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Just want to say mum passed away last night. Love you mum with all my heart and so much more x x x x x x x x x x
I just nipped across to see dad on my lunch break, he was sleeping when I went in so I gently rubbed his arm and said Dad. He wakened up he wasnt able to say much but he could shake his head yes or no or puff his cheeks out to indicate how tired he is, I managed to get him to take a sip of water, he asked where my Mum was and explained to him I could come over now on my lunchbreak because he is in a room by himself. His eyes started to roll again so I left him to slepp and have enough energy for...
My name is Kay, I'm a 20 year old girl, and my boyfriend died last Wednesday morning.
He has a rare cancer called Metatastic Rhabdosarcoma (excuse the spelling, most probably wrong), which was diagnosed to him September 2008. He started to complain of back pains...when he went to the GP, they sent him away saying that he most likely pulled a muscle due to his job (he was a stockroom assistant in Argos). When they eventually referred him to hospital (5 months later!!), they kept him in for 3 months...
Hi All,
Been off for a few days because, well, been too grumpy. I've been very lucky this year in that my little family have coped really well with the Monty Python jackboot from the sky that landed on us last Xmas. My mood has been on a pretty even keel all year (after the initial shock and a nervy day or two before scan results) but generally we've just got on with things.
I've coped with working full-time doing a job I loved to not working at all - overnight. I've got used to not seeing...
A month ago I was working. Now that is all I may have left to live.
About six weeks ago I began getting headaches - not all the time and not in any specific area, occasionally accompanied by very brief spells of 'uncertainty'. These spells always happened when standing up. I never even thought that I shouldn't be driving.A month ago at work I was walking along and suddenly didn't know where to put my foot down or what to do next. I looked around, foot still in the air, to see a workmate looking...
Theres not been much change today dad is still pretty unresponsive today, they have moved him into a room by himself which means I can pop over on my lunch break to see him now instead of waiting till half 5. He opened his eyes a couple of times and slightly acknowledged we was there he was mumbling but nothing coherent. Today is another day we will see what happens.
Had a crap night, felt lousy and quite a lot of pain but refused to take any pain killers because in my head that would mean I am going backwards and thats not allowed.
Woke up feeling just as rough so just bumbled about all morning then took son to nursery (he had to go as it was the second performance of their christmas production which I was due to attend) then back and had a lie down to see if that helped. Time was ticking away and fast running to the time I would need to leave to get to the...
No - not the sort with ox and ass. Ali is stable six months after diagnosis of inoperable pancreatic cancer. She is enjoying very good quality of life - still doing her Arabic Dance and doing lunch with friends. The first month on steroids she was high as a kite but now has dose sorted so she is not high but not feeling sick either.
We haven't a clue how long we have left and clearly don't forget it but have managed to make a quiet life together in the face of it.
I am having pre-bereavement...
Hello, I need help in understanding the side effects of radiotherapy given to a person who has had cancer in their neck. I am a carer, my husband has cancer in one of the lymph node at the base of the neck on the left side.
He was first diagonised with cancer in April 2007, at that time it was found in lymph nodes in the chest and was treated with chemotherrapy and radiotherapy. He recovered well after the first treatment, but his cancer returned this April.
Since July he has had extensive course...
Well first attempt abject failure got that wrong and didnt actually write anything in the main body of the blog, oh well on a learning curve here hopefully will get it right next time.
Wanted first blog to be happy blog, but circumstances dictate this not to be. Have nodular melanoma diagnosed at end of Sept 09, rollercoaster of appointments, scans surgery etc since then, what happened to my life, where did that disappear too might I ask? Anyway told CT was clear, however on seeing the oncologist...
