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It nearly 12 months since my last treatment. I have just had my three month check. As expected my CA125 is still going up its 200 now normal is below 35.
My Oncologist is sending me for a CT scan to see where the cancer is this time and how big its grown. When it gets to 4mm its the time for more chemo. I dont think l shall be having the treatment jut yet but may be later this year.
Well ive been there and done it 4 times so l can manage a 5th. I dont know what chemo he is thinking about but he...
Just about new to site and tried to blog full details of my diagnosis treatment etc but couldnt! so have updated biography if anyone wants to look.It explains from when diagnosed till now.Anyway had dressin removed today.Still very tired appettite bad but early days yet.managed toast today,fortisip and buttered teacake and trying spare ribs tonight!!!! havent needed so much morphine today (oramorph) Sleeping better now and I have bed wedge to keep me elavated.Was going to get electric bed but tried...
Initial diagnosis
Well, here i am a year or so on from my initial meeting with my doctor when i heard those fateful words 'you have cancer', at first they thought it was lymphoma, and because of my age the doctor organised for me to start fertility treatment straight away, while i waited for a date for a biopsy to be taken to confirm the diagnoses, little did I know that not only was it cancer but it was actually advanced bowel cancer!
When i meet the doctor to hear the results I couldn...
Well what i thought had happened hadnt actually happened. I thought CLint had received his R-Chop treatment on Friday but actually was informed today when we went down to the hospital that he had only received the R and P part. Confused I was, but the consultant informed us that his liver function was still not down to where it should be so he cant get the CHO part which is the chemo part until this is rectified!!!
So today he had to get more steriods but this time through an IV for the next 3 days...
No suitable dodnor on the BMT list so now we have the choice ,either go for a cord transplant now or wait untill Amanada relapses ? not an easy decision as the cord transplant is risky ,has anyone else been threw a cord blood transplant ?????
So, hi there. I'm new to this.
Where do I start? Bring you up to date? Dad had a huge belly. He was a good eater, so we thought it was too much rich food and Guiness. He had trouble peeing, but thought nothing of it. A proud man usually doesn't. Anyway, turns out he had been retaining urine for a long time. Eventually, they had a look and found 6 litres of urine in his bladder. They drained it. His bladder had been streatched to wafer thin. It was gubbed. They also spotted a spot on his bladder...
eventually today after waiting for 6 hours I got my 5fu pump , which will be my 3rd back on, will just need to keep note of any similar symptoms to the ones that made me so uunwell last week. have also found out I'm allergic to the chlorhexidine solution they use to clean the area around my picc line. I'm trying to look on the chemo as a friend despite all the side effects
Now my hair is shaved off its much easier to use my new wig, didn't think I could go through with getting it off in...
Hi all
We have been told that my husband has got cancer of the tongue and throat.
But waiting results, just feel like I am in void. You do not know which way to turn. Itd funny but he seems to be coping much better than I
