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  • fbspuma's blog
    Help, advice needed please
    I have some concerns over the care my Father is being given, by his Hospital Dr. How do I find out the Doctors position within the NHS, Qualification / Experiance / Position etc. Also how do I find a more Qualified / Experianced Doctor to help my Father, at this NHS Hospital. Whome should I contact regarding my concerns with the Care given. Thnk you in anticipation of your support, Kind Regards MS.
    Former Member
  • papereyes's blog
    Hearing the words Cancer being said for the first time
    This is my first time at writing a blog, I guess i';m writing this in the hope of writing down all the questions and feelings which I hold inside. I know that people are here to support but there are somethings which I don't know how to explain. I hope that this is a way for me to answer or calm down my own mind. For those of you reading this, if this is incoherent, I'm sorry.... So firstly the background, the story.... My father was brought into hospital last Friday 3rd July for breathing...
    Former Member
  • Muddled1940's blog
    End to Remission
    Sorry to bore you all but there is nowhere to get my disappointment off my chest. Having had a kidney reomoved 2 years ago I thought I would be ok for quite a while. After 42 years of marriage it has been such a bombshell. Does anybody know how long one waits to see an oncologist? My wife will have to say goodbye to her home and garden as she will not be able to afford to stay on with reduced pensions.This has all added to the disappointment. On a positive note there might be a further line of defence...
    Former Member
  • HippyJo's blog
    The fight continues
    John is still in the hospice and receiving wonderful care. He has moments when he feels very down and this is what upsets me the most as he is normally very upbeat and positive - he now has a chest infection on top of everything else but he is determined to fight his way back to health. Trying desperately to hold myself together but feel worn down because John is suffering so much. Hope that he will be home soon so that we can get on with our lives. Liam and I miss him so much. Thank you to...
    Former Member
  • DAFFIE's blog
    go abroad for treatment
    Desparate situations call for desparate measures. he husband has terminal lung cancer, (mesothelioma). He has had all palliative treatment, radio and chemo that is available in the UK. He has found details of a clinic in Germany where a new method is giving chemo had been developed. He is desparate to try anything that might help him, and has been told after exchange of several e-mails that he is a suitable patient. The treatment is expensive, but that is not an issue. has anyone out there...
    Former Member
  • funkymonkey's blog
    Missing my lovely mum
    Morning all, Never "blogged" meself before but today I feel so low, I just wanted to get it all out, hope no-one minds. It is just that today is my gorgeous little boy's 10th birthday, and it feels like quite a momentous day, you know, "my baby" is the big one-oh! I am a crazy sort of mum and have lotts of fab things planned for him, which is pretty much taking over our whole weekend as a family (I have another gorgeous boy who is 5 too, and a lovely husband!). Problem is, my mum isn't here,...
    Former Member
  • Bubbles36's blog
    How do I?
    Could anyone tell me how I can delete my account on here please? Sorry if this is in totally the wrong place but wasn't sure where else to go to ask someone!
    Former Member
  • ecrossen's blog
    Good News!?
    Good news? Bone scan and chest CT came back negative. No Matastisism. Still need the elusive referal to the City of Hope Cancer center. HMO dragging feet. Not looking forward to the "Whipple" procedure, but there is no other choice if I want to see my 65th birthday, maybe even Christmas and the new year.
    Former Member
  • nanamoy's blog
    Hello its me!
    I have never blogged before and am not very computer literate(hence no picture).Maybe the number 1 son will add one for me later...... I have checked out some other entries and everyone seems to have been through much more and be so much braver and more jolly than me.I am currently ok after breast cancer four and a half years ago.I suppose I just want to be in contact with people who understand the worry in the background that it will return and at the back of that is fear of death I suppose although...
    Former Member
  • annief's blog
    What is so great about chemotherapy?
    Yesterday I went with my Civil Partner so that she could talk with the Oncologist about possible ways forward. There was an underlying assumption that she would want chemotherapy and even that she would want to join a trial. She was very distressed by this rather aggressive attitude and finally decided to postpone a decision for another six weeks. She has been told that she has less than a year and six months of that could be spent in chemo. At the moment that looks like a really dud choice.....we...
    Former Member
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