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These last two weeks have been some rollercoaster ride, between going back and forth to the hospital visiting pop and taking him to his specialist appointments and then running down to my nan who is in bed with the flu and trying to cook and clean for my husband and little girl ive barely had time to think about anything else.
Then when i went to visit pop yesterday he was in deep conversation with a lady who ive never seen before and for the first time in ages as i watched through the window in...
To all who know me you will prob know that i am moving down to the scottish borders i will be moving on tues the 11th of jan i will be off line untill the 17th or the 18th i will get back online asap and let you all know how we are doing and how we are settling in. On another note i am not taking mum with me she dont wanna move again but who can blame her i couldnt go back to havin her stay with me so i would say im feeling bad for leaving her behind but im not i know it sounds bad but she has put...
It's so strange that since Gary left me, time either seems to stand still or speed up.
Can it already be three weeks since Gary left me just a week before Christmas?
So much seems to have happened since then. Christmas is a blur, and seems so far away. I know I spent it with my grandchildren, but I remember little that happened.
I didn't mark the New Year, just went to bed at my normal time after taking a sleeping pill.
This morning I listed the things I need to do today, and was about...
Hi everyone Hope all is well with you all!!
Right, well my Mum is having an op on 17th of this month and would like to know if anyone has had the same op?? It's called double LD flap and masectomy bilateral.......She's very nervous and would just like some reassurance and some info so she know's exactly what's gunna happen after the op....Like recovery time and how she will be able to do day to day things.....Any advice or info on this will be a massive help!!!
She hasn't known...
I was on holiday in Bulgaria and got constipated. That's how it all started. After 5 days of being unable to go to the loo I went to see a doctor who took blood tests said I had peritonitis and that she thought it was from my appendix and was taken to hospital for an emergency op. When I got there they scanned me and said they thought it was a problem with my overies and kept me in. I had taken a laxative that morning which worked during the first evening in hospital. They gave me high dose antibiotic...
Talk about a shock....Was diagnosed with Womb Cancer the day before Christmas Eve. SInce then I have been in the Waiting Game. Waiting for the full news, surgery and any additional treatment that I am supposed to receive.
I must say that this has been the worst wait in my life. You get to the point where you just want it to get started so you can get on with it. Also you want this "invader" out of your body.
I want to publicly thank all of the people who have been there to support me...
A while back I blogged about doing 30 things over the course of this year to celebrate turning 30. As my birthday was Christmas day it was difficult to plan a party etc so I felt this would be a much better idea. So today I went and got a tattoo which was one of the things on my list. Its not my first tattoo but my fourth and it is of my childrens names so it is very special. Only thing is now I want another one!!!
My mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1995. At the time I was 16 and was caring for her and my young brother who was 3 - She was having treatment but passed away in July 1997 - Even though i was her carer my mum kept a lot hidden from me and have never really found peace since she passed away - I was totally unprepared for her passing away -
I think I found this chrsitmas especially hard and I am not full understanding why - I just miss her.
Recently I seem to be drawn to people...
I went for my 3 month check today and saw my Oncologist not the Registrar. My CA 125 has now started to go up again. He said it was 150 l was puzzeled because he said it had not risen by much. I said l thought it was 40 he said no its never been down to that. I would have swarn the Dr told me 40 may be 140? I dont know but lm not nearly normal after all. Are well never mind. No action as yet.
Hi there everyone,
My dad was diagnosed with cancer of the gullet in november , he is just eating soups and drinking protein shakes ! dad is also a diabetic aswell so hoping it doesnt interfere with this . Ive never expereinces any feelings like this before and am very scared for my dad and for my mum who is now his carer ! dads cancer is inoperable and he is due to start chemotherapy next week , i think he is starting to give up on things now though as he is in constant pain and has just no life...
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