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I was wondering if anyone can tell me how long they waited until they had their first Chemo session. My dad was diagnoised 6 weeks ago and it may be another 2 weeks until his first chemo appointment - is this normal? I guess we all worry and just want things to move as quick as possible.
Haven't been here for a while have been trying to get on with things but after the 3rd dose of chemo epirubicin I seem to have little or no energy every thing just seems too much it's a struggle to take the puppy out but have to manage, don't know how I can cope with much more, have to have a line fitted for the chemo as they keep struggling to find a vein am still going to christies although they keep promising I can have have it at Bolton. Have the last Epirubicin on the 10th November the the CMF...
Well now I know, not the news I wanted but I can't change that so have decided on how to move forward. Since I have all the facts now and know this is not going to be a short run thing I have decided to do this blog bit correctly like Deb's and Andrew (wonderful people with a wicked sense of humour). This in my mind is now my day 1 and the dance and cance is deliberate...not typo error.
Spent all yesterday feeling sorry for myself, crying at the drop of a hat and bloody angry that the doc...
hi can anyone tell me how i can complain about an incident that happened whilst having day surgery please.
Thank you everyone who commented on my first two bloggs.
My life has just become a nightmare as I lost my dear wife Liz on Monday afternoon19th October.
I lay in bed with her for 48 hours, only moving to allow nurses to do their marvelous work and change her driver,
She seemed to deteriorate rapidly over the previous weekend as the reallity started to hit home I became so selfishly upset.....
I held her head on my arm and held each hand as I constantly chatted to her every second of those final...
hello my auntie was diagnosed with lung cancer 4 weeks ago it since then has spread to the liver the throat and now the brain. she has lost sight in 1 eye and the docs said they will offer radiotherepy so she doesnt loose the other eye but nobody has told us how long, does anybody know how long her suffering can go on for? its torture to sit ther everyday waiting, please can any1 help with any info??
thnks kerry xx
I had my MUGA scan this avo. For those of you who dont know ( and I probably have blogged about this before) a MUGA is a scan which checks heart function. You are given an injection of radioactive isotopes and a tracer then you lie on a machine for about 15 minutes and it looks at how well your heart pumps blood around the body. Basically when the heart fills with blood it is said to be 100% then the rate at which it pumps blood out is the result they give you. Anything over 50 % is said to be a...
