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Is there anyone who can share whats its like having your complete stomach out .I know its a big operation with lots of risks but please tell me more if you can.
Eating how does one cope here?
I am very scared
Shelagh
Friday 27th November
I had my pre op assessment today, it took about 3 hours.
Found that I was taller than I though I was, so that was good.
All tests went fine, met the surgeons again who are doing the operation. They answered all my questions and were very re-assuring.
They plan is to do laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery but this will depend on what they find. Hopefully this will make the recovery quicker if they do keyhole.
Feeling positive but slightly scared but I know its good to get it done...
I am Sue and I lost my wonderful husband, aged 42 on 4th September after only 6 weeks of illness. I am absolutely gutted and don't know what to do with myself. I have 2 young boys, aged 7 and 10 so I am kept busy, but all I really want to do is hibernate and get away from it all. I keep thinking he is going to come home from work and everything will be back to normal. I am dreading christmas - everyone is starting to get excited about it and talking about putting their trees up and I just want...
I love good luck elephants (they have their trunks up)...in any form...ceramic, silver charms, candle shaped. I like them anyway...very social creatures and I believe they are still on the endangered species list (?)...as we are.
Sometimes I feel like we are all on our own boats with various friends/family and other individuals on our boats, but all going down the same river...towards the rapids. The water is relatively calm with a few rocks or threatening waves along the way, but down by the rapids...
I gave a talk last Thursday, at the launch of a new group which I have been helping to develop from an existing Breast Cancer Support Group. My part was to illustrate how all cancer patients need support, irrespective of their prognosis or type of cancer, and told my personal story. It was the first time I had spoken the words Anal Cancer out loud, and I told them about the refusals of support based on the 'good' clinical prognosis - that they should take into account a patient's support system...
Today Bill has his last shot of chemo ,he has had the Ivor Lewis op on the 29thApril 2009 plus three chemo sessions before and is now on his last session post op,what happens now? We have planed a holiday which we both are looking forward to so why am I feeling so scared ! I feel as if I am just waiting for the return trip to the roller coaster that we have been on for the last year.I am trying to smile and think positive thoughts but after all that we have been through it is really hard,I am...
Today, well yesterday my husband Bill had his operation,he had cancer of the gullet, the operation seems to have gone to plan,he is in a bit of pain so morphine is his drug of choice at the moment. Havent slept at allso going to bed now I will post later to let everybody know how he is getting on. Pansy
... towards the end of June 2009.
As happens frequently at primary schools the dreaded lergy was doing the rounds. My two children seemed to have avoided it along with myself and my husband. That was until I got up on the Monday and felt a bit queasy. Needless to say I was a bit miffed to still be feeling a bit "off" by the end of the week, usually bouncing back from these things quite quickly ... and was quite unnerved to discover a tinge of yellow in my eyes the next Monday morning. By...
.... write a blog? After reading many of the amusing, inspiring and informative blogs here I wonder whether my ramblings are worthy of being published. Debating with myself for five minutes I think the answer is probably not! The bad fairy (that sits on the opposite shoulder to the good fairy) whispers in my ear goading me on .... so today I let the bad fairy have her way and hit the publish key!!
The Bad Fairy x
