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Last April I stood at the end of my son’s hospital bed staring stupidly at the junior doctor trying to figure out why he thought my son seeing an oncology specialist was a good idea, surely he would only want to see cancer patients … ohh!
i am like a different person now to what i was 6 months ago, i would spend all day sat, cleaning ,cooking, shopping and never stopping for a minutes peace , i was a whirlwind i never stopped, what was i missing ? a lovely lie in with lots of cuddles, breakfast in bed together, curling up on sofa togather all morning just doing crosswords and watching saturday kitchen , my idea of bliss, its just a shame it took cancer to make me appreciate what is important, not a spotless house but a loving family...
My mum was diagnosed with Mesothelioma last October and now mum will have to decide within 2 weeks whether she should go a head with surgeary to try to have the tumour removed or decide to just have chemo. Poor mum is so confused to know what to do as any one on here been threw the same thing having to make a decision between having the opperation or just settleing for chemo.
Yesterday I still hadn't heard anything about my stay in the Royal Free!
I spoke to the Dr at the hospice, and also my psychologist. The psychologist suggested phoning the lymphoma nurse, rather than my consultants secretary, as i've already been on contact with the secretary and had no luck!
Jane (Lymphoma Nurse) was great. She went to find Adam, the Dr who deals with trials, who instructed someone to e-mail the Royal Free. By the end of the day, they still hadn't heard anything from...
Watch Teddy still performing in spite of his paralysis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxHLnpg4zMc
Thursday 14th Jan 22.41 pm
Have been told today after only a week of being diagnosed that next friday am having surgery to remove my cancer from my breast! This is all so surreal, can't believe really happening to me.
Going to be on tablets for five years may have to have Chemo as well as radiotherapy.
This is all so much to take in and this weekend have to tell my two teenage children thats the thing that really upsets me, I just dont want to upset them.
It has been a while since I have been on the site and I wanted to add some positives to balance my negatives so that when I have a bad moment I can look back and see that there were plenty in this whole strange roller coaster ride that we are on. Christmas was really good we had a fab time, it really made up for last year when we found out on the 16/12/08 that dads cancer had returned and was stage 4 terminal. New year was hard as dad was very grumpy and angry - understandable a new year of unknowns...
