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Today we got the chemo appt for the City Hospital next Wednesday morning, he's to have a blood test and tehy will find him a bed on the day ( he has to stay over) on a plus note he's a photographer and my cousin has offered him a free kitchen in exchange for brochure photos , now thats something nice.
Will update more on the chemo etc as and when.
Ok Consultant showed us the results of his tumour markers in his bloods in a graph...it showed that when dad had the cisplatin (which he had a reaction to) his tumour markers actually went down a little which sends the signal that the cancers may have been shrinking, then it showed that whilst he has been on the treatment he is on now (carboplatin and etoposide) his tumour markers have stayed static. so not a good sign. The cosultant has put dad forward for a scan next week (waiting for the appt to...
Unfortunately things are really bad for us now, Martin is so poorly. They removed the 2 small tumours from his lungs last May but when they opened him up to remove the tumour from his liver they found it was twisted around blood vessels which deemed it inoperable.
They gave him about 5 lots of chemo, which should have been done every other week but due to his low white blood cell count it ended up being every 2 weeks.
He was supposed to have 6 lots & then have a scan, but he started to...
I have been diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma of oesophagus T3 N1 M1 it extends virtually the whole length of the oesophagus and also spread to the lymph nodes within the area, although none of my major organs are affected.
I have recently had 2 stents fitted and am able to eat virtually normal again after not eating for nearly 3 months. In general I feel good in myself although I lost 3 stone I am now an healthy 14 1/2 stone and feel better for it. Last week I saw the oncologist and he explained that...
Some days I feel I'm drowning
sinking way down low.
Some days I feel like giving up
and think I'd like to go.
But, looking up above me
I see a gleaming light.
I swim and kick and struggle
and push with all my might.
As I break upon the surface
I gasp and gulp for air.
I look all around me
and can't believe what's there.
Floating on the ocean
as far as I can see
lots of coloured lifejackets
waiting just for me.
As soon as I get near one
they wrap themselves around
...just back from hospital and my psa has gone up again.
am now taking bicalutamide along with the implants, good or bad i dont really know. dont know if i should be worried or not as the doctor did not seem to concerned and reckons the two will bring my psa down.
fingers crossed.
Today I went to visit my dad in the hospice. He went in Tuesday (16th) morning. After sitting with him a while, me and my mum were called into a side room...here the doctor told us that things are progressing fast & time is limited...I asked if by limited she meant like weeks...and she said it could be even less than that.
So here I am faced with the prospect that, in a matter of days, my dad could be gone from my life...:'-(
I am keen to keep a record of my experiences with chemo and treatment for breast cancer. So introductions...I was diagnosed mid-December last year after finding a lump in November. Couldn't believe it when the scans and biopsy showed it was cancer though I was suspicious when in my follow up appt from the biopsy I was called for ultrasound and mammagrams again...anyway since then I have had a mastectomy and axillary node clearance. Sentinal node biopsy came back with 2 of the 3 nodes showing...
