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I am having terrible trouble eating at the moment as I feel so guilty that I can eat and Tom can't. I know I must as I do not want to make myself ill.Tom is having a real struggle at the moment getting any food at all down ,even things like mashed potato with loads of butter and milk will not go down.He has never moaned once since the day he was diagnosed but for the first time today he said he was fed up not being able to eat.It is so so hard watching the person you love deperately trying any food...
In may 2004 my husband arrived back from a week away at work, he felt tired and thought he may have picked up a cold.
Briefly within a week he was in hospital with septacaemia thought to have come from untreated and nasty bout of athletes foot!
During routine blood tests alarm bells rang when some unusual results came through.
Again briefly but a few weeks later he had a scintagraphie and was diagnosed with neuro endocrine cancer.
In december of the same year he has surgery to removed some of...
Been lapse in my posts, treatments over 3 weeks ago plus. I expereinced some bad days, where energys levels were so low could hardly get out of bed.I am pleased to say these days are hopefully gone, feeling much improved . I can taste again, go out and be social , ok dietary and no alcohol are limiters but still able to have some fun. I have got my MRI dates, so suscpect operation is two weeks after that, so have at least 6-8 weeks to go before I know how successful the treatments were. Back to the...
luckypete has been so busy today that he (nearly) forgot all about us calls beavering away on his pluera. We cells got a little envious as Luckypete had some wonderful presents today, were doing all the work & he's getting the rewards. Two good fiends went on a 15mile charity walk last week and unbeknown to Luckypete he was thiere chosen charity, so shocked and quite emotional when told they raised £700. Also another 2 birthday present of a ferrari driving day & a couple nights
...So having been to work yesterday and decided, and agreed with my boss, i am now taking loads of time off to get the leg better. i need to address the problem with the lymphoedema or it aint gonna get any better. And yesterday at work the wound got more painful as the day went on. last night i went to the walk in centre and they gave me a course of antibiotics and an appointment to go back today to see the nurse for dressings change.
as soon as i got in the room she said it was a stinky wound. after...
Hi everyone and old friends on the site. I have not been posting for ages as I want to spend as much time as possible with Geoff while we still have this time together. For those who don`t know about me, my husband was diagnoised Oct. 2008 with a few months to a year prognoisis. Well whoever is watching over us (most likley the God I have always believed in) is doing a great job. Geoff although obviously very poorly this far down the line of meso is still on a good day (like today) is still able to...
A big thank you to Christine R & Sarsfield for their encouraging words. Yes i do feel a lot happier about the new treatment, the specialists have only my best interest at heart (sorry about the pun). I really can't wait for my chemo to start, after all, this is were the battle against the cancer(s) begins. Darter
We went to the hospital yesterday for a review of Sal's progress with the oncology team yesterday.
It all went pretty much as we expected. The last cycle they dropped the Adriamycin (doxorubicin) and they plan to continue the rest of the cycles with just TC (Taxotare and cyclophosphamide).
The surgery wound is finally showing signs of healing and the Hickman line is all OK.
Sal is to continue to take Metoclopramide when ever she feels nausea and they have dropped the need for her to take...
Hi Folks, Sorry to vent off but it would be interesting to get your points of view. My husband Keith has Stage 3 Lung Cancer which has spread to lymph nodes. At his first consultation he saw the Registrar. She asked Keith what he knew.(Previous to this appointment he was told by another consultant that a lobectomy was mentioned to him. When Keith mentioned the lobectomy the registrar just said "well that's not going to happen as it is inoperable". The chemo he will be receiving is just...
lost my dad just a day over two weeks ago. he was my world. we were so close. we worked together and when off from work we spent time together to.
from diagnosis to death was a month. yet he wasnt feeling right for over 4 months. for him not seeing a doctor after my nagging that upsets me.
he died of lung cancer. it felt that when he was diagnosed he stopped being my dad. he went in to a kind of not careing mode. thats what scared me most. we were so close that he couldnt see me like he did. he...
