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So after getting back from visiting my Grandma last night I was informed by my boyfriend the minute I walked through the door that the flat we live in is now being sold. We have no money, and somehow need cash for a new deposit and first months rent for wherever we end up living so it's time for Mr Credit Card I'm afraid. We have no choice. I don't know where to live. I'm scared.
My Grandma is having her pacemaker fitted today and I'm having my first ever smear test. Today is shit...
...For God's sake. My Grandma is in hospital again.
She's had an angina attack in the night so my Grandad took her to the Drs the next day and when she was having some tests done, she had another one. They phoned an ambulance straight away and they took her to hospital, where she is now. We think she might have to have a pacemaker fitted, which I guess is a pretty routine procedure and Grandma is a strong lady, I think she can get through the operation. As bad as this potentially sounds, it...
Feeling alot better today. Work is better, the sun is shining and it's nearly the weekend!
I'm going to ring or text my mum at some point to let her know about this site. It could provide her with alot of support. There is so much stuff on here I had no idea, why didn't I look sooner?!
I'm in a productive mood today. Today I want to be active and postitive and I'm abitious. I want to do more for my mum - I can't be there directly because I moved out around 4 years ago so my sister is...
I have known since March that my Dad was going to die.
1st of all they gave us anything up to 18months. Then it was 6 months.
Monday night it was hours. Now it's days.
Monday night he was taken to hospital after having a fall, then a fit. (Which he has never had before)
We were taken into the family room and told to prepare for the end. Myself, my mum, brother and sister went to say our goodbyes. It was emotional, but we were glad that it would be over for him before he had to go through...
Today I have felt mostly ok. Things have been a bit difficult at work the past few days so that's not made things easier, but for the most part, no negative feelings or thoughts today.
I nearly got upset earlier when I was first browsing this site and having to get to grips with seeing the word 'cancer' everywhere. That was hard.
I'm finding little things are setting me off at the moment, like last night on 'Love Your Garden' there was a woman with M.D and she was wheelchair bound....
I thought it would be wise for my first blog entry to introduce myself and explain why I am here!
Since my mum's diagnosis a month ago, I (just like many others, I suspect) have been so up and down about it and some days I just don't know what to think. I'd heard about the Macmillan website before and thought there might be some information on here about the treatment my mum will be recieving and the type of cancer she has. What I found blew me away - a community! A whole internet community of people...
Better day but still feel very tired whenever I sit down. Side effect of my weedkiller probably.
Walked into the lane and found some builders knocking down a brick wall. So one of them and I took barrow-loads of these bricks and rubble into my garden so I can use them to finish my wall. Fantastic luck! Made my day as I had run out of building bricks & blocks for the wall. Now I can press on.
Exercise tired me but I felt so happy doing something positive and active. One small dose of ibuprofen...
Not good today. I have up days and down days anyway, worse since I knew something was wrong a year ago.
Feeling tired and head-achey. Normally a little analgesia night and morning keeps me going pretty well and I can do all I need to do around the house and garden.
Left hip region really tired and uncomfortable today so I walk slower than I want to with a risk of a visible limp. But I can climb the stairs normally today with 2 cups of tea in the hands instead of up with the right leg and level...
Its crazy. This whole big "C" malarky. Its almost as if it spreads like wildfire as soon as you know someone who has it another 10 people crop up. Since my boyfriend and I have been together both our dads have been diagnosed(Mine Terminal, His Dad is in the early stages which is amazing). Its weird cos people say "well this year has been rubbish for you then" but no, this year has been amazing. I've seen so many things, so many sides to my Dad that I may never have seen had this not happened. Ive...
Saw the urologist yesterday who confirmed my diagnosis of PCa with pelvic bone secondaries. I am already on the correct treatment, he says, bicalutamide tablets. Starting my third month of this the side effects are minimal and I can lead a normal life. I do get tired easily and the original pains in the left side of my pelvis have not gone away completely.
I'm beginning to get my head around all this but I do have to see the oncologist for the first time in the next few weeks and I may be switched...
