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i had a mastectomy and lymph node removal in jan am starting my 1st cycle of chemo 14th april and then 5 weeks of rd followed by hormone thherapy
its in my head that im going through all this just for it to come back later on am i being silly or how do others manage not to think of the worse
So it's been just over a wek since I finished my radiotherapy. What's been happening? Well, I'm still tired, but not as bad as I was. Skin did get sore, but so much better now.
Had a call from my consultant yesterday, I'm going to Birmingham on Wednesday to drink some contrast dye, to then go back the next day to have a scan on my kidney to check on that tumour, in readiness for my operation. Never had to drink the dye before (always had an injection before) and never the day before...
My motivation has legged it! I cannot be bothered at the moment to do anything and I don't understand if it's physical or pyschological. I have had a huge blast of radio last Monday on my spine (5 days worth in one hit) and the week before chemo, so I have been exhausted but feel I should be making the best of my life while I am able. I have always been an 'on the go' person, busy, living life to the full and extremely motivated but now I just can't be asked! I hope I'm not sinking into a depression...
just bought a five year diary totally not like me, since my dad died i take everyday at a time and don't really plan. But now with appointment and treatment i need to be more organized for my mum, as she's just been diagnosed with breast cancer .
I beginning to wonder why i bother with alot of people in my life....... the minute they have a problem i am there 100%, but the minute i need some support or someone to cry with or moan abut things they all back off or i get cut off...... i understand they have alot of things going on in their life and i get told ive got a cancer they can cure so i dont really have any right to be upset about it...... but one gets to moan to me about how her placement for uni is and the other about how her life is...
hello everyone and thank you for your help and love on my last blog .Well here goes , the latest thing that has happened is phil has developed a new area on his leg that is leaking fluid due to his having fluid retention in his legs and his skin is so delicate that I have to be really careful when i touch him to change his dressings . I am getting so scared to move him as he cant move himself that I might damage him .I put his t.shirt on yesterday and touched his arm ( which is also full of fluid...
Bert never lived long enough to meet his new grandson but he said all along it would be a boy, never faltering. He kept telling me he had seen him and I thought he was hallucinating. Who knows. Meet Murray Albert Whitehouse.
Greg his other grandson so so happy when he got to see him before he was sedated this is a picture of them both 2 weeks before Bert died.
Ive just had a major biopsy for vulvar cancer and in so much pain with it...im taking 1 voltarol and 2 paracetamols three times a day and in between taking two paracetamols..i have three young children and cant be spaced out on pills but does anyone know anything else i can take for the pain...please any ideas would be grateful..im also taking three salt baths a day.
