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Background
My husband Pat is 66 and has Parkinson's Disease, Type 11 Diabetes, Congestive Cardiac failure and has had one heart attack and also has benign Asbestosis in his lungs and a large Hiatus Hernia.
For the past year he has had regular vomiting and other odd symptoms. It was difficult to know the cause as symptoms overlapped due to his complex situation. This culminated in several hospital admissions and many different clinic appointments with a variety of specialists. It finally ended...
As I have previously said, things are very difficult with my Family
I live alone in near Leeds and they are in up North.
I deliberately moved away to go to Uni as I was already sure I needed distance between us, even at the tender age of 18.
This whole illness thing has possibly exagerated the cracks and tensions between us.
Only told my Sister in the beginning and she was initially quite supportive but then just seemed to forget and we had very little contact, not even the odd text.
Told my Folks when...
Well I never would have thought a year ago would be retiring! Mind you am glad spending time with family etc. Feel well and people say am looking better already since not at work (beginning to smile again) My digestive probs are easing at last.Still have to have medication for acid reflux and dont I know if miss a dose!!! Still have to sleep inclined but to be honest use to it now.My son Jack just finshed his panto performances.
Monday 12th Sept 2011.....I trot off quite happily to the chest clinic and find it is in a new part of the hospital,very smart and welcoming and in the waiting room is the biggest Macmillan display I have ever seen, no problem the clinic is shared by numerous doctors according to the written sign on the wall. I was soon called by a nurse for weighing ,ECG, blood tests and the inevitable breathing test no xray because I had already had one on Thursday. So ,finally the Doctor who asked " Do you know...
Blimey that last post was a bit heavy, didnt realise how down I had got. Im better now :)
A lot has gone on over the past two weeks and I wont bore you with the down bits.
We do have laughter in our lives and that is what I am going to share with you now.
Negative followed by a Positive is a good place to start I think.......
For those that dont know, Dave had the floor of his mouth removed and rebuilt, this has left him with few taste buds, limited tongue movement, scar tissue (cut from left...
Here I am about to start round 3 and am in the middle of the second period from hell (when does the menopause start?!) My fear is that my red blood count will be down and my chemo postponed and I have Christmas all planned out!
The other problem is the other half. He's finding all this active parenting is exhausting and is getting very angry at the lack of sympathy for him! Its exhausting and if it wasn't for school and a semblance of order I don't know what I'd do. Its hard to tell who is triple...
Relieved that 'down below' one compartment was empty and the other still full as required after a short 20 minute journey to my local hospital, I presented myself at the appointed time at the Radiology department.
After a very brief wait I was collected by one of the nurses who took lengths to make sure that I knew everything about not only today's procedures but also what was going to follow over the next couple of months.
It was then time to lie on the bed of the C.T. Scanner...
I can't get my head around this breast cancer journey at all. Two stage 3 tumours, one lumpectomy, 6 sessions of chemotherapy and 1 month of radiotherapy later and I still don't understand.
Why did I get it in the first place? Why did I survive (or did I? Is it only pretending and it's going to come back?). Why do I feel guilty for having it and for causing so much upset to so many people who love me.
I've cried practically non-stop all weekend. I have a sore head because of the...
If I didn't have cancer I would be able to do that...but then again I wouldn't be asked so many times to do it either. This all started around 6/7th Sept 2011,I noticed a pain in my ribs...not too bad so I thought I must have lay funny, something like that but on the 8th I was clearing my throat and up pops some phlegm....and it has a very tiny amount of blood in it. Ah says I ...to myself....that doesn't look good, now I have to say I am not one for going to the doctors because they tend...
12 April 2010
It all started when I went out with my Friends for "pie and a pint" in Leeds one afternoon. Very enjoyed my pie and pint, but remember feeling it would not go down. Felt like my oesophagus was just jammed somehow, frinds were amused when I complained that said pie was "stuck in my oesophagus, pretty soon after I vomitted outside the RC Cathedral of St Anne's, what a disgrace I was for a good Catholic Girl( knew something was up and had only had one beer....
Had a few...
