ok with urostomy but keep getting urine infections, trouble is dont get cystitis now, but goes straight to kidneys. So I feel really ill as soon as I realise comething is wrong. Trying cranberry extract tabs now, took 1st one today. For anyone with similar probs I will try to report how I get on. So feeling a bIt sorry for myself because no one underdstands...
    Former Member
  • lwal3183's blog
    Fingers Crossed!!!
    Hello, I've recently joined, and this is my very first blog, so i appologise in advance, im not quite sure what you are supposed to say!! My 25 year old youger sister was diagnosed with AML on 3rd of April 2009!! It still feels surreal to be writing that!! I think i've googled and read every possible site relating to it, (good and bad), but i still feel like i dont know nearly enough about it. I'm not quite sure what subtype she is, however i do know that chemotherapy is not going to work on its...
    Former Member
  • kerrie5's blog
    HAPPY ANNIVERSAY
    I would just like to wish LIz g A VERY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY Lots of Love to you Both Kerrie xxxxx
    Former Member
  • foreveryours's blog
    Birthday.... Happy or sad??
    Well, it is now 13th July and yesterday it was my birthday. It was also 19 weeks since my darling Ray relocated to heaven. It was a very difficult day as I kept becoming very tearful and didn't want to cry. My eldest son Stuart was with me for most of the day. When we got up, we had a bacon butty (I never eat breakfast normally). Then I went off to the Sunday church service and he went off on a practice run (he is doing the Snowdonia Marathon later in the year). Met my dad at church and he...
    Former Member
  • TC's blog
    Do I belong here now?
    Hello my friends, I've been wondering, since I went into remission, whether it is appropriate for me to be in the chat rooms any more. The rooms are for patients and carers and although I have been both over the past few years, I am not any more. I suppose I should "get on with life now" which is exactly what my doctors have been telling me.
    Former Member
  • Trishka's blog
    Roller Coaster
    Here we are at the beginning of week 3 of Chemo. I suppose generally everything is going great. We had a bit of a dip this weekend as everything hubby ate went straight through his system. I stopped juicing.... He's just not good at being ill probably because he's hardly been ill in his life. The past couple of days started off ok but then everytime he had a meal he developed cramps in his stomach (no nausea) and so although he had a good appetite he was put off eating as he knew he was going to...
    Former Member
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