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  • one day at a time's blog
    update on my dad's oesophagus not good
    I haven't really been on here much but I have spent a lot of time reading everybody's blogs and profiles etc, I have gained a lot of inspiration and positiveness from you all, you are truly all amazing, is that a side effect (symptom) of cancer once you are diagnosed you become true angels, the nicest people ever? not saying you weren't nice before but I have never met so many lovely people in one place before. Anyhow an update on my dad, he had his scan results today after his 3 cycles of chemo...
    Former Member
  • positivelady's blog
    advance bowel cancer-support groups?
    Hi friends, was wondering if anyone knew of any support groups for advanced bowel cancer? I am in Warwickshire. I feel this would really help my partner as he always seems brighter when he goes for his chemo sessions and i sussed out the reason why!-its because he chats to other people who have the same cancer and i am certain he would benefit from a support group. We asked our macmillan nurse if our local hospice would be of any help, but she said she didnt feel my partner would benefit from...
    Former Member
  • adintnah's blog
    Good News From Me
    I had an appointment with my consultant today. We sat, we talked and then the consultant said....... 'Well Keith, I am pleased to say that since your Stem Cell Transplant in March. all of your blood tests have failed to show any protien in your blood'. That took a while to settle in and when it did I had to ask 'Is that good.' He smiled kindly and said. 'Yes you can say that is a good thing.' YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE thanks guys for your support again Keith xx ...
    Former Member
  • suef's blog
    Trying to pull myself together
    It's now 7 weeks since my mastectomy and I feel that I should be able to get on with life and stop making a fuss but I can't stop crying. I'm so exhausted but I'm not getting much sleep so I have no energy or enthusiasm for anything. Friends and family keep trying to find nice things for me to do which is really sweet but I just don't seem to enjoy anything at the moment. I know that I'm lucky that they found it early so I had to have much less treatment than so many others so I feel guilty for...
    Former Member
  • 1ronglung's blog
    Bummer it's back
    bad news it's back in 2 of my lymph nodes. what a bummer feel down now
    Former Member
  • quilljar's blog
    leg pain at night
    I am new to this blogging stuff, having just found this site. I have had CLL diagnosed for about three years now, and this week suddenly started terrible severe pains down my left leg and groin. The hospital registrar checked for deep vein thrombosis but said it was not that; but could be my lymph gland playing up from the CLL. I am taking Tramaset for the night pain which has worked well. Has anyone else any experience of this type of night pain? Does it go away?
    Former Member
  • boatbum's blog
    Not a good day!
    Well, it was nine weeks yesterday since surgery, and I was having a good day, busy tidying up for visitors this weekend. I have tickets for Madness, Aswad on Saturday night and we're all off to see that. We have a four month old puppy, which we collected a week after I came out of hospital, and she's a bit manic. Two speeds, asleep and 100 miles an hour. She lives in our kitchen, behind a child gate,and I managed to trip over it yesterday afternoon and really hurt my ankle. don't think it's broken...
    Former Member
  • megz's blog
    my first blog
    wow, didnt think i would be blogging again and definitely didnt expect to be doing so on this topic. well as this is 'my first blog' i think i should tell whoever reads this a bit about me and the journey i have been on so far. well i am a 20 year old student at plymouth university studying human biosciences and have had a full and amazing life so far (even going through this doesnt stop me from thinking how amazing life is)from living abroad in dubai to taking a gap year and becoming...
    Former Member
  • pupskin's blog
    Bl**dy H*ll
    Not again. Cried for about 2 hours when heard my Mum had to have further treatment (removal of 5 lymph nodes - poss chemo). Just seems like worst thing possibly because her mum (my gran) also hospitalised currently (due to be checked out) with fluid round the heart. Just...too much. I prayed tonight. Just the waiting and the NOT knowing is worse. At heart though I knew this ghost wouldn't be laid to rest after a year - perhaps never will...
    Former Member
  • Marshax2's blog
    Paranoid malignant melanomaiac!
    Sixteen months on from my groin dissection for melanoma, I've spent the last few weeks stressing about a lump in my groin, is it there, isn't it there? Is it a lump, isn't it a lump? I'm sure you all know the routine. Headaches have abounded, and I've lost a stone in weight since my hysterectomy in March... ok ok 7lbs of it was down to large fibroids, but the other 7lb has been involuntary and at any other time in my life would have been welcomed! Well today my 3 monthly check up with the oncologist...
    Former Member
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