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dad is in hospital after being admitted with a serious uti he is now in renal failure specialist spoke to mum today when she visited and asked if dad goes in to heart failure do she want him revived, mum has said no, we were told today he is dying and if we want to we can bring him home, mum is in turmoil she doesnt know what to do dad is very confused and when all this was explained he said oh well might as well stay here, i want dad with us but dont know if we can cope watching him slowly die in...
Tomorrow will be our 29th wedding anniversary I remember the day as if it were yesterday. We had only known each other for 3 months we were skint but happy. Back then 29 years seemed like a lifetime away
Now, well what now. That lifetime has all but gone for Bert, he sleeps almost all the time, when he is awake he is having more and more panic attacks. We will spend the afternoon at the clinic and by the time we get back he will be exhausted and go straight to bed.
We have not always had good...
Hi Everyone, Hope you are all doing as well as possible.
My darling, handsome dad starts his chemo on Thurs 14th and i am so scared about what will happen.
At the moment when the doctors talk about his illness they could be talking about someone else- he just appears so bright and well.
I am worried that by the end of next week he may actually be poorly.
I know this sounds silly but you would not believe me when i say how 'normal' he is, which is what makes his prognosis so difficult to comprehend...
start my first R-chop for High grade (dont know if thats good or bad) non-Hodgkins lymphoma friday. i have to say im scared! only found out i had cancer 3-12-09. if anyones got any good advice and friendly help more than ready to hear it. bye
Hi after being told i was clear of melenoma ,after a wide excision just above the knee last april,i went back a month later and they had found a small lump on my inner thigh ,i had it tested and was told that it was all clear,now since then i found that the lump had got bigger from 3 months previous,as my appintment was due jan 5th 2010 i waited till this time to have further investigation,and was told that might have to have further treatment as it looks like that the cancer must have been missed...
Hello everyone
It's been a long, long while since I came onto this site .... nothing to do with the cancer, but more for personal reasons ... The last time I came on here it was called What Now? I'm not sure what it's called now, but it looks different, and feels different and maybe it's time to move on and see these 'changes' as positive and once again embrace the support I generally got from the people on this site. It's a new year and time to put the past behind me, and...
Behind this veil I wear
Of soft smiles and calm demeanor
Cuts a knife of sorrow deep,
No blade was ever keener.
A rope of tears binds my heart
And ties it tight with grief.
Though on the surface I'm serene,
I'm screaming deep beneath.
This veil obsqures the world
And creates of it mere shadows
As I drift around in half-light
Blown wher'ere the wind goes.
Lost in memories, bitter sweet,
Too sad, and tired, to fight,
To find my way from darkness
And leave this endless...
Managed to get a good nites sleep so that wa a bonus.
Woke today feeling strange, thats the only way I can describe it, I dont feel ill or off colour just a bit weird, its like I know something is happening just cant pin point any one thing in particular. My anti sickness drugs seem to be doing the trick (touch wood) so all in all this is not too bad and as everyone seems to react differentkly I dont know if this is the lull before the storm or if this is not going to be as bdd as I imagined it...
Today Alan has celebrated his 80th birthday ,on Thurs he has the first of his 3 monthly check ups . Hoping iit will still be good news.
He seems to be good eats well ,but still tierd and breathless when he does things so i am still trying to get him to take it easy.
Thinking of all those that have supported us over last 9mths.
Nanaboo.
Hi I hope everyone has had the best christmas and new year they could possibly have.
Well today was mmy first session of chemo, appointment was for 11 and arrived in good time but very very nervous, the doctor then realsied that they needed an upto date blood result so this meant blood test and then a long wait to see if everything was ok. Finally got the results back and everything was fit to go, now the nerves really kicked in, they called me in about 3.30 and finally the process began about 4...
