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My Mum has terminal lung cancer and is just starting round 6 of 6 chemos - we have been told that we will have some radiotherapy after that.....but we are scared...then what??? Do we just wait for the cancer to do its worst???
I know Sunny says this will be the longest blog in history, but I think it might be my shortest as to be honest I am speechless!
ha ha fat chance of that... but might not be too funny etc cos my head is spinning
I was crapping myself this morning. yeah, we guessed you would be, you say..
No. I was crapping myself this morning! Literally!
So. I have a bag and a Sunday best bum kept polished and shiny clean for GC (except for the odd Rolo or 5) so I get up this morning and run to the loo and hmmmm...
I used to love fair ground rides - then i got vertigo and they made me feel sick.
I feel a bit like I'm on a roller coaster ride now. One minute I think - 'Yep I can deal with this. It is early days, it may not be anything serious' I carry on positively. The next minute I think 'OMG how am I going to cope what if ...' and the mind races off into areas that really are not good! It is such a weird feeling.
On the plus side my appetite has gone - having put on a little weight over...
Hi all thanx for being around . Im glad alot of people r getting good news and help . sorry im still strugling and feel realy angry as i cant seem to accept that my mum might not be around soon , I go to see my own gp twice a week as my reaction to mums untreatable terminal lung cancer is rely scary and he is realy concerned i cant let myself think of her not being around when ever i speak to her or see her she sounds so bloody normal . Last nights conversation was Dorothy house contacted me today...
Well mum went into hospital today for her hickman line putting in :) treatment will be easier from here on in!
She received her first treatment today - not chemo but a 3 hour radioisotope infusion to help with the pain in her bones.
To be honest I have no idea if or when they will start chemo every time I've asked in the last week they just keep saying they are waiting to know from the big hospital which treatment will suit her best. It's that pesky little voice in my head that keeps shouting...
Well, let's see...
I went to work, it was a nice quiet day so did some admin/organising
stuff, Liz the counsellor lady that appeared when I decided the centre
needed one (grins, I like the way the Universe works) took me for
lunch, sorted out some training, picked Deri up, dropped Megan at work,
had dinner, Pam came to see me, arranged lunch with Lynne on Sat, and
its 10 pm and I'm not feeling shit! :))
BUT< I will still go to bed before 11 anyway to keep feeling good
:)Mum tried...
First of all, I had to create a new Blog because no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't see the usual directions 'Write a new Blog post' - is there something wrong with the site?
John's funeral was more perfect than I could have expected. Jo and I arranged for the hearse to come to the flat and so many people turned up that my little pad was bursting at the seams. The hearse was late because of traffic and this made me smile because John hated traffic queues with a passion. I could...
Just thought I'd share something with you that I heard today while in the waiting room of the dental hospital.
A nurse walked along the corridor past the reception desk and said loudly to the girls there, "I should wear one of those speedometer things that measures how many footsteps you take in a day!"
I had a quick peek to see if anyone else noticed what she had said, but, all sat stoney faced, so either they hadn't noticed or were, like me, trying not to laugh lol.
Christine...
Today I was at the Dental hospital with my mum.
She has been complaining of a having a really sore mouth for a while now. She phoned the doctor's surgery who advised her to let the pharmacist have a look which she did. The pharmacist prescribed bonjela for ulcers, but she has a sore on her cheek which she thought perhaps her dentures was causing.
Eventually she went to her dentist who told her she wasn't happy with the growth on her cheek. A week later the growth had increased in size. An urgent...
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