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Next week I have an appointment for a check-up and, as always, I am getting a bit nervous and apprehensive. It is almost three years since I was diagnosed with mouth cancer but somehow the fear comes back when I have to go to the hospital. My mind plays games and I am back on the table with the mask firmly in place having the radiotherapy..........but I should be grateful for the fact that this cancer has been destroyed. I shall strive be positive and keep smiling !
One week in and not so bad yet!!!!!!!
A few mouth ulcers, a little bit of nausea and an overwhemlming feeling of tiredness but otherwise ok. Oh and the body rash from the antibiotics that makes me look like a 17th century pox victim lol, but if it keeps bugs at bay i can live with it. Adelaide is behaving herself rather well and even the teenage son is doing housework wihout being asked, yes i must be ill lol.
So in all not a bad start to chemo!!!!
Didn't I say my holidays are a disaster. Just come back from my hospital appointment for blood results ready for last session of chemo next week. Last month (the day I came back) the CA125 had gone up 12, this month it has gone up to 617, and that is on treatment! The doctor listened to me saying I thought things were not right, but he didn't have the results, just said have the chemo then the regular post chemo CT scan, come back in 6 weeks. I insisted he got the blood results, and he didn...
Hi all,
My wonderful boyfriend Andrew died of cancer on 28th March 2011. To help with my grief and other people I am writing down my experiences in my blog:
http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/
Please feel free to read it, follow it, and comment. I update it regularly so keep checking to see how I'm doing.
Thank you
Louise
Well after being told by someone on Tuesday ( who by the way needs to be strike of ) that they couldn't do anything for my mum. That chemo wasn't an option. We have had the worst 2 years.... did I really say 2 years I meant 2 days although it feels like years of our lives. My family have just gone through hell only to be told by someone different they are doing chemo although it wont shrink it it will contain it.. To say I am confused is an understatement. We seem to be getting conflicting...
Can't believe how quickly it has gone but finally I can say last chemo next week, can't wait to get it over with. When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer I read a ladies blog from America in the chemo unit where she had her treatment they had a bell that people rang at the end of their last chemo, so I've ordered a ships bell for my chemo unit which I will ring then donate next week.
Its not the easiest of journeys but as most of you brave lovely people know we can get through...
i just came home from work im on my lunch break and i just burst into tears.. last night we found out that my boyfriends liver surgery isnt going to be keyhole and now they have to open him up..
last time he had bowel surgery i found it so hard to see him in hospital in so much pain.. and now i have to watch him go through that all again.. i wish it was me instead!
im at work i work with children and im trying to put on a brave face but i feel like breaking down and crying.. enough is enough...
I'm now officially half way through the chemo (yay!) and this most recent cycle (the fourth of eight) was by far the easiest. Not surprising really, with my white blood count being so low, I was only permitted the oral drug (capecitibine), and for me the side effects of this are minimal.
My next oncology appointment is on Friday and I don't really know what to expect. With my white blood count being low even after two weeks from the end of the cycle (between cycles 3 and 4), I'm assuming a dose...
Two weeks ago I attended a pretty regular appointment to review an abdominal MRI as I have unrelated hip joint problems - and fortunately my husband was there too - when I was told I have a large solid mass in the muscle of my right hip. It wasn't what I'd expected to hear or to discuss that morning. I was told it was definately solid and not fluid filled; it was unconnected from the joint and was located quite separate from the bone; it's margins were clearly within the muscle and well defined...
hey guys im new to this website.. so here's a long story short..
basically was with my boyfriend for 6 months, he started to get sick and weak, got a colonoscopy and found out he had advanced bowel cancer..
he had chemo, radiotherapy and surgery.. a year on and things are looking much better.. the tumor was removed completely, except now he has a permanant colostomy..
he will be having more surgery in 3 weeks time to remove liver mets..
basically most of our relationship has been in and out...
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