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It’s my birthday tomorrow. 58!
And I’m sat here at 2:32 in the morning contemplating what a difference a year makes. This time last year I was a very scared person. I was in pain and had a thousand and one thoughts about what was going on in my body to make me feel so dreadful.
One year on and now I know. I’m still scared but I understand what was happening. I’ve been through chemotherapy and major surgery and have come out the other side relatively intact (well minus the bits the surgeon...
Hi Ikeep telling myself"one day at a time", most days that's what keeps me going.
I'm thankful that 12 months on and two different types of cancer I'm still here.
" I shouldn't complain there are so many others in a worse situation than I am, be grateful, pull yourself together, stop being selfish" I hear myself telling myself.
But some days it doesn't feel like that, some days I feel angry for no reason, I forget that having invasive surgery IS treatment...
To coincide with national Nutrition and Hydration week, I thought it would good to share with you Ryan’s experience of malnutrition as a result of his lymphoma diagnosis.
So today is our appointment day for seeing the cancer unit and seeing the doc to sign paper work ect week after being told I have breast cancer still fills like a bad dream and I will wake up :)
I have just got my results from my skin leision full biopsy and have been diagnosed with a Stump Tumour! Am now awaiting for plastic surgeon app tomorrow and then can expect to have a wider excision and also sentinetal lymph node within 4 weeks! Totally shocked and scared. They couldn't confirm Melanoma but are treating it as though it is to be safe!
Have been having pain/pressure in chest back jaw and throat, getting steadily worse since nov 2016.had heart scans xrays blood tests abdo and pelvic scan angea scan all clear . Doctor at a loss . Having camera down throat asap and up nose to check for indigestion and vocal cords . Anyone out there had any problems like this.i had radiotherapy on a fastforward trial in 2013 , only had 5 sessions of mega strength help !!
I was "lucky" enough to be put on Anfatinib 40mgs. I t was horrendous, nose bleeds, bleeding gums, facial rash and, worse of all, constant diarrhoea so next time I saw the oncologist, I only agreed to try 20 mgs rather than the 30 mgs he had in mind. Sadly, same result and I decided on Sunday that I am not going to spend every evening of my life from now on in the bathroom with diarrhoea. I had clearly understood from the nurse that before my appointment, I should have a Scan but I had no appointment...
That's it RT all finished, 20 sessions have just seemed to fly over. I am now at the stage where everything has gone quiet, no more daily trips for treatment, and I just need to concentrate on gaining back the stone and a half of weight that I have lost.
At the end of my last post, I had 4 sessions left to go, and the throat was quite sore on the week-end, although not unbearable. I was, (and am) still just using paracetemol for relief. (not the morphine I was told I may need!) Monday went fine...
Tuesday March 7th
It's been a few days since I wrote in this blog, I'm still just passing time really, I just want this last chemo session out of the way. I feel okay at the moment, the side effects from dose two have worn off mainly, just the very watery eyes and fingernails being a mess and a bit of tiredness, but the tiredness is probably due to the fact that I haven't had a decent nights sleep for ages. I seem to get about 4-5 hours, but it's mainly snoozing as I get up to go to the loo about...
