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I'm marginally less rant-y now. I'm still furious with God, but not with anyone else. I understand that my parents' way of coping with my mum's cancer (carrying on as normal) is working with them and is probably infinitely better than them falling apart. I get that, I really do. I'm still worried about the fact that they're not talking to me or my brother though - it makes me concerned my mum's trying to hide it from us when she's not coping so well. Again, when I...
Just had second FEC. Wasn't too bad last time. This time spent next day in bed. Was up yesterday and went for very short walk. Went for walk this morning but feel fed up, feel like I might be developing bladder infection and have pain in arm where lymph nodes removed. Wore cold cap both times but head is going quite bald on top of head. Been advised not to wash hair or brush it. How does that work? My hair looks awful. Any advice. I have a wig. Should I just get it all shaved off, cut very short...
It's finished!! My last day of radiotherapy and it's done!!
The machine in the normal room that I'm in was broken so had to go to a different room and have different nurses, but to be honest nothing could have ruined my day today. That was my last time on the machine. I did find the nurses that normally did my treatment as I had a box of chocolates to give them. Well, I'd seen them every day for 3 weeks so just wanted to say thanks to them.
The sun is shining, I've finished my...
Happy Mothers Day!
U might be wondering why I have put 'Mothers' in my title, well that is because this is not only to wish all the women with children a Happy Mothers Day, but to wish all the women who care for others as if they were their children, a Happy Mothers Day. This might sound a tad odd, and no the chemo hasn't completely addled my brain but since i joined this site, there have been many people who have shown great care and concern towards me. Albeit it isn't only the ladies but today...
Went to get my scan results which were clear. Only have 1 more chemo to go so Onc said to forget it, that 11 is enough. Yippee! Then he said that he wants me to have radiotherapy and to go home for 6 weeks to get over the chemo, then go back and discuss it. My cancer has gone and in the empty space is now the rest of my bowel which has slipped down to fill it. He said he is a little worried about that.
Why couldn't it just be all over. The radiotherapy is to stop it coming back in that place again...
... on the medical front.
For those who have risked looking in for the first time, a brief summary of my treatment so far. Weekly Taxol chemo from July to November last year which did a wonderful job of shrinking the tumours. December to February this year I've been on Arimidex (hormone therapy). A CT scan at the end of February showed that the Arimidex had done nothing and the time spent on it has allowed the tumours to progress again.
So next week it's back on to weekly chemo for me but...
