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My wife and I have annual travel insurance though Direct Line but pre-existing conditions are not covered.
I was checking around to get some new quotes for Annual Travel insurance and these seem to be around £100-£120 but don't cover anything to do with the bowel cancer.
I phoned one company and they wanted and additinal £960 to cover the bowel cancer!
Hopefully good news is that we bank with NatWest and they have a gold card which costs £12.95 a month but includes breadown...
I went back to see my consultant today for my 3 month checkup
Everything seems ok, I was not sure what my cancer staging was but it is T3,N0,M0 - Dukes B
Still feeling quite tired, consultant thinks this is more psychological rather than physical, he says it will take 6 months to get over the surgery and the mental side of having cancer.
I am going back for CT scan and blood tests in May.
I was a bit down when we discussed the 5 year survival rates but hopefully I will be on the higher end of...
…..goes without saying I must smile a lot then! Although Miss Bad Fairy disagrees, she thinks I could do more smiling apparently and Master BF says in his lovely, sincere and gorgeous tones, “Mum, I don’t want to upset you or anything, but your tummy’s looking really fat!” Now, remind me … Miss BF said what?? In fairness to them their comments did make me laugh, along with causing another impromptu amateur human biology lesson, which only made them laugh when they were shown the accompanying...
Hi all, well I went along on Wednesday. Pretty terrified actually due to the famous side effects, and it has been 6 weeks since I had a cannula in me! They are probably going to use a PICC line as it's my hospital's policy to use these as much as poss to protect the veins, so I've got that to look forward to!
The process itself was easy, took less than an hour once I'd done the wait bit (3 hours). I came in Tuesday for the initial chat and to give some blood, so that probably made...
My son, my darling boy,
Want to hold you in my arms,
Feel the warmth of your skin,
The softness of your hair,
Shelter you from harm,
Ive cried a million tears,
But they can never heal this pain,
What i'd give to see the light of life,
Shine on your face again.
Rest in peace my darling boy, Joel Lawrence 24/7/90 - 25/03/10
Hello one and all,
Some of you might remember my hubby Mike, some of you may not. Whatever, he is a survivor, OFFICIALLY! He went to see the surgeon today to get his check results 1 year after his op. This is a post he placed on a different Cancer Website he subscribes to:
Well, just got back from Gatwick Park Hospital.
The surgeon himself came out to the waiting area, to call us in to his consulting room this afternoon. Elaine always comes with me to these bashes, as she remembers to ask the...
hi to you all i apoiogise now as i may babble on my hubby was diagnosed sept o8 with mesothelioma we thought he had chest infection, he has had the draining done and the talc done. february 09 he started chemo which was the most difficult time he wouldnt eat,drink, and lost so much weight but we had a good response the tumour shrunk back and onogoligst was pleased. we had good summer he picked up really well then just before christmas 09 it started to move again so since december he has had 6 cycles...
finished the decorating looks great mum and me had a great time singing along to abba .went into town today and bought a wig too practice with 15 pounds bargin.im going too wear it and test drive it so mum will no what she can and can't do in it to avoid any embarssment an her behalf .just been round too show my friend and her husband and they thought it look great the kids thougth i was a bit weird lol .its quirte heavy as well but an sure it will feel ok after a while .
I have Endometrium Cancer, Papillary Serous with clear cells Grade 111C, or should I say I was diagnosed with it, had the op, the chemo treatments, the radio therapy (two cycles of it) and have already had one 'all clear' (from the first scan).
In a few weeks I'll be having my second scan - and hope and presume I'll be OK.
I'm feeling very well. And it feels extraordinary. (?)
And this is why I'm writing. When I was living the days of chemo and then again all those days...
hi my name is sandra,
my husband was told yesterday that he has stage 4 lung cancer, and today we were told it is in his rib bones as well, he is being given chemo in the christie hospital and if hes well enough he will be on trial drugs, we only got married in november and he has a 10yr old son from a previous partner at the moment it feels like our whole world has been turned upside down, so at the moment all we seem to do is cry, we know theres no cure but if it reduces the pain and lets him...
