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Couple of bad days.Had terrible constipation then after laxatives stomach cramps!!! Even harder to eat things! Hoping for better day today. This bloody disease .Got to get strength up as chemo starts for last time soon! Going in greenhouse now to sort some plants.Trying to do a bit this morning it should do me good.
Just back from the check up and the docot told me its normal for Brandon to get out of breath and to get tired easily. He said it will be at least 4 to 5 years before he starts getting back to normal. Brandon wasnt happy to hear that he said it wasnt normal and now everyone will know that he is different. Im so proud of Brandon he actually told the doc everything that was going on in his head and his biggest fear of it coming back. It is the first time he opened up and let us know what was going...
Well what can i say Clint was at the clinic this morning and at this precise moment and time he is getting his first Chemotherapy Session and it was really good to see him so happy about his treatment., but i am so scared for him.
Lets hope that everything goes alright for him.
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March the 23rd 4.05
That date and time is etched on my memory as long as I'm alive
My Mum passed away and her soul was re-leased
Life as I knew it had come to cease
Birthdays and Christmases she made the best
Now I have a dull ache in my chest
She taught me so much when I was a child
All the time she spent teaching me every nursey ryhme that was told.
The holidays in Peebles where we as kids ran wild
The singing of songs about coos and sheep
Till you came and told us you didn't want...
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I,m sitting here not sure what to say or do. My wife of 30 years, was diagnosed with cancer of the brain and lung last Thursday, after having a fit whilst taking a driving lesson. We are just waiting for the result of a biopsy taken Friday. I have two grown up kids who have been wonderful, infact, my wife appears to be stronger than any of us at the moment. I can only think of one thing every moment of the day . . . cancer! What will happen, can it be treated, will she suffer, so on and so on...
A strange day. Although I have had two weeks off chemo (three if you count the drug-free week which is part of the normal cycle), my blood count is still not good.
I went into Northampton early for repeat bloods to be taken in case there was an improvement since Friday's blood test. In fact, on one of the measures - neutrophils - the count was actually worse than two weeks ago when my chemo was postponed. Today the count was 0.5 (ideally should be 1.5 for treatment to go ahead), and the total...
Hi everyone...
Those who know me know my story which is avaialable on a previous blog. Melanoma removed 1 year ago, long recovery but here i am 1 year later all healed and putting up with lymphoedema
No holidays last year so June i am off to colombia as i ahve always wanted to go to south america.
so travel insurance. 100000 sites and quotes later and here is the best quoete so far. £64 for a single trip with all medical problems declared.
http://www.cancertravelinsurance.com/
if you know...
Well we went to the Clinic today and finally his liver function is coming down to the level they think they want so hopefully they will be able to get his chemotherapy on Thursday fingers crossed. We will find out more on Wednesday when we go back to the clinic.
The only thing that is worrying me is that Clint is looking so forward to the Chemo starting i am just afraid that when he gets it he will not be that happy!! They told him that he will definately lose his hair but i suppose that is a temporary...
HI
this is the first time I have felt strong enough to post and hope that there are some people out there who can help---My wife was diagnosed with metastatic bowel cancer at the end of January and has jsut finished her first course of chemo and radiotherapy--she begins with her second course on wednesday (oxaliplatin) and will be having Cetuximab for the liver--I have an understanding of how th MOAB works as I this but I do not really understandthe difference betweem Cetuximab and Avastin--other...
Hi, my name is Nigel and I live in Kent. I am married with a 16yr old daughter who lives with her mother in Australia and I also have two step daughters aged 16 & 18. Up until the end of last month everything was fine having recently celebrated my 50th birthday, work is busy but enjoyable. I am a Regional Health & Safety Manager and my Wife, Beverley is an Executive Assistant.
In March I went to my Doctors with a nagging pain in my chest, which to be honest had been niggling me since before...
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