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CANCER first came in to my life when i was only 8 and half years of age. My mum was told she had breast cancer. At the time i didnt really understand what that meant. All i knew was my mum was ill and needed an operation to fix it. she got rid of breast cancer when i was about 10 years old. About six months later we were told that she had secondary cancer and it was in her spine. the doctors gave her six months to live well my mum was a determined lady and lived for 6 more years. she sadly past away...
I have just been told by the doctor that my lovely husband is no longer terminally ill but is now dying!This year has flown past and although we all knew what the outcome would be I am still in shock at what the doctor said.
Tom (My Babes )is at peace with himself and is ready for the last bit as he calls it! and he told my brother that I need to accept it too, I do but how do you say good bye to the man I have adored for the last 38 years!! it's too soon!!!The saddest thing is that he will not...
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Just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyones comments to my first 'blog'. Its wonderful to know that so many people are sending me good wishes and that I am not the only person going through this.
Trying to get organised for next week - went shopping for 'button-front' pj's etc for the hospital and treated myself to a few extras also. Gary my Hubbie has a golf break with his buddies with weekend, and I am trying so hard to get him to go. As I have said to him, its...
hello my name is chansey. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in september 2008. I have been reading the macmillan site since then but never had the courage to register and enter discussions. I've had a mastectomy,lymph nodes removed, 6 months chemo, 5 weeks radiotherapy, herceptin which I finished this february and at easter I had reconstuctive surgery. Now I've finished treatment and have had time to reflect on everything. I haven't spoken properly to anyone about all of this, I permanently got...
Hi, just like everyone else I'm new to this. My wonderful, absolutely, brilliant, intelligent mum was taken into hospital in Stirling on 24 Mar 10 and told she had a brain tumour. My mum is only 67 and the most intelligent and placid natured person. She is a very young and independent 67 yyear old, going on holiday on her own to Australia, Tour of Italy, Tour of China (was booked to go to Cuba in September this year). She was then diagnosed with gliabostoma multiforme grade 4 and had the operation...
Everywhere I look I get conflicting information on how to carefor Sally's Hickman Line. Some trusts say flush twice a week, some once. Some trusts say use a Heparin lock, some don't. Some trusts say aspirate before flushing, some don't. Some trusts use a bionectar, some don't. In fact, there is even confusion within my local trust because on the Oncology ward they flush once a week and don't use bionectars whereas at the Oncology Outpatient Treatment Centre they flush twice a week and use bionectars...
Latest CT results show cancer continues to spread within organs so Xeloda not working. Onc decided side effects not worth it and has taken mum off it. It was the final, final treatment. Lymphodemia in second arm so bad now they're not allowed to puncture her there any more, and despite numerous pricking in feet can't get blood from there either. Luckily can get bisphospherates in, just no blood for testing out. So just increasing palliative care now...
Hi everyone, have just joined as I thought it would help to put things down on paper.
Started a few weeks ago, thinking I had a lump in my left breast. My Mum had breast cancer 27 years ago at the age of 35 and had to have a left breast mastectomy (and is still here to tell the tale). On being referred by my GP, discovered nothing on my left but two tumours on my right, which after biopsies, came back as positive - I have breast cancer at the age of 36!
Things have moved very rapidly since then...
Today I am conscious the recent Dx of CMML for my father in law has totally changed my life,
I feel totally different in so many ways,
It's not poetic, I feel humbled, but also enlightened ....I know that sounds crazy, (My hubby looks at me strange too) but it's true,
I know what's important now ......... (see... you can imagine his face?!) and I have so many blessings to count, I'm counting all of mine twice x
I just wanted to give a quick update to the blog as I haven't been updating the Latest News for a few days and I wanted to explain why.
We actually managed to get away for a few days in the caravan! Yippee! OK, we didn't go very far... just 3 miles actually!!! We went and stayed on the site where we store the van in Landrake, just 3 miles west of Saltash. We were hoping to get away to a friends birthday party near Redruth but we felt that 50+ miles was a bit far in case we needed to get to the...
