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It's interesting how many times I have heard this in response to news that my cancer has spread and is now incurable. "I know it might be trite but any one of us could get run over by a bus tomorrow." It's meant as a solace - that we none of us really know how long is our allotted span. It is true and it is hard to argue with. I've been trying to work out why I find it so irritating.
I think it is to do with horizons and how cancer brings them right up close.
At 52 and with...
Hi, I recently had my planning CT scan and didn't realise until I got home that I should have had a scan with canulation but they did not do that. Does anyone know if this matters?
Thanks
Janet
It all now seems to be happening so quickly.
I finally had my appointment with the oncologist yesterday and he explained each step, what I'd be given, how long each cycle would be, the possible side effects etc.
I have my pre chemotherapy assessment next Wednesday and if my blood tests are ok then I'm booked in for my first chemo session on Friday 2nd June.
So much more settled in my mind now I've got a timetable but now feeling very real.
I'm due to have 4 cycles over 3 months of Oxaliplatin...
I had offered to drive my mum to a hospital appointment as parking was always a nightmare. If we could find a spot then I'd come in with her, if not then I'd just drive round for a while and she would just call me when she was done. She was getting the results of a scan due to her complaining of a persistent pulled muscle in her back. It seemed luck was on our side that sunny December morning, we parked straight away.
Mum and I were friends, true friends. We worked together, socialised...
Hello all. I've just made the decision to go for Prophylactic Intracranial RT, after a lot of research and soul searching. One of the first things I wanted to know was about other's experiences of it - and I found that nobody has written anything about it (that I can find anyhow) on this site - nor anywhere else, for that matter.
Let's abbreviate the long title to PICRT, since I really can't keep typing the whole lot - and you won't want to keep reading it.....
PICRT is...
With Victoria Wood having been such an inspiration for me and another example of someone who has gone too soon, as I come down to earth from my second holiday of a lifetime I am forced to think about the bucket list…
Having been given the fatal diagnosis and survived I find myself, and others, wondering what to do about it! Never a fan of doing things just to tick them off, I enjoy the routine of my job, the love of my family and always a new blouse -damn that middle class upbringing! But...
The night before the 2nd course of Chemotherapy..
The last 3 weeks have flown by for me, not so much for Mum. Her immune system took a heavy blow for her 1st course of Chemo. She felt completely knocked out for 9 days. We took her to the Hospital to get extra injections and tablets due to her very low White Blood Cell count. She couldn't walk 15 minutes to the shop without feeling knackered. On the 10th day it was like someone had turned the light on, she was back to her normal self and even attended...
One late afternoon in April, through the walls of my little isolation chamber, I learned that the PET scan that will help stage my lymphoma would be delayed - there was something wrong with the scanner, and they would have to turn the whole thing off and on again. By this point, I was convinced they had forgotten me, as it had been more than an hour since I received my shot of radioactive tracers, but they eventually popped in to let me know the bad (there's something wrong) and good (but we've fixed...
I've started a blog about early stage breast cancer which I am being treated for. I have been extremely lucky and don't need chemo, but I think all of us, at every stage need to read something cheerful sometimes, and that's what the blog hopes to achieve, a bit of light relief. It's at www.aslongasthereareambulances.com. All the best x
Chemo began in February 2014
Ray was so very courageous and strong, always believing he would beat the cancer and get well again.
He tolerated all the chemo playing golf two or three times every week but his weight continued to drop and he looked so sad and vulnerable. His golf partners were amazed that he was still able to play 18 holes but it did take its toll when he came home in the evening, often too tired to eat anything and feeling sick.
my sadness was so severe I found myself crying all the...
