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I haven't been on this site since my darling Ray passed over as I found it too hard. He has been gone 1 year on the 3rd August and it has been the year from hell. 2 weeks after his funeral my younger sister Jane was diagnosed with Peritoneal Cancer (a form of ovarian cancer). Up to that point she didn't even feel unwell, it was so sudden. She had an op to remove all the cancer and they told her she was 'microscopically clean' and they would give her chemo just to mop up. She had chemo...
Hello to everyone. this is a quick post to ask you for some advice. My two sisters are taking me on holiday in Sept to Corfu and I would be grateful if anyone has any advice on which travel insurance to use.
Any other advice on the holiday in general very welcome. thank you.
On the general health front I'm feeling ok not to bad at all really, pain is now under control and feeling quite good.
Still using crutches and wheelchair for long trips but day to day can get by with crutches.
Love and...
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Just joined this site.Mum has just been told she has months to live following trwatment for womb cancer that spread to surrounding lymph glands and now liver.I do not know how I am going to cope with losing mum.Dad is disabled following a brain haemmoraghe 5 years ago and helping him through all of this is going to make it harder. Sandy
…..Me, I do and lots of it! I know, you know and lots of other people know that it’s not advisable to take steroids after about 6pm. My chemo appointment yesterday was running a bit late and it was about 5.45pm when my pre-chemo steroids were sent firing through my veins. Oh what a night! It was quite obvious that it wasn’t going to be an early one, steroids make me a bit hyper. I leave the chemo suite ready to dance around the car park … the reason why Mr Bad Fairy won’t let...
hello to all!!! back from hospital after having that annoying little port removed, feel a bit sore like i've been kicked in the ribs but i am sure it will pass, weird seeing the consultant again but she is very friendly, nice to be awake for surgery this time, she had terrible hiccups which made me laugh!!!! hugs to allxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Suffering a bit with frustration today. There's the stuff you know, and the stuff you don't know. It's now eight weeks since I had my melanoma removed at the biopsy and six weeks since the result - it was 1.5 mil thick. The doctor who gave me the news stressed how urgently I had to get to see the dermatologists / oncolgists at Jimmy's. Hurry, hurry ... got there, but now it'sbeen three weeks of lolling about, with another two before the pencilled date for the WLE / SLNB.
I have...
ok, so i've finished all the treatment stuff, now wait ng for scans etc, but how long till the side effects of the chemo and radio wear off. i know i have good days and not so good days (there seems to be quite a lot of those). i feel sick and my joints ache and i sometimes need to sleep in the day. i haven't managed another ride on my motorbike yet. is this all normal am i being impatient? i spose i naively thought that once the treatment finished i would be back to my old self, but i guess that...
…. Bertie scoffed my cake last night. It was a delicious cake, or at least the bits I’d eaten were. A spiced Dorset apple cake (or a Dorset spiced apple cake maybe?) made by my lovely, slightly loopy, terribly gorgeous (please note any single, handsome gentlemen that may be reading), friend Pippa. Bertie is confined to the dog naughty corner for the next week and I’ve ordered some padlocks for the kitchen cupboards!
Im sure you all don't need reminding about the story of Pandora's box.
The most important bit I think is right at the end.
She has opened the box and let out, old age, disease, war, death, then she shut the box.
A little voice asking to be let out, this was the voice of hope, hope said, you have to let me out, the world isn't complete without me.
Ive always loved this story and as a child Im sure my mum would tell you that I used to make up a dance to the story in our back garden.
It seems...
