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Hi there, has anyone had Taxotere and Herceptin together? I am due to start this combination on Wednesday and would love to hear your experiences! Helen x
Wow, this is my first blog so I feel almost like an author now!!! I am sooooooooooo tired today and feel a little bit of a failure towards my 11 year old daughter. I have spent all day in bed, not sleeping but just too exhausted to get up.
I am fortunate to have very supportive friends and am grateful for that but still wish I was well.
I have had a horrible "barking" cough since my last operation on 23rd September. Surely if it was damage from intubation, it would have gone by now?
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I've just come back from the hospital, had my scan results and now it has invaded my lungs too!!
We got another letter through for another scan today for next thursday so we will have to wait to see what this one shows up, im dreading it. My pops still being sick so im going to have to ring his nurse up and ask for advice as hes not keeping anything down and he really cant afford to lose anymore weight. I see the fear in his eyes and it breaks my heart. He told me i was the best grandaughter anyone could have and that he knows i would do anything for him and that brings him alot of comfort....
dad was brought into the hospice on monday morning.He has not had any sleep for the last 4 days. They brought a specialist into speak to him as he has alot of stuff going on in his head and doesnt want to worry mum or me. Last night they gave him 4 sleeping tablets and an injection. still no sleep. i think he is too scared to sleep as he thinks he is going to die and no one is around. I think we are going to take him home. I cant bear to see him crying. I want him to be happy.
I was thinking about the elements of my life that it is detroying besides my body.
How do you deal with it?
Its frustrating coming to grips withall that needs to be known about my cancer.
The more I thought about it the more I realised I should find one part of it that interests me and concentrate on that.
Im not interested in any of the physical aspects Im interested in the psychology of cancer.
So that might be my niche somewhere I can contribute, the psychology of cancer, but not as a psychologist...
My Mum aged 79 is pretty poorly at the moment. She had breast cancer 20 years ago that came back 2 years ago & now looks like it's on the march through her body - potentially her brain. She's had a series of strokes - most recent one 10 days ago have affected her sight, memory and speech.
The consultants think that some of the symptoms that she's experiencing may be alleviated by a plasma exchange. Reading on this website, it sounds likely she will also need chemotherapy to prevent excess...
I thought I'd write a blog for anyone else who is diagnosed with this type of cancer.
I was diagnosed with a carcinoid tumour of the ovary in June 2010, following a miscarriage in April and an operation to remove some dermoid tumours that were found.
The carcinoid was found within one of the dermoids. On first diagnoses, I was told, that this is not a cancer that is going to kill me, and that I shouldn't need chemo, which were my first thought when hearing the word cancer. I was advised that...
Hi my name is tony and my fiancee was diagnosed with AML a week gone saturday ,,,,to say the least it has been alot to take in but Amanda is responding really well to treatment but just cant help worrying as you well know
