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Been out of Uk for a few weeks to tend to some family business ref my Dad and returned yesterday.
Seeing things out there brought back memories, very sentimental ones too. The day I arrived there the news was broken to my Gran, we all sat together and cried for ages. I feel for gran, shes lost her husband and 2 sons all to cancer, so I can't imagine what and how she is feeling. The relationship between my mum and gran isn't great but my mum still cares about her deep down inside and sometimes...
my husband was dignosed with gullet and liver cancer three weeks ago. had a stent put in today to help him eat. we have waited ages to have this operation everythings seems to take forever to get moving. hopefully he will put some weight on and start feeling better in himself. chemo is the next stage . it's been a hard few weeks telling people and letting in sink in ourselves.
I spoke to the lovely nurse today having not heard if I was booked into see the surgeon on the clinic date we discussed weeks ago.
As always she sorted it all out brilliantly: yes, I'll be able to get into the surgeon's clinic on 5 Nov (her: "what time is good for you?" me: "it would be good to get the school run out of the way - how about some time after 9:30?" her: "OK, I'll tell the surgeon's secretary between 9:30 and 10:30. That should be no problem and you'll receive a letter through the post...
Does one year seem long? Is one year very short? Is there a time to put to any of this emotion?
I have become my mothers carer. Sounds simple enough. I was looking after her before she was diagnosed with lung cancer, one year ater that diagnostic nightmare and a biopsy from hell with a bleed just to add to my mums problems, I find myself feeling rather selfish...yes selfish.. My life has stopped....My Mum is 85yrs and I, 57. All my aspirations and dreams for my life after the children go from the...
Well, it been over 3 months since i lost my Mum, and i am waiting for it to get better! I have been having a few more better days than sad days but am so very frustrated that i can't be strong and i can be fine one minute then bawling the next.
Driving is worse, when my mind is clear and then i start thinking and crying. And fantasising that if i just drive past her house she will be sat in the window doing her bit for neighbourhood watch as she liked to say.
I have so many questions in my...
sorry, new to all this blogging but just need to write it down i think. Dad had his oesphagus removed last aug and has done so well. did everything they told him to do , considering he has never trusted doctors before, this was very good for him, he has a couple of hernias at the same site and was going in for surgery but complained to his consultant that he was having some problems eating again so they sent him for camera down, they found more cancer at the join site and sent him for a ct scan,...
Can I ask anyone if they have any idea when hair starts to come back after chemo has finished. I have been on taxol and caprpolatan (think thats how you spell it). Just finished about three weeks ago, does it take 3 months 6 months, nobody has said. Marion.
Dad had his last chemio today. I'm going back home on Thursday and hopefully this will cheer him up a bit and we can spend some time watching movies and maybe taking the dog for a walk (if he feels up to it - dad, not the dog!)
The next scan is on 29th November and mum sent me and my sister a message saying she's very worried as they haven't spend this long without seeing doctors or going to the hospital and she almost feels left alone. I live 1200 miles away, so I can't really help...
I don't want to bum anyone out but my mum's had a bit of a tough weekend. I haven't thought that the tramadol was doing it's job for a few weeks and that mum needed something stronger (she was at 400mg per day plus 50mg for breakthrough). I've lost track of how many times I've said to her she looks uncomfortable but she wasn't having it. She was offered morphine weeks ago and has refused it. But this weekend she had terrible pain on Sat am and refused to allow the Dr to...
At last we have managed to get back into our old routine. Babysitting the granddchildren. Visiting family in Yorkshire. Going out for a meal and having a drink. Long may it continue!!
Going on chemo really stopped me wanting to do anything but I'm over that now. Chemo again on Thursday.
S
