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Feeling depressed tonight and really don' want to live a life with my mum not in it she is my best friend and we are 2 peas in a pod. She has stage 4 cancer they think womb but test still on going and is in lining of the lung she is 72 well 73 next month. The doctors say it' treatable but not curable. They are taking ages to pinpoint what cancer and longer it' being missed the longer not being treated and will go terminal .
When the time come and mum' no longer here I really don...
I’m sad all the time. Not depressed but pissed and confused. I want my mom back and I learned my family is useless and I feel so lost and lonely. I’m a grown adult and I hate myself for feeling this way.
My beautiful mum has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer a complete shock and has come completely out of the blue. Doctors think it's womb cancer and has gone to the lining of her lung but tests are still on going. Mum had no symptoms atall until too late she's been bleeding for 10 weeks from her cervix but by the time she had this symptom she was stage 4 before this she had none! Het doctor told her 2 months ago she didn't have cancer and she would know if she did! My mum is 72 and if she makes it...
So it’s now week 13 since I had whipple surgery and everything is going ok. The reason for this was ampulla cancer which they successfully removed, however i’ On my third week of chemotherapy (as a precaution). The first week apart from feeling a little sick I felt ok, but it’s taken me a lot longer to feel better after the 2nd time. Is this normal? Am I going to feel worse each week? Most of the time physically and emotionally I feel ok but other days I feel really low? I know I should feel lucky...
Valentine’s Day five years ago my husband was admitted to hospital with multiple myeloma. Thanks to private health everything was done immediately. Paraprotein levels were through the roof. Luckily no bone or organ damage. C was put on Velcade but after a few cycles had to stop as the peripheral neuropathy was so bad he couldn’t walk ( not everyone gets this). After a couple of months break to recover he started Revlimid. It worked a treat and paraproteins went down to about 4. Transplant was offered...
I started this Blog thinking that photos of my skin graft might help others see how a typical graft develops and heals over time. I'm currently not convinced mine is 'typical' - maybe none are.
My visit to the hospital for the histology appt was really disappointing. The 'consultant' (he wasn't actually the consultant, just someone in his team), was running 45 minutes late. My meeting with him was perfunctory - he told me nothing about the histology of the BCC that was removed, though...
It is a great day because I can look forward to coming out of Nadir, low point. Expecting by Tuesday to have some energy.
Lymphoma is so different from other cancers, others do not understand AND I am weary of think that I might help them be informed. Lots to learn. People have their own concerns to work through. We cannot expect they will have time to learn about ours.
Well, we all might learn though HOW to get others to talk about their past experiences so we know who they are...
Well, the last time I posted I was having a major meltdown!!! That was on 30th Jan. Since then I have felt so much better. I am now on day 11 and side effects still keep coming but nowhere near as bad, just sometimes totally unexpected.
On Wednesday (31/1) my daughter took me to M&S for some retail therapy and a coffee. Really great time until you get home and realise how exhausted you are!!
Thursday - nothing much to report, pottering about indoors and knitting.
Friday – again felt quite well...
When I was diagnosed last November, I did get puzzled for a minute but the look in my colleagues put me back and I new exactly what I will do. As a professional counselor I used my environment as a shield. I was so grateful that so many people who knows are worrying so I don't have to worry about it. On my first results I already made a decision to have double mastectomy. I didn't want any immediate reconstruction. As an experienced breast cancer care team I have seen many people having complications...
I’m dashing through this blog post on account of me realising that it is February and my good intention to update this blog more regularly has already failed. No, hold on. We don’t say failed we say…
I have also been channelling this guy: –
No, not on account of my adorable fluffy cuteness but on the fact that I simply CANNOT be punctual.
The reason I am dashing through this post is because I am off this weekend and I was desperate to post something in January (I know it...
