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Well, I've started sorting out my clothes to pack... dec ided to throw out everything that doesn't fit while I am at it. I think this means I am going to have to go shopping, but in a way I begrudge spending money on clothes when I may not need them for long. Is this normal, or should I say 'what the hell' and spend frivoulously? I've never been one to do that and it now it seems a waste to spend much.
I had one of my sons and his family down at the weekend, we had a lovely time...
Happy new year to everyone - seems a stupid thing to say sometimes faced with things we all have to face, doesn't it?
After 7 months 'off', since being told chemo had shrunk my tumours last May - I now have scan on Weds to check state of play now. Have they grown back quicker? Are there more of them? The usual worries we all face. Will find out next Monday, when I have appt to 'discuss' results. But already I'm not sleeping, feel edgy. My husband says 'Put it to back of your mind until...
I had a meeting with my consultant on 2nd January and everything is clear, there was no spread of the cancer. I will not need any further treatment. I will see my consultant in 3 months and have CT scans every 6 months for the next 5 years and a colonoscopy after 3 years.
I feel so lucky and blessed. Some days I wake up and I can't believe that I have had the operation and that everything is OK
Sadly after a long battle with RCC my husband died peacefully on 23rd Dec 2009.
If you'd like more info about living with RCC feel free to read my full blog
2009 ended with a fab trip to Berlin with some lovely friends, and of course my dear husband. Had a peaceful easy and very enjoyable Christmas with just the four of us and my mum. My oncology appointment went very well,. Doc said 'I'm amazed your still here"! A quick prod her and there and then I was told to come back in 6 months.........yippeeee, the longest yet between appointments.
Had to see GP just after Christmas as I have a problem with my left ear, with a build up of pressure...
Well i've had a lovely x-mas. I stayed over at my Mums house, then went up to my new boyfriends house on Xmas afternoon, and spent the night there.
I've spent every night with him apart from 1 since then, and we've had loads of fun.
But this bloody cancer is always in the back of my mind. I'm back on pain killers, as the pain is becoming unbarable. I've tried not to complain when i'm around people, as I feel i'm bringing them down too.
The swelling over my right clavicle...
…… stress relief!
We’ve all read about it, all thought about it and now we’re going to deal with it. Stress. It’s perfectly natural to be stressed at various points in life and no doubt, in small doses, stress can be quite healthy. In bigger doses most of us would agree that it’s unhealthy. What I want to know is how to relieve stress when it builds up to volcanic levels, any ideas?
I can do the meditation stuff, focus on my breathing and all that but you do...
Shame on me..................I know!!!!!!
Nearly did not get to bring in the New Year as my hubby,Victor, was admitted to Altnagelvin Hospital with pain and tightness in his chest! He has a history of heart problems, Heart attack 1995, 6months later byepass heart surgery at the Royal Brompton in London! Stent to another artery 5 months ago and he still has unstable angina and type 2 Diabetes to contend with!
Blood tests showed no sign of another heart attack however, he was kept in overnight to...
Hi guys new here just about to start chemo with Pemetrexed and Cisplatin has i have just had a sucessful labotermy on my left lung for nsclc all my nodes were clear apart from one so they have suggested 4 lots of chemo to mop up any stray cells but the side effects are frightening me to death what should i do
Please any help would be great.
Thanks Mark
Hello all. I have never done this before, written a blog that is. I have fancied writing a blog before but never thought it would be about this. I have never had to deal with cancer before either. I feel the need to write things down. I thought about a diary or a journal but then thought it would be too depressing. Too insular. So, I'll type it here and we can share.
The difficulty I have is that I am writing this in the computer room of my parents' house. My adult sister also lives here with...
