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I'm 4 weeks into my chemotherapy (8 more to go) and it's has certainly been an unpredictable and anxious journey into the unknown. I have been warned that the side effects are cumulative as the weeks go by. As much as I try to fight it (in denial), I am slowly ticking off more and more of the side effects in my personal chemo book. I have decided not to document in detail my weekly experience of chemo in real time. I think it would be better for me to write this at a later time, to reflect on my...
Hey!
So I've been getting a little annoyed recently about the lack of information on VIN3 and everything to do with it! So I thought I would start this blog to give a bit of incite on my story and hopefully with the help of others make the vagina less of a taboo subject!!!
I'm currently 25, and have been dealing with this since I was 22 ( youngest my consultant has come across)
It all started with a small lump on the lower inside right of the labia....it got bigger &...
So next year I want to fly away on holiday,,yah me..I will be four year free from non hogkings, where I had radio therpy on my neck ear area, going up and down hills I suffer badly, with pressure on my ear,
Iv tried chewing, swolling, drinking, nothing works..
But I still want to go away, my husband has said how about a cruise,,I think I could do that..watch this space...
I remember that I promised to let people know how my walking weekend in the Peak district went.
Well I made it! 11 miles in total starting from Derwent water (where the Dambusters trained) then up to Back tor and Lost Lad before the long trek back.
Many thanks to my fellow walkers who provided encouragement, Martin B, Martin F, Tony and our intrepid organiser Pete L. Many thanks to you all.
The weather could have been better but a little rain never hurt anyone. And with this summer so far I think...
Hi I am a 45 years old and 2 weeks ago was told I had stage 2A melanoma which was diagnosed by having a small mole removed from my stomach a week before. I am fair haired and quite often in the sun with not much protection so feel this was a little self inflicted although I found this very difficult to accept and hopefully have caught it in time I still kept saying why me what have I done to deserve this apart from working hard all my life to provide for my wonderful wife and daughters and this...
I never thought I would write my own blog but today I feel the need too.
In October 2015 I was diagnosed with HER2 positive carcinoma & DCIS but no spread to sentinel nodes. I'm normally fit & super healthy, no one in my family has ever suffered from breast cancer, in fact both of my grandmothers are still alive, so the news came as a massive shock. As the area of micro-calcifcation was very large 4.5x2.5cm I was told that the best option for me would be mastectomy with immediate reconstruction followed by chemo & radiotherapy.
I started my second cycle of chemo on Friday. Infusion of Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine as tablets twice a day since.
My first cycle was fine but I'm struggling a bit more now. I've been getting increased pins and needles in both hands and also occasionally in my feet. Also I've been experiencing increased bouts of nausea and increasing fatigue.
This is all to be expected as I was told that the side effects are accumulative. We'll see how it goes.
Apart from this I'm still positive...
Hello all three and a half of you!
I'm in that slightly surreal stage of being told my fit and healthy dad has 2 months to live. He's only been ill for 5 weeks. I know the NHS is speeding things up to unblock beds and get through backlogs; I would have hoped for slightly more time to convey everything that's just landed, like Tim Peake from a thousand miles above, on my shoulders.
There are simply too many things to try and wrap my head around. The Macmillan nurses are at dad's house...
I am now a year on from my diagnosis. I had a 1.5 cm left-breast, invasive lobular cancer, surrounded by DCIS and LCIS taking the whole area up to 6cm. It took five long, painful and distressing weeks to diagnose the extent of the disease and decide on treatment.
In August 2015, I had a left breast mastectomy and reconstruction with implant using a dermal sling.
The two weeks afterwards were so surreal; lying in bed most of the day, the world carrying on without me it seemed; my friends and family...
