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Today is a sort of special.
It's 12 months since I got my motorcycle.
I've mentioned the bike in previous posts but, for me, there's one thing special about having it. It has given me a longer-term view of my remaining time on this planet.
I generally have trouble imagining myself more than a few months down the road. This isn't just because of the terminal cancer (I was given 1 to 10 years in 2015). It's also because of depression which pre-dates the cancer. I have recurring thoughts...
I've just completed the third of four post-op chemo sessions and feeling not too bad.
After my last session I was still suffering slightly with neuropathy in my fingers. The oncologist decided that he would would remove the Oxaliplatin and only give me the other three drugs (Docetaxel, Leucovarin and 5-FU). I am a bit concerned that by removing that drug it makes the treatment less effective. I couldn't really get him to answer that. He said that many people cannot tolerate chemo after surgery...
So it’s only been a week since my hysteroscopy, so a week since my biopsy’s were taken. That means it will probably be another 2 weeks until I have the results. But then after the results it will go to the MDT so it’s likely to be weeks before I actually know a treatment plan.
For someone with chronic depression and anxiety, this waiting period is hell.
I can’t sleep at night, and when I do I have horrible dreams and wake up throughout the night. It’s really horrible. I hate not knowing....
Hi, I’m 48 and Recently diagnosed a couple of days ago with vulva cancer and waiting for an mri to determine what stage I am at, feeling kind of numb with it all and can’t believe I have cancer! Although the pain does remind me at times!
After 8 weeks one cancel op we have are first appointment this Wednesday so hopefully we will have a plan as to what can be done the confusion that comes the secondary cancer to the brine is the hardest as she does not remember appointment or call that she as & cannot find the right words for what she wants to say last night had such a bad sleep only got 3 hrs mind going round & round , got a call from the doctors asking why Karen did not keep her appointment she could not remember making...
Hi to anyone who is reading this before I start just want to say sorry about my spellings
Ok last August 2017 after going to doctors about hundred times he sent me for a ultrasound there saw something so I went straight for a CT scan and there was a massive lump anyway it was a cancer lump near / on my kidney
I had a massive operation in November 2017 the mass was so big it was attached to my pancreas so got 2cm chop off that
it was also attached to the bowel I had lost a lot of blood...
Since I was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago the cost of holiday insurance has escalated so this year we decided to changes our provider. I looked up payingtoomuch.com and found a company trust2travel who offered a fee of about one quarter of our old company's offer. We accepted this . Trust2travel phone number is 012343784000if you prefer to speak to a person. Just make sure that you answer all the questions carefully and correctly as wrong answers can invalidate your insurance. Hop...
Yesterday, due to treatments, antihistimine, I got little done. Just seemed drowsy. Today, energy is better, no nausea. I will be home, open the shades, enjoy the sunshine, finish the clothes I put in the washer yesterday, and watch a son on live stream lead music at his church in Orlando. That is an hour and half program.
My heart is filled with love for everybody and prayers. What a worshipful experience, serving this way, though I would rather be present in a spirit filled church with...
A lot has happened since my last post, mainly we have moved house after 15 years in our old one. It was way too big for us, and was getting me down , but we are not buying a new one in the short term but renting with a plan!
However I can no longer stand the hot flushes which are a side effect of the Tamoxifen,I have tried numerous different things to-alleviate them but have now gone onto the Citlataprom the oncologist prescribed. Hopefully they will do the trick but if not at least I should...
