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It is now day 23 since they asked me if I wanted resus if Bert needed it. They stopped all treatment except sedation and pain control 9 days ago, I have lived in his room never leaving it in all that time. They tell me on a daily basis that the end is near. He has a dreadful cough, secretions on his chest, bedsores and is obviously in pain at times. He is on a syringe driver for pain control and sedation. also getting breakthrough Morpine and Midazolam as and when required. They expected him to die...
Mum was diagnosed with NSCLC last Feb, and initially did well with her chemo. The tumour actually shrunk a little!
Now though she has severe pain at the tumour site which regular meds don't help. She has tried Trammadol which justs upsets her stomach and does not seem to help, so I am looking into the next step.
She is a wonderfull woman who never complains and has just been tolerating this for a few weeks. We did't even know had bad things were until she had a C T scan on Friday.
Sometimes...
Hey all
Hubby's just bought up my laptop for a while so thought I would quickly update my blog. Op on Friday morning went well. Feeling not too bad. Okay thats a lie I feel like crap but Ill get there. Anyway docs really happy with my recovery so hopefully they will let me out tommorrow. Keep your finger crossed for me.
Robynn
Hi, I am new to all this and more than a little confused....by both the blog stuff and by the whole cancer experience.
My 18 year old daughter was diagnosed with leukaemia in september, and is now waiting for a bone marrow transplant, which we hope should happen in the next few months. She has had a few very sticky moments over the last few months but has proved to be the fighter I knew she was and come through it. She's had her ups and downs emotionally too, but overall has handled the whole thing...
Like all daughters ( or most!!) my Dad is my superhero so needless to say this came as a total shock to us.
There are no words to convey just how awful it feels .
I have some blog entries I made on another site that I will copy and paste here , I suppose to show the harsh effect its had so far.
Dad was a joiner by trade at 18 and contracted the mesothelioma from the asbestos they worked with at the time, for a number of years now he has been aware that he could fall into that group who develop...
Hi All,
Long time no blog, have found the chemo regime really hard to handle, have never visited the doctors/hospital as much before in my life, sick of blood tests to check my blood count and viens are finally running into hiding as soon as a needle appears.
The first treatment went ok and had a good 5-6 days of wondering what it was all about as felt fine apart from a bit spacey. Second treatement and again a few days of feeling ok then feeling like pooh which resulted in trips to the doctors...
Hi there
Just need to let off some steam, should really be in bed sleeping something I find hard to do since my poor mum has been diagnosed with cancer.
My mum is receiving intensive treatment at the Marsden for myeoloma. Unfortunatley we have drawn the short straw when it comes to the oncology nurse, who is suppose to be there to support and advise patient and family. This has been non exsistent and it makes me so mad especially when you are trying to deal with this awful disease!. She is crap...
I'm sure many of you will remember JanJan, who initially joined the site as a carer for her dad, who was suffering from lung cancer and her father-in-law who was suffering from bladder cancer. Jan was a cancer nurse herself and gave a great deal of support to other members.
You may recall that last Autumn she was undergoing tests, that saw her, in a cruel twist of fate being diagnosed with, I think, leukaemia. The last we heard from her was before the changes to the site, when she in hospital...
Hi Everyone, 
Dad is doing well at the moment, He still hasn't had anymore chemo yet though 
not really sure why, But he is happy and plodding on, like us all i guess. Its the not having the info i guess thats getting us down-the docs don't know so we don't it's just sooooo confusing. We believe he will have another chemo on tuesday so hopefully he will still be seeing the oncologist before hand and they may have a little more info for us. Love to you all. xxxxxxxxx
