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A few months after I found the lump, it started to bleed.
Needless to say I was off to the doctor like a rocket and unsurprisingly my mind was already whirling. A couple of weeks later I was seen at The Breast Care Centre in Bristol. It's a brand new centre that's very swish, it aims to be a one stop clinic from scan to diagnosis. Unfortunately it didn't quite workout that way for me.
My first meeting with my consultant was brief; she thought the lump that I'd found on the right breast...
Morning all,
It is early. 4.45am to be precise. I have been awake now for over two hours. The boys are all sleeping soundly. As is the way of things my brain is ticking over and I figure blogging is the best way to get it to be quiet.
Since we got the results yesterday I have had a mix of emotions. Everyone is so happy for us and we are happy too. We are. But...it has also brought me down somewhat too. This I hadn't expected, in fact I hadn't really thought much beyond actually sitting in front...
Today I had my first review after being transferred from the specialist cancer hospital at Felindre to the University Hospital of Wales, generally known as the "Heath". A typical large, rather clapped-out looking British research hospital.
Things have improved physically for me over the last week, following a very rough fortnight after completing treatment. But I confess to feeling utterly exhausted. I also caught some kind of minor bug or cold which had me in bed for most of the last weekend...
Pulling the sewing machine out of the cupboard was a bit of an effort. So much so, I pulled a few muscles. I was giving the sore area a rub when I felt a lumpy area in my right breast. After a good feel, I wasn't too concerned as it was soft, mobile and not painful in the slightest. After setting up my new sewing room, to be honest I'd quite forgotten all about the lump. And it stayes forgotten for months.
My elderly sewing machine was very dusty and I did wonder if it was going to be up...
I might live in Gloucestershire but I'm not referring to the rugby terrace, I mean my shed, the humble or not so humble pile of planks at the bottom of my garden. When I moved in, a little over a year ago it was spider heaven. Now it has plush carpet and better underlay than the living room. I think I rather overdid it but what the hell. When you spend as many hours in it as I do, you need a bit of comfort.
Please don't go getting the idea that I'm any sort of mastercrafts seamstress, I'm not...
Well.....
Last night didn't hold much restful sleep as I am sure you can imagine.
I was caught unaware whilst writing my blog post by all my Facebook friends lighting candles and posting pictures of them to let me know they were thinking of me. My Facebook went nuts for over an hour and my eyes leaked not for the first time, not entirely helped with my writing of quite an emotional blog. I often cry a little while I write my blog posts, especially the ones that mention the children. So I was...
Hello everyone,
This week we should have been on our family holiday. In our little touring caravan meant for four but with six. We went to Scarborough last year and really loved it. I have many fond memories of holidays in my grandparents touring caravan from my childhood. Caravans for both A and I are emotionally linked with our past and now hopefully our children's as we seek to imbue the same love in them. Glad to say they do. However we are not going, we cannot as I have to attend my chemotherapy...
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Evening all,
Tonight is the night before. The night before the scan. The first full body tissue scan I have received since my diagnosis. I am nervous. I have had other scans but they have all either been local to the area the known cancer is or of my bones. To date I have had no scan of my bodily tissues. Clearly this has implications and I am afraid that they will pick the cancer up in one of my vital organs. In my head this is not good. Well that's not true, I know it is not good, all the people...
Hi
Promises....... of a journey creating many moments of happiness that outweigh the challenging moments.
I have been diagnosed with a very aggressive neuroendocrine tumour with unknown primary. At present these gremlins are taking over my liver.
The words no one wants to hear....We think you have neuroendocrine cancer so we are going to do further testing.The biopsy shows you have neuroendocrine cancer and it is very aggressive. Not only is it a rare cancer, it is very rare in that it is very aggressive...
