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  • Ray123's blog
    A lifetime of cancer - 2000
    All was well until January 2000. Hubby had been back at work since August 1996, he had gone for all the checkups and each time all was OK, but he had put up with a hernia since the first op and in January 2000 he went to see the surgeon to discuss an op. It was the first time that I did not go in the room with him - call of nature - when he came out from the consultation he was grey. I asked what was wrong but all he could say was get me out of this place. His eyes were full of tears and he seemed...
    Former Member
  • tantan's blog
    Oh the waiting!
    The appointment came through today for Ian to go in for his investigations. It can't come soon enough now. I didn't think he looked very well today,his face was really swollen, a lot more so than usual, there is also something that looks as though it is growing outwards and this has all come on in a matter of weeks, so naturally I am concerned. Last year we were told the cancer had come back following a ct scan, but when they did the biopsys they found them to be negative and that it was just the...
    Former Member
  • sami_princess's blog
    caelyx, day one or c day
    cycle one of caelyx down.. lots more to go, after 4 (my loints locked up, and muscel cramp, bright pink rash and usual reaction ro sterriods bout 30 mins in total) alleric reactions lots of different sterroids, piriton an stuff latter we finaly finished cycle one.. so far so good just feel too warm and sweaty.. no sickness yet.. went straight out for pizza.. i wonder if this is all down to the glucose that they used to water down the chemo with and if im on sugar high..but hopefully i wont be too...
    Former Member
  • hollyivy12's blog
    Broken Heart
    I have not been on the site for ages, i have had 2 intense months caring for my mum. She died on 9th june at home at 64 and my heart is broken. She suffered terribly. I had no help as she was in denial right up until the day before she died when i had to get the district nurses to see her as she became so ill. She had lung cancer which had spread all over her body totalling 22 lumps or tumors including 7 on her head. She had not eaten for months and when she died she was yellow with a liver...
    Former Member
  • deejay's blog
    Why do hospitals let themsielvesdown?
    Well, on Monday my son had his operation to remove an 11cm tumour from his left side. Up until then, him, and myself had had the most efficient, fantastic treatment from Endocrine team, and then pre-admission, the surgical team. We sat waiting in the ITU waiting room, and after 3 and half hours we suddenly saw him being wheeled past in a bed. I don't think that image will ever leave my mind. Anyway, once in ITU, the surgeon's assistant (who had wheeled him up there) disappeared, so eventually, when...
    Former Member
  • ilawrie's blog
    Many Thanx
    Hello everybody!! Just want to thank you all who replied to my blog (30/06/09) Words of wisdom-right enough!! Oddly-the comments kind of cheer me up a bit. It`s all so comforting knowing that I can communicate with you guy`s. THANKYOU ALL!!!! (((hugs))) Irene x
    Former Member
  • Janet123456's blog
    A poem I wrote yesterday.
    Sometimes you need to say something and you can't say it to anyone around you. So I am posting it here. It seems so selfish to be tired. Tomorrow will be a better day. It's been 14 months since my Dad was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. My Boot I don’t want to be around death anymore. I want to run away. The words once so kind Have begun to turn sour. They will snip me again if I stay. There is still more time. I need to spend it enjoying the moments we can. Yet the growing need to be...
    Former Member
  • sami_princess's blog
    my first bog, fibromatosis a life sentance?
    Hi There, My name is Samantha im 23 and i have a condition called aggressive fibromatosis, the best desciption i have for this is a soft tissue non malignant-malignat tummor that is very localy agressive and recurring,an mine is rather infaltrive..but they do not metastasize like malignant cancers, but mine seams to send fealers or tubers out... it curntly takes up at larg part of my chest cavity, starting at the top of my ribs moving down between my ribs to my inner chest wall where it is so larg...
    Former Member
  • jkbmiv's blog
    Need Help to Help........
    My partners mother has just been diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer which has spread to the intestine. I need Help to Help him.....It has all happened so very fast and the entire family is trying to deal with the sad news as well as trying to understand what this is all about. Aside from trying to understand the cancer and all processes related to the diagnose (tests, scan, biopsies etc.) I am finding it difficult to know whether I am supporting my partner in the best possible way and therefore...
    Former Member
  • Trishka's blog
    Sucking Lemons
    So, hubby escaped hospital at 5am. We were at home by 5:15am having freshly made juice, toast/Manuka honey. All has gone very well indeed. Lunch on the patio.... half hour mid afternoon nap (mainly because he had not slept at all the previous night)... dinner & even wine! Seems too good to be true. During dinner, he started hiccupping. It's now 9pm and he hasn't stopped. A quick trawl on the internet and lo and behold Cisplatin (one of his chemo drugs) can cause (mainly in men) hiccups during the...
    Former Member
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