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Latest blog posts

  • lisa j
    renal cancer ( carers journey)

    Morning all

    I have had to go back to work today after last week set back with my mom, its was hard leaving her today I must admit, but my auntie popping round sometime this morning to spend a bit of time with her. 

    She 's seems more like her old self today she ate really well yesterday she had a sunday lunch whoooooooowooooo. This was first meal she's had for at least 3 wks so fingers crossed things are on the up again.

    I just hope she copes well by herself

    Lisa

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • sparky1157's blog
    no more treatment what to do next

    hi Ive had mantle cell for 10 years now but sadly there is no more treatment they can give me so time is now short , but i still wont give up I'm now trying to increase my blood and platelets with herbal remedy's , I'm also taking Turkey tail mushroom capsules which do help to keep the tumors away  if anyone can tell me how to produce blood or platelets i would be grateful

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • Our Journey so far
    It's a roller coaster Journey

    What a rocky ride it has been so far, it all started when my lovely man started to have blackouts.

    Friday the 28th January was the day he and I started the journey, this was the day he frightened me half to death with a seizure.  He said he thought he had blacked out  a few times previously but nobody had witnessed them...

    Since that date after numerous tests on the 1st March 2011 he was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour.  He then went on to have further tests which resulted in brain surgery on...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • Sharon0705
    Hubby nearly all clear - now have to cope with mum and dementia

    Now that my husband's treatment for leukemia is completed and we have been told he is in remission, my next hurdle is dealing with my mum who has dementia which is getting worse by the day.

    Sometimes I wonder if physical problems are easier to cope with - there is treatment, it works or it doesn't but the person is still there - with dementia the person you love is no longer there in mind although the body is.

    This is going to be a much more painful and harder struggle than Paul's AML and...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • jennifer52
    my little support machine did it !!!!

    hi everyone just a little update to say my ronay ran the race for life yesterday it was so emotional and i felt everyone there was running for all of us i just burst into floods of tears when  we were waiting at the finishing line im so proud of her and now im determined im going to do it as well next year and hopefully will be well enough to do the midnight walk in october as well so would be glad to know if anyone else would be willing to do it with me id be so glad to meet you all there unfortunately...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • lisa j
    renal cancer / careres journey

    morning all

    I woke early this morning yet again can't get past 5.00 oclock for some reason. thinking about lots of things today.  The results of my mom's scan on thursday every time I think about it I feel sick . Not sure if I should ask my sisiter to come with us or just to leave it to me and mom, My sister husband had some test for cancer too so she really is going though it at the moment.so I think it might just make things worse I will only end up worring about them both.

    I'v  got...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • pinkvicki
    Was this a dream?

    So it is 10 months today since Dad left us.I can't believe it has been that long since i last spoke to him. 

    Last night i had a dream, it was a lovely dream for the most of it. I was in a field full of poppys a beautiful red field and in this field were lots of horses. My Dad was there with me and it was normal as if he hadn't been gone for 10 months. Dad and i rode the horses. I got off mine to have a sit down and at that point Dad rode away on his horse right into the distance and as i shouted...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • My Dad.X.
    My Dad xxxx

    My Dad passed away a few months after being diagnosed with cancer. I helped looked after him until the end and now don`t know what to do without him. He was my rock, whenever i needed him he was there, and now i`m so lost without him. I just can`t get used to the fact that i`m not going to see him again. It hurts so much....

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • lisa j
    renal cancer

    well not a bad day today for my mom she's had her hair done and had somrthing to eat which is a big bonus. I think she even looks a bit better today

    Yesterday went well  I took her for her routine  CT scan, and yesterday morning I managed to buy a wheelchair for her at our local mobility shop, it turns out I knew the chap who own's it I went to school with him

    It was a stroke of luck really I didn't order it till thursday lunch time and he delivered 11.00am yesterday morning what a knight...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • Tale of A Very Young Widow
    New post, plus could do with some advice

    I've just posted a new blog post: http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/other-people.html

    The reason why I've written it is because I'm upset because I feel my housemate is rubbing it in my face that he has an alive girlfriend who can still come and visit him at weekends. Not intentionally I hope, but he didn't even think to ask me if it was ok for her to be here. Honestly I probably would have said no because it hurts to see it; we loved our weekends together and I keep thinking of how...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
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