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So, we trot along for our CT scan, and by the time we get home are told go to your local hospital, you have a clot in your leg! No signs, no symptoms, perfectly healthy, working, usable legs for the first time since all the swollen leg troubles back at cycle 2.
*wonders how long the sneaky fecker has been sitting there*
Now we have a new thing to attack.
Pointy stick, jaggy leg duty for my loved ones for 6 month (cos this superhero cant hold a needle - can kick cancers ass just dont ask her to stab...
Hi, I am new to this blog so forgive me for my question. My mother-in-law has just been diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. It has been a huge shock to everyone but my wife is having difficulty in dealing with the shock. I feel helpless and have tried to ease her mind. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on how best i can help her deal with the issues etc.
Had a dream before I woke up properly this morning that I was on holiday somewhere with John. Long story short, a stranger handed me a huge wad of money after I'd helped her pay for something at a market stall. I wish!
The treatments finished apart from some reconstruction and am going through hormone therapy. thought all the boxes were ticked and life would start. always saw my glass full if not overflowing. the last two weeks there are dregs in the bottom . usually like lots of people and company . now prefer to hide away or just walk with my dog. clam up and put my mask on . will ever get back to normal.
Hello all, I had my CT scan about 10 days before my last Oncologist appointment, it was a full body scan this time so I guessed they were checking for any further spread. The scan was on a Tuesday and by the Friday I had got myself into a bit of a state worrying about the result, so much so that I ended up at A&E on the Friday night with what I thought was breathing difficulties, it turned out to be nothing really to worry about. I had ecg's, blood tests etc. and nothing was found so was put down...
Things are getting a bit better today. His personality/intellectual competence has been ever so slightly waning for the past couple motnhs and he's similar to a 14-year-old version of his older self. Just less aware of nuances; not as emotionally mature; stuff like that. But at leasthe's been cheerful today. We went through a few days of his being horrible and stroppy and throwing things and saying things he'd never say. he was making up things that hadn't been said or hadn't happened...
I am Vanessa, I am married with 3 children.
My lovely inspirational mother is 59 next week, just retired from teaching.....
So the introduction
My dear mum had been having lots of cramps in her legs and twiching in her eylids, pain after eating and a bit of loose stools but nothing to be overly concerned. We though it was through stress of her job, being a little over weight and having a bad diet?!
She decided to go to the doctors, who sent her for a US for gallstones, however this is where the...
I haven't posted on here in what feels like forever. I suppose I've really felt like I've moved on a lot. However, it doesn't take a lot to get dragged back into the cancer nightmare.
I visited a non oncologist doctor this week and he felt something in my abdomen. There are a hundred (very likely) explanations but obviously to be safe I'm going to have a scan.
I don't have the words for how it feels to be back in the exact same place as I was 3 years ago, waiting for scans...
