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  • sarahlisa70's blog
    update
    today i visited the surgeon... i have to have my breast removed apparently i'm in the 2% bracket and extremely unlucky.. The dcis effects 2/3 of breast tissue. They have said i can have recontructive surgery the same day at charing cross.. On monday i will have my lypmnodes checked to see if it has spread. ty for thoses who replied to dcis blog
    Former Member
  • dazzlex2's blog
    Darren's Pelvic Tumour - Op Tuesday 15h Sept. - Royal Marsden - Prof. Thomas.
    Got back from London yesterday afternoon, traffic was pretty clear. The procedure i had on Monday was an angiogram to check if i needed to have an embilisation done on the arteries in the right of my pelvis (that is - if the tumor had connected up with the right side or not). The radiologist could not determine any links so he halted the procedure, i asked if that was good/bad. His reponse was that it would make the main surgerical procedure less complicated because only one blood vessel would...
    Former Member
  • K. Curran's blog
    Dont pitty me
    Im a 43 yr old white male that was told in april i had stage IV massive pc that was massive but localized i have a wonderful wife and 2 sons one 3 yr old and a 10 yr old i have been taking hormone therapy since april and am 5 weeks into radation treatments. i feel like the doctors are telling me what i want to hear because of my age and the fact that i have young children i just want the bare bone facts if anyone has been through this please respond
    Former Member
  • magmag's blog
    caring for my temally ill partner
    i have been caring for my partner since he was diagnosed with termanal lung cancer in june 2008. he has had chemo wich he had to stop as he got an infection and nearly died so when he was well enough they gave him a bout of radiotheropy to give him more time and a better quality of life,he is 75yrs old and we have been together for 25yrs he has had about 6 months of near normal day to day living but has been unwell for a number of months now. macmillan have been fantastic they helped us get new...
    Former Member
  • sarahlisa70's blog
    ok it is confirmed as dcis
    who else has had this form of breast cancer and what treatment did you have? i just want to know what options i have etc thanks alot to those who reply
    Former Member
  • bugsy's blog
    something i didnt ask for
    this is something we didnt ask for so why are we treat like animals....just being back today for my chemo again the nurse who does it .... well what can i say .. SHE BRILL FANTASTIC GREAT and a comfort to suffers ,,its those car park attendants who want it and there bosse`s ... good news is they are letting me back to work after 3 months of being off,, there is light at the end of the tunnel . even tho it may be 10 years away with help and good friends i will get there .. see you all again soon...
    Former Member
  • JellyHunny's blog
    almost 3 weeks since mom died.. feeling lonely and lost.
    Tomorrow it will be only 3 weeks since my mom passed away. 2 months ago, everything was normal.. Our life was perfectly normal... I cant belive how can life change to fast? I talked a lot with my mom. But now afterwards, i feel like i didnt have time to say anything?? And that i would have so much to tell her still. Hmm but i think its normal? I wanna discuss with her about her illness and everything it occured. I wanna tell her now beautiful funeral she did. I wanna tell her how things are here...
    Former Member
  • sarah61's blog
    Not Again !!
    After having my beloved Dads funeral on friday im wondering whats wrong with me as I thought grief was an all consuming feeling. I have been carrying on normally and getting through the days quite well. That may now change as I have just found out that my best friends husband has breast cancer !!!! He is going in on monday to have his breast removed and at the moment they are staging it at zero - which is I suppose good in a way . This now brings back all the feelings of when Dad was diagnosed and...
    Former Member
  • Sunflower61's blog
    Scared
    Up at the crack of dawn this morning and very restless sleep, 1st chemo today at 2.30 and dreading it I thought I had at least another week to go, mum was brilliant yesterday treated me to a whole new outfit, looks fantastic she's really worried I know but trying not to let it show. Don't know what's in store today and for the next 6mths I think that is the worst thing. Have been taking Milk thistle a natural remedy to protect from liver damage hope it's ok. Have also been advised to get some Life...
    Former Member
  • LesleyG's blog
    About to start Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy!!
    Hi all I'm about to start Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy and suddenly the day before, having been quite strong and positive thru all diagnosis and ops etc, I am absolutely terrified!! I'm sure that it is 'going into the unknown' and not knowing how I will react to the drugs that is really worrying me. I've spoken to so many people and read so much but everyone seems to be different - I'm just hoping that I will be one of the lucky ones!! Here's hoping. How did you all get on with the first day...
    Former Member
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