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my mums original diagnosis was in dec 2011 and treatment for that finished in may, she was then told it responded well and looked like she was on the right track, until she woke up one morn couple of wks ago with a lump on her neck which they initially said could b an infection, turned out after it was cancer again and that it had spread.
we r all devastated and i have been trawling the internet for something, a breakthrough anything that may give a glimmer of hope, but everything is non small...
Well Friday was the CT scan, nothing unusual there. Had one before a few years ago, same old horrible tasting stuff to drink....
The weekend just flew past, shopping and visiting family.
Yesterday’s day care operation wasn’t as I expected, we turned up early as always and shown through to award of 11 beds. Everyone having something different done by the sounds of it. I had my observations done and was seen by an anaesthetist and the surgeons registrar who explained all they needed to. I tried...
Hi, my name is Ross, I'm 16 years old, and I lost my mum to non-Hodgkins
lymphoma.
It's been over 10 years since it happened, but there's still not a day that
goes by without me thinking about her, although I think the worst of it is most
definitely over. But from what I've heard, sometimes you get those days were you
just need that someone.
But that's not the main reason I'm here, I'd like to offer my help, and my
support to everyone who needs it, especially (but not...
In april this year Mum told us her cancer had returned,which was a huge shock,so scans blood tests etc to estalish what could be done.As in 2007 Dad looked after her and took her to chemo and blood transfusions .Mum pointed out he had not been his usual self and sent him for a check up for wee troubles.Obviously all attention was on Mum and her cancer battle,so when Dad said he was fine that was that.Then the consultant decided to do a major op on Mum she really didnt want it but not having it was...
Just wanted to have a bit of a sound off I apologise in advance. Life has been pretty pants
since returning from a wonderful holiday in Gran Canaria. I returned home to find a letter of
redundancy on the table waiting to be opened thanks for the warning !!! Last week had the really traumatic event of taking my dad's dog to the vets to be put down, she has been my dad's constant companion and friend since my mum died four years ago. The same night we had the final diagnosis for my partners mum who...
So its Friday 8th June 2012 at 23:39 and I am watching NCIS that I have Sky +’d and I am writing my final blog. Its some 27 months since diagnosis and a lot has happened. I have never had a serious illness before and never wish to again, but for a Bowel Cancer patient the journey is much longer than I could have ever envisaged.
This morning at was at Spire for my annual CT scan something that I will have to undertake annually for 5 years….3 more to go and I am scheduled to see Prof...
Monday 4th April 2011 is the date set for my reversal under the care of Brendan Moran at The Hampshire Clinic, Basingstoke. However 5 days earlier I am hit with a bug causing sickness and diarrhoea and it was decided that we would delay proceedings for 2 weeks.
So Monday 18th April 2011 is my new date and I travel down on my own by train the day before. The night before Sean and me go to the O2 in Leeds to see Big Country, with Mike Peters from The Alarm taking lead vocals. It was brilliant...
