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I started my fourth cycle on Friday. This one has been very difficult.
Everything was ok until it was time to leave the hospital. As soon as I stood up my legs turned to lead. I could barely walk unaided and the car was parked at the other end of the hospital. By the time I got there I was a horrible sweaty wreck. Fortunately I wasn't driving.
All I wanted to do was sit in a chair and sleep. That was when the shakes took over. Both hands and feet were uncontrollable. It was quite funny at first...
18/12/15 approx 15:30 hrs
That was the time I heard the phrase "oh I see something"
I'm lying left lateral position, happily chilled on midazolam and fentanyl,with a flexi sigmoidoscope up my bum!!!!
Literally 2 mins prior to that he'd said all looks fine but I'll just retro flex the scope on the way out ( damn that thorough gastro surgeon). Would I have preferred to live in blissful ignorance of "its" existence ??? Uhmmmm ??
I'm a nurse so sort of new how the rest...
On the 3rd of july .the eve of my birthday, mum Text to say . Sorry cant put a pic up on fb for your birthday im in too much pain to think straight.
And so my journey began. I joined the lea valley half marathon, to do somthing productive . Well it actually started with me signing up for the full marathon! Completely by mistake. So now im trying to run through this thick cloud of despare and fear thats enveloping me and my sister.
Today is the 7th of august, so you see its been a month since...
Does anyone else have ear trouble after radiotherapy for brain lesion? I also have tinnitus.
Recently diagnosed as having cancer of the Womb and cervix awaiting operation for full hysterectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy in September, was hoping to go on a planned holiday at the end of August to Palma Nova , but cheapest insurance quote I got online was £902.00, contacted Nationwide who have upgraded our current annual free insurance with our flexi account for us as a couple taken into consideration my cancer at a cost of £125.00 for the year! thanks Nationwide , and advice from MacMillan...
Christmas was fast approaching and I still hadn't heard anything. This time I phoned the urology CNS, no answer, so I left a message, I hate talking to a machine, makes me feel like I'm talking to myself. I arrived home from work to a message on my phone. Firstly an apology for not getting back to me sooner and to explain what they were thinking of doing next. The plan was for them to do a CT guided biopsy of the area. I was to receive an appointment within the next couple of weeks. Guess what the...
Where was I? Oh yes, August 2015 :)
After numerous phone calls and messages to the Thyroid oncologists secretary I finally received the long awaited letter from them. Yes I thought, I may finally be able to reduce my medication and begin to feel somewhere near normal (normal for me that is haha ). I should really stamp that phrase 'don't count your chickens before they're hatched,' on my forehead. The letter started off well, a huge sigh of relief, even though my blood measurements wasn't excellent...
So yesterday we arrive at the Chemotherapy clinic at 10.30 for out 11.00 appointment and take a seat in a very hot, over crowded waiting room................. notice near Nurses Station announces that our Consultant is running an hour late.................. so We sit and wait........... one poorly man didn't cope very well so he was carted off by the nurses to somewhere more suitable for his condition at that time and so we waited............ people were greeting each other like old friends asking...
Just read through previous attempted blogs that I wrote and I don't know where my head was because I can't make head nor tail of them :)
The summer of 2012 was amazing, one of those proud mummy moments, (my son would curl up with embarrassment if he was to read that lol ). The local PCSO had nominated my youngest to be an Olympic torchbearer. Personally I didn't think he stood a cat in hell's chance but was so proud that somebody had found him worthy of a nomination. A typical 14yr old lad...
Don't really get the gist of blogs so will just write and hope for the best :)
(Lung Cancer) I'd been feeling low on energy for a few months but put it down to me working 2 jobs 7 days a week and the fact I was nearing the dreaded menopausal age. I was coughing a lot and again I dismissed it to overusing my voice in both my jobs (I was a swimming teacher and a learning support assistant) plus having that frowned upon habit of dare I mention it, smoking. I was losing weight but nothing extreme...
