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Today I was told I have Stage 1 Womb Cancer. I think I knew deep down but to hear a consultant look at me and say you have cancer. Is this really happening to me? For nine days I have thought about it constantly and kept "a foot in both camps" I had prepared myself for the worst but at the same time was hoping it wouldn't be that. It was so hard to listen to what she was saying trying to understand it. My immediate feeling was anger because it's been looked into twice before and I...
Having met my Surgeon (Mrs Farooq) on Monday at Manchester Royal Infirmary to discuss option for operation which will either be minimal invasive Ivor Lewis or McKeown, I today received by post my appointment for a CT Scan and the fitness test. My surgery date is 1 April and I am to be admitted on 31 March. It all seems to be happening so fast which I guess is a good thing but my legs were shaking reading the test appointments which are on 17 Feb as it is beginning to feel real.
Well, some delays in his treatment (usually REALLY annoying) meant that Daniel did not have to spend Christmas day in hospital :) So thank goodness my surprises didn't come off!
And hopefully he's coming to the end of his stretch of treatment. His final planned chemo session finished at the end of January and he should be starting radio in the next couple of days which will last about 2.5 weeks. Then it'll be time to see if it's worked. God, I'm so nervous for him.
And bless him...
My mum has had cancer for three years started as bowel cancer then she had an oporation to remove it all was clear then a year after she had cancer again in her stomach and liver and kidney they told us it was terminal! She had chemo to control it but 4 months down the road we was told she has a new tumour and it's spreading rapidly and she has been given weeks to months to live,I'm finding it hard to cope with as she's only 41 and I don't want to lose her! If anyone is going through a similar situation...
So, introductions :)
I am female, married, 57, have 4 adult children, two little grandchildren and another on the way.
My husband became a "90's man" and stayed at home to raise our children. I am immensely proud of him for that. I worked full time until 18 months ago, when I was made redundant.
I spent a few months trying to find another job and surprise surprise, no luck there. I spent a good chunk of our redundancy money setting up as a self employed bookkeeper but that built very...
I am so sorry I haven't update until now.
We haven't stopped.
Dr Oncologist met us at the door smiling.
'It's good news' he says.
We sat down and he explained that my scans are 'unchanged'. I wasn't really sure how this was good news but he went onto explain that at the moment they could find no evidence of disease.
Just take a moment to let that sink in.
No. Evidence. Of. Disease.
Both of us were speechless.
Dr Oncologist can make no guarantees as it is highly likely...
Read about my recent rediagnosis of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei by clicking the link below-
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I was only a few weeks into my fabulous 40s when I found a lump. I was a little concerned, but largely reassured that it was probably a harmless fibroid.
I travelled solo to the CUH’s regional cancer unit to get checked out on a chilly January morning in 2011. My husband was minding our two children, then aged 6 and 2, and I didn’t feel the need to ask anyone else to accompany me.
It was a grim day to put it mildly. The word cancer was never uttered but I knew from the expressions on...
So..what does one do in between being told "it looks like you have breast cancer" and getting the results of the biopsy?
"Hi dad"
"Are you ok?"
"Do you want me to tell Matthew?"
<<rewind>>
"I think you should sit down. Your dad's been rushed to hospital, he's got a brain tumour"
I phoned him straight away. I expected him to sound different. To be different. I was nervous as the phone started to ring. Is he ok? How is he coping with the news? Is he scared?
He sounded fine, like he'd just been told he had a slight infection that a course of antibiotics could...
