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Having been diagnosed with melanoma back in November last year, I have since been to theatre twice. The first time was 24/12/10 as a day case to have the majority of the cancer removed and then I had to go back on 14/01/11 to have the rest of the surgery completed. It was done in two parts due to it being close to Christmas.
The surgery was more extensive than I had expected. The melanoma which was greater than 10mm was removed and then a further 3cm of good skin was removed from around where the...
I have not been on here for a while,
Maybe a good thing as life is moving on, im putting the pain and heartbreak behind me, work is just fab ,ive gained so much confidence and my abilites are growing daily, my patients are well looked after and i am a diff person now, cancer and losing ju brought me to my knees ,i saw no way out but i have proved thats not the case ,
Do not get me wrong i will always love ju, he is forever in my heart and in our children everyday i see part of him in them, and...
Well, spent ages trying to work out how to actually write a message on here.
Since I signed up to the online community I spent 3 days in hospital with neutropaenic sepsis following my first chemo treatment (Taxatere), so now am apprehensive about second treatment on Friday. I was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in June 2010, almost 10 years since the first time. One largeish tumour in a lymph node on my neck was zapped with radiotherapy, other smaller ones in lymph nodes and bones treated...
Firstly - thank you to all of you for your kind words and support on my last post - did make me shed a tear but in a good way.
Well its just over a week since Mum died and things are just ticking on....nothing seems real and i'm bored of all the paper work. Mums funeral isn't until the beginning of March due to a back log at the local crem so got to wait until i can finally say goodbye. I'm planning on going back to work after half term, get myself back into my normal routine as if i avoid it...
The latest news on Alan he has got his appt at QE at last CT scan on Tues plus the dates of his Radio therapy (fingers crossed). Then 2-3 weeks of treatment unless it chages who knows i dont.
He is already tierd and i hear treatment can also cause tierdness ..happy to hear how any others found it affected them .
So i think we shall know the train journey very well in a couple of weeks .
Nanaboo
Well, I went to the oncologist on Thursday to check all was ok for treatment on Monday. My count had gone down a lot, so he was well pleased. After discussions about my breathlessness, and the way I was feeling he seemed a bit more concerened, and when I told him my GP had suggested a chest x-ray he told me to have it done. My CT scan request from last month seemed to have got lost in the ether (I know it had been requested for after this treatment, but the scan department say they have nothing requested...
Hi Hugh Gavin here,
I never knew this site existed I found it ay accident.
A brief history, I was getting an ultra sound for gall stones Nov 2009 They found a mass in my kildney I was sent for a CT Scan early Dec2009 on 7th Dec at 10.15am I was told I had a 95% chance that the mass was cancer! Boy that word you think they were talkng about someone else.My wife was sitting in the waiting room and when I went out I could not tell her as I knew she would be really up set.We walked to the car and just...
My hair had been coming out for a week was really getting me down as longish and very dark so there seems to be hair everywhere, even in the dishwasher! Decided this morning to get my lovely hubby to cut it much shorter and start wearing my wig, I dreaded it and we were both really nervous but thank goodness I did I feel so much better and back in control! Has to be a bonus at the moment, can't control much else x
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