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  • BrambleDigger's blog
    You couldn’t make it up………really you couldn’t!
    I’ve always thought that I’m a wordsmith – a bit of a writer (although I have no idea which bit!) People that know me well certainly say that I’m an Artist – but they usually precede the word Artist with another word, far too rude to place before your tender young eyes. However, I’ve had the kind of day that just could not be imagined. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin……. Last night, I had set the alarm for 07:00 this morning – my reasoning was simple. Get up at 7 – then a leisurely...
    Former Member
  • ChrisC's blog
    Chondrosarcoma
    Bit jittery this week as I go in for my op next Tuesday to try to remove the tumour from the artery. I have found out that this cancer responds to something called a proton blaster, or proton therapy. Guess where, the good old USA. Why have we not got at least 1 machine here? It is very successful. Another method, which I have not been told about by my consultant is Gamma Knife, again successful. There is one in Sheffield. Is this the post code lottery we are told about? We should be lobbying...
    Former Member
  • Lou28's blog
    A year on......
    Well, what a difference a year makes.......... Tomorrow will be a year to the date since I had my last chemo. I feel like I should mark the occasion with a short blog! I am in good health (fingers crossed), feel great and have watched my baby turn one. He has reached many milestones (many many more to come as well), including walking in the last few weeks and we brought his first pair of shoes the other day. How wonderful life can be...... how terrible I know it can be as well. I am still grappling...
    Former Member
  • Julesx2's blog
    Return to work
    Today was another milestone in my journey. After almost a years absence from work I finally returned today and am phasing back in to the daily routine over the next few weeks. What a welcome I got, from my work colleagues, from the children and from their parents (I am a nursery nurse) it was better than any medicine! For the last year my life has been taken up with treatments, hospital appointments and the turmoil of emotions that go hand in hand with cancer. To those of you at the beginning of...
    Former Member
  • Geddiemonster's blog
    Ding ding ding, round 2
    We just found out in the beginning of April that my cancer, follicular lymphoma, has returned. I am depressed and at the same time, not very surprised. We knew going in that the average time for reoccurance is 5 to 7 years. I had my last chemo treatment 4 years ago. Does anybody know anything about the 2nd time? I don't go back to the doctor until July, so I am in a holding pattern and the not knowing is worse than chemo. I cannot take retuxin, I am HIGHLY alleric to it, so who knows what will...
    Former Member
  • deejay's blog
    the news was bad today
    We got the worst news today. Our lovely, kind, newly-married son (9months) has a tumour too. My cancer is hereditary. And he has a tumour measuring 11 cms in his abdomen next to the left kidney. I am beyond grief - I feel sort of dead. When you know you have cancer yourself, and it's an incurable type it's bad enough. When you find out your only child has it too - well, multiply that bad feeling by about a 1000. Sorry if I sound self-pitying. Actually all my pity is for him. Ok - maybe a bit's for...
    Former Member
  • Cella's blog
    Sticky chemo
    Had chemo last Wednesday and I am still feeling it...nausea, numb tingling feet, tremulous hands, runny nose, can't breath right because of the pleural effusions the chemo is supposed to fix, can only sleep sitting up, can only eat small bits at a time, can only move one room to one room at a time with oxygen on. Ummm...this is not exactly my idea of living, 'ya know? Tired of the abdominal injections, tired of the pills, tired of bothering honey for everything...sigh...
    Former Member
  • Nickyred's blog
    worried about mums results
    I am taking my mum to get her results tomorrow afternoon. She was diagnosed with bowel cancer 3 weeks ago and had the last tests last week. Part of me just wants to know exactly what we have to deal with but on the other hand I am really worried. Mum is a bit of a worrier anyway and she is beside herself - she thinks they are going to say there is nothing that can be done at all. I have read loads about it - but am not sure if it has helped. She is 62 and has always been healthy. Her mum died from...
    Former Member
  • deejay's blog
    terrified for my son
    I could really do with some words to calm me down. I have a rare form of cancer which is hereditary, a dominant gene which offspring have a 50-50 chance of inheriting, I have 1 son of 24, newly married, starting to forge his way in life, career etc. He had a scan on Thursday to see if he has any tumours, and he casually told me this afternoon that the doctor rang him on Friday afternoon and asked him to go and see her tomorrow for the results. My heart suddenly went ice cold, and I swear my stomach...
    Former Member
  • BrambleDigger's blog
    Almost there.....
    Well, I might not be a regular poster at the moment (although I do have All Bran for breakfast every morning), but I would like to share the start of the end of my cancer with you. Monday is Pre-Op day – a trip to Salisbury for all the form-filling, prodding and poking that, I’m told, is vital for the safe completion of my operation. I’ve got to be there by 09:00 – do you think I’ll be able to swing a whole day off work? I’ve started to read through the booklets and fill in the questionnaires ...
    Former Member
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