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Recently I have found out that my mother had breast cancer at first I didn't want to tell anyone and keep all my feelings to myself but it felt like I was drowning in deep water and all of a sudden I would burst and act out of control
Shortly after we found out she had to go for an operation and I was completely worried and panicking
Her operation went ok but a few weeks later we found out it was infected and she had to go back to hospital
She is ok and so will your mum...
Today I had a CT scan.
I have had several CT scans now and am used to them but today for the first time I broke down.
The poor woman putting in the cannula for the contrast dye was so concerned she had really hurt me. She had because she put it in my wrist (chemo has a lot to answer for) as that was the only vein she could find but that wasn't why I was crying.
I cried because I was suddenly faced with finding out. Waiting to find out all over again if I have cancer. Well, I know I have cancer...
Things aren't better. Went for my radio appointment yesterday was in tears nearly the whole time. Played golf today was enjoying it too, playing really well but then went really tired. First sign of it catching up with me. Just about finished with a decent score which was a bonus. Had lunch then went to the bank, then to the pub where I am starting working tomorrow then to radio. Feet were agony as usual and now my knees too. Picked my son up from his nan's (Dad's mum) and went back to the Hell hole...
On May 14th 2016 , 11 dockers decided to run the Nuclear Rush Race. This is a 6K race over 55 obstacles while wading through mud and lots of it. I organised it but once it was all set up , i thought to myself why not run for charity. We have only been working together 3 years as it is a newly built dock but in that time we have already lost one great colleague to cancer and another great colleague is fighting it now.
I also thought back to when my Father in Law had cancer and how great the Macmillan...
Hello new to this I just started chemo iv had a lot of side effects and only on day two but generally feeling ok just abit flu symptoms but I'm finding it hard to drink cold fluid just wondering if anyone had the same experience
Not misery the Stephen King novel athough I do feel like swinging a sledge hammer around right now. I have started this just as an outlet really. Currently sat on my bed looking like a frog and hiding from my son and his friend even though I am cooking their tea. Which is pretty much why I am crying. Not because of my son or his friend or the fact that I am having to cook but because believe it or not, at 36 years old I am in trouble for it.
I am in the unfortunate position of living with my parents...
Hi everyone this is my first post so hope I manage to get it right! I was diagnosed with breast cancer 5 years ago and had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy. I took tamoxifen for 5 years and finished taking it just over a week ago. As you can imagine I was thrilled to be taking my last tablet but since then I felt terrible and just wondered if anyone else had experienced any effects after having stopped taking tamoxifen. My oncologist said that he did not recommend I took it longer than 5 years and my...
It's interesting how many times I have heard this in response to news that my cancer has spread and is now incurable. "I know it might be trite but any one of us could get run over by a bus tomorrow." It's meant as a solace - that we none of us really know how long is our allotted span. It is true and it is hard to argue with. I've been trying to work out why I find it so irritating.
I think it is to do with horizons and how cancer brings them right up close.
At 52 and with...
Hi, I recently had my planning CT scan and didn't realise until I got home that I should have had a scan with canulation but they did not do that. Does anyone know if this matters?
Thanks
Janet
It all now seems to be happening so quickly.
I finally had my appointment with the oncologist yesterday and he explained each step, what I'd be given, how long each cycle would be, the possible side effects etc.
I have my pre chemotherapy assessment next Wednesday and if my blood tests are ok then I'm booked in for my first chemo session on Friday 2nd June.
So much more settled in my mind now I've got a timetable but now feeling very real.
I'm due to have 4 cycles over 3 months of Oxaliplatin...
