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My husband has advanced sarcoma cancer. He is managing to work still, but is obviously finding that more and more difficult, but it is to his credit that he still carries on as though things were normal.
Last week he started new chemo No. 5, as the previous four had not helped stop the growth or spread of the tumour in his abdomen.
My difficulty is this: whenever he has symptoms which could be attributed to the cancer, he goes into denial, and through his own diagnoses decides it is something entirely...
Bad night last night. We went round to see Mum & Dad...Dad looks so ill.
I find it sooo hard...it feels like only yesterday he was his normal self, quite
a lot of energy, laughing & joking. Now he just seems so poorly...huddled up
on the sofa with a blanket...quiet...worried...scared. My poor Dad :( My heart
breaks everytime I look at him & I know it is going to get worse...
So last night we took round my Dad's fortisip drinks that I had picked up for
him. I was stood in the lounge...
V quick update from hospital.
All went well, although there was never a chance I would go home tonight. The one doctor who said that may be possible must not have done to many of these type of operations!
No results for a while yet, but thanks for the support from so many people. I'll go back to watching the faries dancing behind my eyelids now. Got to love a nice opiate you can self medicate with. :)
Wow...what a weekend...rollercoaster of emotions like never before. On Friday night Marc & I told Dad that we were going to get married. He has been a bit down and Mum was really worried about him...well telling him our news completely lit up his face...the grin he gave me is something I will never ever forget...he got the sparkle back in his eyes and was just sooo chuffed.
He did say "You're not just doing this because you think I'm on my way out are you?" Of course we made sure...
The previous post covers the lymph system, but I think I am getting closer to understanding why they keep wanting to remove parts of me. When it still feels like this is a pretty small tumor.
MicrometastasesMicrometastases are areas of cancer spread (metastases) that are too small to see. If there are individual cells, or even small areas of growing cells elsewhere in the body, no scan is detailed enough to show them.
For a few types of cancer, blood tests can detect certain proteins released...
I've never really understood the lymphatic system. I know it exists, and I've vaguely tried to find out in the past, but it never really understood. However, as I about to lose part of it, I have made myself learn about it. Maybe most people know... but anyway, here is what I found out.
The Lymphatic System:
The lymph systems includes a number of different thing that we all know about. Bone Marrow, spleen, various glands and the lymphatic vessels. They are like blood vessels, but apparently...
