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Ha ha ha.. can't get rid of me that easily.... ! Ok, I know I said bye already... but... you know me.... and Tigghogg was getting up a petition and I was worried it might be misread and you'll petition for Wing Commander John and Colonel Christine to not let me back in again....and...
Just need to say a few things...(again)
1.Am I ready?
Well, I have got my tickets, passport, bags, clean pants...(boy and lady boxers) hidden the scissors...
the car has got a new exhaust and had a health...
Well 5 weeks into my 12 weeks of cdt chemo and doing okay .No bad side effects bit breathless ,tired ,shake a bit , numb mouth and strange tastes but nothing compared to sunny leith and many, many others . Because the chemo seems to be going well and my bad protein levels have dropped , if continued in this way i will be sent to St Barts after 100 days grace from this chemo. There to have a 6 week stay for stronger chemo and then stem cell treatment . The thing is this may give me another 2 years or...
Now that the consultant & specialist nurse are back from their hols (whereas I had to cancel mine) I rang to speak to the nurse on Monday. Yes, I've been discussed at the MDT last week, but the consultant has to look at the notes (after clinic on Tues) & set priority order for clinic appointments. Can't say which day it will be.
Today (Thurs) still no contact. Rang the clinic - no appointment date set yet. Will be in the next week or three - only one clinic day next week, with the...
Little update, I am having a down day not sure why wasn't when I woke up it seems to of crept up on me over the morning.
Dad had his last of 5 Radiotherapy sessions yesterday and has been doing ok on it but the pan has been getting a bit worse I think and so today he is calling his nurse for advice and also to suss out what happens now as we don't have another appointment booked or anything planned so radiotherapy is now done what next?! We have been told he will have chemo so I guess he...
In addition to my recent post about Macmillan's report, I'd like to say how difficult I have found it to exercise as much as I would like. When I was going through aggressive treatment for anal cancer (carcinoma of the anal canal) back in 1990 I still tried to walk a little whenever I could and feebly exercised my legs when I could not stand. I felt this helped reduce the bloat I suffered and it also helped me feel more in control.
Seven years later I had breast cancer. I had been told that...
Like most people, I used to think screening for breast cancer was a good thing. Finding cancer 'early' meant it would be small, so could be taken out with minimum treatment and your life was more likely to be saved than if it had grown and spread. Commonsense?
Not so. I've been following the recent research and articles on breast screening over the past two years (even contributing in a small way) because all is not as it seems. Modern screening mammography finds extremely small 'changes...
'There is no certainty; there is only adventure. even stars explode.' Robert Assagioli.
This summed up my attitude to life after cancer. Whatever time I had left, it was an adventure to be lived to the full.
My blog, http://evenstarsexplode.wordpress.com, began as a support for other cancer patients, but I soon realised it had to be a source of information for other campaigners and people who like to be Informed with a capital 'I'.I hope some people will find it useful.
I've...
See the Home Page for news of Macmillan's report which shows cancer patients have less recurrence if they exercise and it can also help reduce side effects.The side effects of cancer treatments (radiotherapy, surgery) can damage lymph nodes and patients then have a lifelone risk of developing lymphoedema (a breakdown of a body's lymphatic system which causes fluid to accumulate and swelling).
I wish I had known more about my particular risk of lymphoedema and that immobility while sitting...
Last year i was diagnosed with secondary lymph node cancer in the neck, this was treated with chemo and radio therapy, after treatment everything was fine i was given the all clear in december 2010 and thought life gets better from here on. In the last couple of weeks i have found another lump in my neck which increases and decreases in size on a daily basis and hurts like hell even morphine does'nt clear the pain. Does anyone have any ideas as to how to relieve the pain.
