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my husband steve was diagnosed three weeks ago of gullet and liver cancer, he had stent put in wednesday came home yesterday, had to nag him to eat and drink a little, has done better today, gong to christies on wednesday for talk about his chemo
Well I'd like to offer my opinion on whatever the hell's going on, but I don't have a clue what it's all about, and actually, I don't want to know.
I first used this site when it was 'what now' - yes, it was good, maybe this one isn't as good, I've never really thought about it - it does the job, doesn't it? Puts you in touch with people who understand what you're going through? I don't go in chat - tried it once when I was at rock bottom - and a) couldn...
I've created this blog to follow my progress, side effects .fears, emotions and hopefully full recovery.
Wasn't going to start it 'till Monday but am struggling here before it all starts (self pity - just my luck!) I quit smoking 3 days ago and have a chest infection from hell. Can't breath, chest rattling, coughing (sound like a donkey..lol).
I finish work on Sunday and feeling as I do at the moment am not putting the hours in, not good when I'm S/E.
Today I am supposed to...
Brandon went for his check up and i was so so so worried cause he is getting more tired and out of breathe than before. When i picked him up from school he was a mess covered in dirt so i cleaned him up at took him to see the doc. the doc gave him an x ray and done breathing tests on him and it came back he is ok. I was so relieved when the doc said that. The doc asked me when did we see brandons surgeon i told him we havent seen him in over a year so he has an appoinment for us to see him. I dont...
Well what is going on on here ? ive just hijacked carolines blog as if honest im so peed off ! im even thinking of leaving , its beyond a joke now,
I came on this site as my husband was dying ,he died in march and i could not have got through without the support ,love and kindness on here , i have 2 very special friends from here that will be my closest friends prob forever , and i wish i could name all the rest of you but id be here till christmas ,you know who you are and i love you all very...
Well, here I am back at home after my weeks away. Holiday all but forgotten about after a week with my daughter, doing the school runs for her girls while she is on teaching practice.
It's lovely having time at home, but then the brain starts again - what is that ache in my lower tummy, what about the pain in my side... how do you convince your self the cancer is not back when you are in remission. Every little pain makes you worry, so not enough sleep to make things worse.
Not enough confidence...
so yesterday was the hardest day of my life so far, waited 11hrs for my dad to come out of surgery, then 2 hrs in recovery before just seeing him open his eyes. He now has no voicebox and a trachy and they re-built his food pipe in his throat........................
my wonderfull daughter gave birth to my first grandchild on the 5th october... a gorgeous little boy called joshua. i have just spent two fantastic weeks in england, having lots of cuddles. i can't wait to go back at xmas. we have put our house on the market and hope to move back to 'sunny' england asap. The cancer has made me reevaluate my life,,, i know that probably the cancer will return at some point and we have decided that we would rather be in england closer to our children and...
We found out on the 20th of aug that my husband had cancer it is called carcanoid tumors and his was in his bowel and had spead to his lymh nodes he had surgery to remove the mass and on the 19 of oct we found out they managed to remove it all and they cand see any more in the rest of his body. It will come back in the future so he has to have tests and scans avery few mths
I'M DUE TO START CHEMO ON 29TH OCT. i'VE BEEN INVITED OUT THAT NIGHT. WILL I BE ALRIGHT TO GO, CAN YOU LET ME KNOW HOW YOUR FIRST CHEMO MADE YOU FEEL?
