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I escaped ward 20 on Tuesday, seven days after the op. I am now making a really good recovery even if I do say so myself!
The op was performed by key hole so I was under general anaesthetic for around six hours: colostomy and then (I think it is called) AR resection. It seems to have all gone OK although old scarring from a tricky delivery during the birth of our second daughter meant that the surgeon had to remove a little more tissue than she had anticipated.
The first 24 hours were a morphine...
Thanks to eveyone for their help to date. Good to hear from Lea as this is the chemo I will probably have. Saw the oncologist last week who said I will probably have 3 x Taxotere and then 3 x FEC. (Unless they think I have shouldn't have any more Epirubucin as I had this back in 2004, then I will have 6 x Taxotere. They will be calculating this. I have had an ECG to check my heart and will have a scan to check the pumping action of my heart too.)
Chemo starts Friday 3rd Dec with PICC line to...
Hi evryone... its been a long time since i have posted on here. mayb e its because i have posted more in Melanomates on facebook. The evesham weekend was great meeting up with some fantastic people and new friends.
Here is my leg. it is getting better but i am still sad it has a way to go yet. i am still doing prontosan soaks and then acticoat and some hydrocortisone 1% to hopefully clear up the dermatitis around the wound and now the back of the leg. i am wearing support stocking toe to knee and...
We had Dad's funeral on friday, don't know how I got through it, especially as I did a reading. I think we gave Dad a good send off. It felt so final.
We've had so many lovely cards. People were given the choice of either sending flowers or donations to cancer charity. We had lots of flowers but I think we'll be surprised at how much the total of donations will be through the funeral directors.
Mum asked Dad before he died, to prove he was ok. She asked him to send her a white feather...
When my mum was first diagnosed with bowel cancer a few months ago, I thought that once the shock of it all had passed and the operation done that would be the hard part. Now she is going for chemotherapy to make sure that the cancer is completely eradicated. Now I'm not so sure which is the hard part! Like a roller coaster you get over the first hill and as you head down the other side another one looms. I'm told that while she is having chemo, not just the obvious occurs i.e. hairloss, tiredness...
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Not written a blog yet however have read many, well here goes !!! It;s been almost a year since I was told I had cervical cancer, and yes the feelings are still there and very very raw. Most would say that I have been lucky (just a radical hysterectomy) but mentally I'm screwed !!!
Last year I thought this is my last Xmas dinner, last year opening presents with my children BUT I am still here pretty normal to most but to me the day they mentioned CANCER is still in my head and will always...
Hi, I am going to see Oncologist on 10th December to discuss details of forth coming chemo treatment due to start on 15.12.10. I have noticed several members refering to fitting of Picc lines before chemo.Does anyone know if Is it standard practice to have one fitted before treatment starts and are they they painful.?
Thanks Polly. x
Well guys as i write this im still in hospital :-( was admitted wednesday night after my temp going through the roof again and feeling very ill.
By the time i got to hospital my temp had reached 39.4 i was sat there shaking and in agony with my mouth!! my bp was something i have never seen before... they checked my bloods and i had no immune system, it was 1.2 not sure if that means anything to any of you, the next day temp still hadnt came down and my bloods was at 0.9 they was concerned as i should...
I haven't blogged in a while. Here's what has been going on.
My husband sought a second opinion for his terminal diagnosis of bile duct cancer from a specialist in Leicester. Our first visit to see him was at the beginning of September to discuss the latest CT scan. There was still no change from previous CT scans in the past 14 months. He sent him for an MRI scan and blood tests and said that it might not be cancer. We got the results of the MRI scan and blood tests and the doctor said that the scan...
Well its been nearly nine weeks since i lost my wonderful husband errol,, it still seems like yesterday, my dad has been really poorly also so have been running backwards and forwards to be there for him at the same time.
Dad passed away on saturday , i had been with him all day holding his hand but he decided to go while i was on my way home,,, will miss him so much but i know he is now at peace and in a better place, he was so independent and when he needed caring for in a home we knew he was...
