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It's a couple of months since I wrote a blog entry. That's because I had two months between appointments this time. It's been great taking some time off from hospital and in the interim I have been trying to get back to work (partially successful - I've managed a few jobs and it's been good getting my brain back into gear but the fatigue still gets in the way).
This week I got the CA125 test result from the bloods taken in February and it's now in the normal range. Hurray...
Wednesday 5th April 2017
I'm sitting on my hospital bed waiting to be discharged. The operation went very well and the best bit was that the sentinel node that they biopsied while I was under was clear of any cancer cells, so no need to remove any more and do the auxiliary clearance, what a huge relief. I am still on cloud nine about that! I had totally convinced myself that the cancer had gone to the lymph nodes because of all the funny twinges during chemotherapy. When I woke up after the operation...
Less than 24 hours before I go under the knife again and my anxiety levels are through the roof. I’m scared of what will be found when they open me up and rescan me. But as I keep telling myself what will be will be. I can’t control it and if they find that they can’t operate then that is what will happen. If they find nothing additional out of the ‘ordinary’ (apart from the known lesions) then they’ll take away up to 75% of my liver and we move on.
My journey...
Had my results appointment today following lumpectomy & SNB on 14th March and there was good news and bad news.
Good news = clear margins, tumour 1.8mm and stays at Grade 1.
Bad news = 2 of 3 nodes had micromet so out the rest of them come on Saturday.
Feeling pretty miserable tonight, only really just feeling that I'm starting to recover from the first op.
Sorry - can't think of a positive thing to say right now.
Well started chemotherapy cisplatin and gemcitabine on 23rd Dec...had 3 cycles of this...cancer in bladder had already breached bladder wall and was unfortunely in 2 of my lymph nodes was told the tumour on the outside of the bladder was size of tennis ball... Which was same size as one they took out From inside of my bladder... Had ct scan in jan.. Looked hopeful... They told me it had shrunk to bout half...great news.. And it wasn't in my thoraxic or bones... Until mri scan few week later end of...
3rd April 2017
Here I am sitting in my hospital room, operation tomorrow. I've been admitted, I've had the dye injected and the wire inserted bloods taken, and I've been questioned and questioned and then some more questions. But everyone has been fantastic, so friendly and kind, I have my own room, it is beautiful, not like a hospital at all. Dark oak furniture, lovely big lamps on the bedside tables, wood effect floor, I have a wardrobe to hang my clothes in and a side board with a lovely flower...
I have been dealing with the VIN111 for 2 years now and on February 1st my doctor told me it was cancer and I had to have a vulvectomy. I kept thinking to myself I am to young for all of this I just turned 30 this is not supposed to happen. I have 3 children all boy ages 9 months, 3years and 12 years. My first thought was what about my boys. I can't have surgery and be unable to help and take care of them. My husband assured me he could do it but I knew he would not be able to do it all. I had my...
In my rather creatively titled ‘blog post one’ on cervical cancer I gave an explanation as to how stupid I have been. In said post I also mentioned that I was lucky. This may seem like an odd word for someone to describe herself as when she has just received a cancer diagnosis but I will elaborate on this in another post soon.
I also mentioned that I would expand on cervical cancer symptoms because in my case these and ‘luck’ go hand in hand.
But first….
Hehehehe....
We had a good few years but last year the cancer spread to his spine and he was in agony walking round with a broken back, he had two major ops putting rods and cage around his spine, they couldn't remove all the tumour and they "poked the beast" and in September we were told he would end in a wheelchair very soon, ok, we can deal with that and prepared for it. Over new year he ended up in Christies with pneumonia and pleurisy, then home, then back in with flu, then home but on the 8th Jan he fell...
Satyrday 1st April 2017
It's been a little while, only because nothing exciting has happened since last time. The side effects of the last chemo session have worn off except for the watery twitchy eyes, a few more lashes have disappeared, but on the plus side they are also growing back and the hair on my head is definitely getting a little thicker and ever so slightly longer.
I've had lovely days out with friends and dog walked a lot, had the neighbours around for a meal and friends...
