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  • chas41's blog
    hi everyone
    hi there everyone I joined this site about a week ago but cant seem to get anywhere, i must be doing something wrong. I was diagnosed last sept with ovarian cancer, j had 6 cycles of chemo then op in april and everything is fine, i got the allclear in april. I am very interested in speaking to people that have been in same situ xx
    Former Member
  • ilovehersomuch's blog
    One More Hurdle
    Today I visited my mum in hospital and after being read the wrong notes! I can only say I am glad it was me hearing someelses rather than another poor family being read my mum's because they would have been in shock, gone in with a cold come out with cancer!! Anyway the consultant came to visit whilst I was there with my mum's MRI scan results. Sat there was me and my dad and my mum lying on a bed. The consultant confirmed that the chemo had not worked at all and the tumor in the lung has vastly...
    Former Member
  • Rosiebird's blog
    Feeling down in the Dumps
    I am feeling down in the dumps today. Saw my Oncologist yesterday for my three month check my C125 has gone up a bit more not too bad but l am going to have a CTscan to see where it is. I usually respond well to the marker quite well so we know it is back some where. It is probably too small to see yet. It is just that l only finished chemo in November and l would have liked a bit of time before the watchful waiting started. This was my third round of chemo. My first was in 2001. I know l should...
    Former Member
  • ilovehersomuch's blog
    Not Ready To Let Go
    Today has been a roller coaster of emotion and fears and I am still feeling very frightened, confused and angry. Today my mum ended up back in hospital with high calcium. I am aware that this can happen in the later stages of cancer. Fear took over me, and it still has, that my mum is further towards the end than I had thought and that maybe time is running out quicker than I had thought it would. Does God not know that I am not ready for him to take my mother away from me? Does God not know...
    Former Member
  • KarenTx2's blog
    Mum's Womb Cancer !!
    Mum diagnosed with Womb Cancer after a Biopsy last week . After a CT Scan and MRI they told her today, it has spread to her ovaries, cervix and lymph nodes ... She has had a constant bleed for months but thought it was the Menopause, she has had abdomen pains for months . She is very doctor phobic and didnt go doctors for months .. Got to go to a consultation to find out what happens now .
    Former Member
  • JonathanM's blog
    First blog post, time to decompress........
    OK, been a roller coaster 3 weeks since I fitted 3 times in 45 minutes and was diagnosed extremely promptly with a brain tumour in my right frontal lobe. Using 20:20 hindsight all of the symptoms I'd encountered over perhaps a 3 1/2 month period all fitted into place, a waking headache on a couple of occasions, general feeling of malaise, some very subtle but now to me obvious symptoms of raised intra-cranial pressure, extremely poor memory, personality changes noted by those nearest & dearest to...
    Former Member
  • emma7534's blog
    My father in law
    My father in law had a suspected COPD, he was given inhalers and has been quite ill for about six months. My little boy is 7 and adores his Grandad he has been so worried about him and kept asking if he ws going to die. We told him not to be so silly of course he wouldnt!! Last week my father in law was diagnosed with Stage 3a lung cancer. He has been given 3 to 6 months. Obviously I havent told my son, Grandad has had a new lease of life and is making the most of it all. Going for long walks with...
    Former Member
  • tantan's blog
    What can I say
    Ian has got a date for his CT scan today. 7 July, which is not far off, but a bit bizzare because they only booked him in for a scan because they said they didn't want to wait so long for the 'surgical investigations' which are actually on the 6 July!
    Former Member
  • positivelady's blog
    confused!!??
    Hi all. It is my understanding that next month NICE are expected to approve the use of cetuximab (think iv got that right) for advanced bowel cancer and also for some other types of cancer. However i have been reading some posts and it appears that some patients are already having this? Please can anyone tell me why this is? Many thanks
    Former Member
  • deejay's blog
    My son's op on Monday
    Started off today in tears reading Ribbsie's post about her sister dying. This bastard disease. Well, my son goes in on Friday to have 3 days of intravenous blood-pressure controlling drugs before his op on Monday. He is putting such a brave face on it, but inside I know he's really worried, and that does me in - he's trying to shoulder it all himself. We did have one piece of good news last week - his PET scan results came back clear apart from the tumour we obviously know about. I was in kitchen...
    Former Member
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