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I had grade 3 breast ca in 2007, left mastectomy,axillary clearance and big fight for life after 3 infections, so no chemo, just radio and herceptin. Asked for DIEP recon. last year and told 3 month waiting list. Well, one year on I have just been cancelled for a third time! Its so frustrating as I know this op is a biggy and I am trying to keep as well as poss. My husband doesn't want me to have it as he says I look okay to him and he doesn't see what I see - exactly! I am 52 and feel like...
i was diagnosed with cancer of the womb yesterday and am awaiting results of the scan to see if my cancer is anywhere else. I have heard the word many times before but it has such a impact when it is used to you directly. im 42 years old eat a health diet and run regularly, but finding it hard to work out what i feel inside.
Well sat here in 'limbo' waiting for my op on Wednesday. My case is packed shopping and washing done want it to get here now so it's out the way.
Dreading waking up with a drain as I will know it has spread, cant complain about my treatmend so far it will be 23 days from me going to my gp to my op.
Want to get past Friday the 13th to find out the results so we can plan the summer, we have a holiday booked and I was planning on doing some showing and working tests with the dogs, but...
1. Appointment with doctor ( mum reported also having bad headaches 2 - 3 days)
2. Doctor said not to headaches, suggested eye test, 62 day wait list, but got mum an emergency that day)
3. At hospital 1.30 same day, doing tests, some areas not got full eye sight.
4. the eye clinic said its not her eyes, suggest having CT scan
5. CT scan done also that day, its now 5.30pm, they have results, they can see a mass in the brain.
6. its not our hospitals main area, they will inform Southampton hospital...
Hi started this blog but do not know what i am doing really. Not sure how all this blog thing works so i hope i manage to create this blog.
Just want to write how things seem to be progressing with my hsubands illness.
Short description of how things are. My husband is a stroke victim and is unable to communicate but his intelligence has not been affected. It has been like this for 12 years and i have basically made most of his judgements for him or as the medical profession put it i am his advocate...
It has been a difficult few months since the ileostomy reversal but over the last 2 weeks things have started to improve slightly......hurray!!!
I took some antibiotics that my gynae consultant gave me as he advised that radiotherapy can kill a lot of the good bacteria in your bowel and make some nasty stuff grow. During the treatment I felt like I had gone back to square one but once the treatment finished I have to say things seemed to settle bit. I am still unable to go out unless I don't eat...
