I was having this conversation on Saturday, with a stranger who pointed out that having cancer at 28 is pretty fucking unlucky.
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Friday 18th Nov
I was given a ray of hope today, and it was gratefully received. I went from terrified to hopeful in a few hours and I feel blessed.
Yesterday I convinced myself that this cancer had spread and that there would be no treatment for me. I'm not stupid, I know it happens, it can happen to anybody young and old, I'm not special. The lump was huge and painful and scaring the hell out of me. Today everything was explained in a way that made sense in my crazy out of control head...
This is the third time I've written this blog today...I keep losing it.
Yesterday was such a horrendous day that I didn't think it could be topped, but boy did Thursday beat Wednesday by a long chalk.
It started as an ordinary Thursday, bin day in our house, I was thinking how strange life is that Wednesday which was such a long awful scary day could be followed by such an ordinary Thursday, bin day, how is that possible?
Boy was I wrong.
After talking to my breast care nurse...
I'm a 28 year old woman who has cancer, and I keep telling everybody I’m lucky. “I’m really lucky because it was caught very early.” “I’m having less chemo than a lot of people have, so I’m lucky.” I say “I’m lucky” in almost every conversation I have about cancer, particularly if it’s the first time I’m talking to somebody about it.
I was having this conversation on Saturday, with a stranger who pointed out that having cancer at 28 is pretty fucking unlucky.
Ned is home! It took an extra day as the doctors wanted to adjust his pain medication, but he has been home since Tuesday and I feel like things are going okay. He now eats as normally as possible during the day, and has a pump feeding him for 8 hours overnight. We spent most of yesterday at the Christie Hospital in Manchester getting blood tests done, so I packed us both a lunch and snacks and that seemed to work really well. Today has been a touch easier because for the first time in about 2 weeks...
So I'm writing this a few months after the events I'm going to note down. I don't want to have an actual tangible record of this horrid time of our lives, but I feel it's important to keep a note somewhere - here on this site seemed like a good option.
Dad had some trouble with his liver last year (April 2015). He lost his Dad, and he took it very very hard. Less than a week later he'd ended up in hospital and it took him several weeks to get out. When he came home he was a shadow...
Wednesday 16th November 2016
I am thinking this might be a short blog, do I really need to put 2016 on the date, does the year matter?
I didn't think I could feel much worse that I did on Monday, I didn't think I could be scared anymore but today I felt worse and I was scared again.
I feel like my horizons are closing in a little every day, I feel that despair when something happens that doesn't feel right. Today the bone scan was the culprit, after a very long drive we stopped...
Hello dear readers,
Okay...so where were we?
Ahhh yes.....worrying about the Bastard's return.
My symptoms had worsened over the past few weeks and the blood in the urine episodes more frequent along with the pain. Due to this I had my MRI a little earlier.
Last Saturday the pain became unbearable and I unfortunately ended up in A&E. They transferred me to my usual cancer hospital for more observation and for them to try to get the pain under control.
I was also due to have a catch up with...
It has been about 3 months since I first found out my mum had cancer, it was very difficult to take in and I didnt really know an awful lot about it. Suddenly all these cancer adverts meant something to me. She was diagnosed with ovarin cancer to begin with but now we have the final results which have told us that it is stage 4 bowel cancer which has spread to the ovaries and possibly the liver. She is waiting for her treatment to start but it is incurable, all they can do now is make her last moments...
I am approaching my 6th and final chemo treatment. I am dealing with Taxotere side effects including acute fluid retention of 23 lbs last I checked. I have the burning pain and swelling and peeling of my skin in my feet primarily, but also has been in my hands as well. My emotions are all over the place. I've had much more days as of recent with crying...a lot of crying. I've not really had other people that are going through the same things to talk to or blog with...so when I came upon this site...
