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  • purdeybru's blog
    Busy bee
    Up early today as sleep wasn't happening again. Hubby brought me a cuppa before he went to work and then I got up. Have been busy today cleaning up the house as here on my own. Lauren at her sisters overnight and all today. I am wondering how long it'll take to be messy again once they are back, but who cares! Going out for lunch tomorrow with old friends, haven't seen them for about 2 years, but when they heard they got in touch. Shame it takes news like this for friends to get in touch with each...
    Former Member
  • ValS's blog
    How do we cope?
    My family have been on the lung cancer roller-coaster for the last 18 months. I think Dad is moving towards the end, he has been fighting but seemingly the battle is almost lost. He almost died two weeks ago, and we were told last week that he may only have a matter of days left, but he has rallied, and they are talking about letting him come home from the hospital, which is great. Really worried about Mum and how she will manage, as we don't live close enough to be there every day. Don't know how...
    Former Member
  • Malcolm.mac's blog
    Well tomorrow is the day for the trouth.
    Well only 24 hours to go to ‘til I get the results from all those tests and the CT scan. It is really playing on my mind now! I did not get a lot of sleep last night. I went for a walk in the early hours only to be approached by a Community Support Officer duo who interrogated me on my reasons for wondering around at 4am. Then they suggested that they should ensure that I got home safely. I am certain they really only wanted to check I lived where I said. Any way the walk did not help that much...
    Former Member
  • ClaireWEY's blog
    Poor Mum!
    Well, Mum went to get the results of her CT scan yesterday and it is not looking good. The oncologist has stopped treatment for the Lung cancer because he says it has been shrunk as much as possible and Mum is too exhausted for anymore. BUT it appears that what he thought was spread in her breast and spine is actually Primary breast cancer with spread to her spine. So the chemo for the lungs has had no effect on that and the spinal tumours are getting bigger. So now she has to have a biopsy on her...
    Former Member
  • jollylolly1's blog
    Upbeat message
    Hi everyone I love reading the blogs on this site and I thought I would send an upbeat message about my chemotherapy treatment. After being diagnosed with this damn disease on May 1st we flew back to England for treatment (even though we have American medical insurance). Time will tell if we made the right decision. I had my 4th cycle of 6 yesterday with 2 more to go. This will be then followed by 20 sessions of external and 2 sessions of internal radiation - yuck. After reading about some...
    Former Member
  • one day at a time's blog
    feeling numb please advise, help, listen?
    hi all, i just wondered i know were all different and we cope different but my dad passed away on thursday morning i loved my dad very much and i am glad i listened to lots of you on here (i started to tell him i loved him about 2 weeks before he died). whats bothering me is that i'm feeling numb i am totally in a daze, i haven't showed any emotion yet, if i think about my dad i feel like a shutter is being pulled down infront of my brain to prevent me from the truth? everybody else is crying and...
    Former Member
  • DebbiesDaughterxxx's blog
    Keeping happy
    Today found out result's of Mum's CT to see if C had spread into blood and bones and they were all.......Clear!! Woop!! I know this dosent mean Mum has'nt got C anymore but at least it has'nt spread!!! I'm actually starting to get good at saying Yes to her now She ask's me for something i just smile n say Yeah sure!! Admittadly sometimes i have like a 10 second moan but then i just use that little brain of mine and do as she asks. I dont know why but i have been feeling very chipper Today..And that...
    Former Member
  • steve-the-wizard's blog
    Advice Please !!!!!
    Hi does anyone have any advice on how I can help my mum to start to eat and drink, she had a stent fitted last week and this is so very hard trying to encourage her, any ideas would be gratefully received I was really frustrated yesterday. Also trying to find recipies for nutritional menues ect...
    Former Member
  • Steve123's blog
    MDT outcome tomorrow
    Read somewhere that cancer is a rollercoaster. That's how its felt to me since the diagnosis 5 weeks ago. PSA 6.8 and Biopsy result - Gleason 6 and PC in 6 of 10 cores. Had MRI last week. MDT met today and Urology Nurse will phone me tomorrow with the outcome and to start the process of options for treatment etc. Waiting to learn the stage and progress of my PC since last week has been difficult, but not long to wait now. Then away again on that roller coaster! Thanks to all who have shared their...
    Former Member
  • gemma1712's blog
    Doctors!!
    so i went to have my usual 3 monthly check up today with the same consultant i always see,I told her I have been having a lot of pain in the leg that i had the melanoma removed from it is constantly aching right up my leg&sometimes i get shooting pains this has been happening for the last 2 or 3 weeks.She didnt seem at all concerned as she said the melanoma i had was relatively thin,she said if the pains dont go away to go back and they will x-ray it!Surely she should just have sent me for an x-ray...
    Former Member
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