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When my dad came home and had to tell me he had lung cancer, I thought my whole world had come to a stand still. My best friend was sick...
He was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer, they couldnt operate, and they couldnt rid him off it.. But they offered chemotherapy to stop it from spreading else where.
He has his first round off chemo mid April... it hit him hard. He was very unwell and didnt want to eat - but he tried, for us.. for his family.
They gave him radiation therapy on his brain...
Nearly 3 years ago I was diagnosed with Anal cancer. Just as I was
about to start my treatment they told me I had Breast Cancer, but it was small
so they would treat that after I had finished my first lot of treatment., In
the November my husband found a Melanoma on my back which was cut out. As
everyone says you get quite anxious when you go for your check-ups but on the
2nd anniversary my oncologist told me that I was 80% cured but as a mater of
routine he would organise a scan which he...
i hate water and hate feeling as if i dont know who i am any more, so i have taken the bull by the horns and booked swimming lessons, only had two but my instructor says i show real determination - yes that i will get through this crap or at least make some money for macmillan and my local hospice. Three young people at work have pledged to join me, no prompting they offered which brought tears to my eyes, most folks have ticjked the boxes and moved on thinking my lifes back to normal, only you macv...
First of all lets get the serious stuff out of the way.....
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the beginning of October and had an operation to remove my prostate two months later. Right now I'm recovering from the operation and just taking each day at a time while I'm recovering. It's been tough.
But at the same time as I reflect back and look at the many events which took place both good and bad at the time of the operation my main feeling is one of thankfulness that I...
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