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Saturday 21st November 2009
I had my Colonoscopy Friday at 3 o'clock, nothing to eat from 1PM Thursday. The fasting wasn't a problem but the tea and toast afterwards was like a feast.
The colonoscopy itself was fine, the sedation really makes such a difference.
Thankfully, they did not find anything else so it's all systems go for the operation on 11th December.
I am feeling very lucky at the moment, hope it continues.
Peter
Saturday 21st November 2009
My consultant phoned on Thursday evening, the results of my scans were clear, thank God.
I am booked in for the operation at the Lister on 11th December.
They are intending on doing keyhole surgery which should hopefully quicken my recovery time.
This is the best news I could have got
Just left my dad in hospital for a platelet transfusion. Hope they'll look after him right - hope they realise how weak he is, how restricted the food he can eat is, how scared he is. How hard it is to see someone you love with their spirits so low. At least my mum and i will get a better night's sleep, but who will he talk to at 5 am? I'm glad that when I made the decision to come and care for him in his last few months of life that I didn't appreciate how hard it would be, cos I might not have...
I thought it was about time i put some good news on here. My boy only has another 4 blocks of chemo to go then he will get tested to see if he needs anything else. So everyone keep your fingers crossed for him, he is doing good and acting more like my boy which i love to bits. He is back at school full days and even though the doctors have told him to take it easy he was playing football at school. He is starting to relise he cant do as much as he used to but at least he knows his own limits and...
Received one of the phone calls I have been waiting for today - no news from the genetics clinic in relation to the result of my BRCA1 cancer gene screening, so it looks like time has run out and the radiotherapy is back on. The radiology dept phoned and asked if I could go straight over for the planning appointment - I bottled it and have arranged to go in tomorrow morning instead. There has been a long gap since my surgery (too much time has resulted in a bit of denial on my part) and now it looks...
Do not read if you do not want to be well informed about 'the end' or last few weeks and days. I am posting these because after loosing my father to a liver secondary (he had acute liver failure right at the end, deteriorated at an remarkably fast rate..all of this owing to a bowel primary found 2 years prior). I now have the reflection after my father's death and I wish I'd been better informed about the end, as I could have provided for him better. I did write a detailed post about my father's...
It seems along time since i have had good news from the medical lot but today i had my cervix looked at for the first time since Feb and all looks good, still got to wait for the results but Mrs Gull was pleased with how it looked! What a relief
So next BIG test is MRI on Wednesday the 25th so fingers and anything else crossed!!
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After an eventful day finally got the little man into bed (hes full of cold so didnt offer too much resistance) and cooked our "celebration" meal which was everything I expected it to be. Dishwasher loaded and on and chill out time.....wrong. I could not get to sleep, tried half sitting, lying on my left a bit sor, lying on my right a bit sore, lying on my back totally unnatural, sitting bolt upright, and so began another night of no sleep. Even sky tv gets a bit crap once you enter into the wee...
I have just found out that a member of my family has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. We are related by marriage and she isnt a close family member but I am going to give her a call later to give her my love. All we know is she is having radiotherapy so hopefully everything is in its early stages and she has a good outlook. Also my aunt who I am quite close to has had problems with breast lumps throughout her life has just had a total duct excision, which I had on my remaining breast in January...
hello everyone,
well had my second fec chemo on wednesday, got home and didnt feel as bad as the time before but i knew that it would probably get worse later and sure enough midnight and i was very sick then up and down all night with a bad stomach, yesterday just felt awful all day so stayed in bed, today however im up and about in my new house, feeling alot better so just gonna take it easy. myself and my friend moved in to our new shared house last thursday got it all done in one day thanks...
