Blogging can be a great way to journal your experiences and share with others. Why not create your own cancer journey blog, or have a read of other blogs created by our members?
Unsure how to get started? Take a look at our help pages on blogs.
Hi, I have been operated on for adrenal cancer at Kings College. It seems like mine was stage 2. They took the gland, tumour and lymph glands out, and nothing seems to have spread outside. The cancer gave me Cushings Syndrome, which my GP refused to believe for 18 months, even though I had all the symptoms.
I am now at home with a broken ankle due to a fall I had and the fact that the Cushings has given me brittle bones.
To add to that I already had Multiple Sclerosis, which I have had to deal...
So i'm in the shower with my partner (he's not The Great Big Lump btw) and i'm lathering up with my rather fine Molton Brown shower gel (warming eucalyptus if you like details) when I find it. The lump. Big. mahoosive really given the conservative size of my breasts (not complaining just saying).
I say to said partner, lets call him David because that's his name, have a feel of this,
Now this shower was not saucy in nature in any way. It was a joint shower due to us having a new...
It's hard to write a post when friends here have felt so much pain and heartache.
I'd like to share this update to add some positive to the cancer experience.
Husband had his lower anterior resection with a loop ileostomy last Thursday. Procedure had us on ward for 6.30 in the morning. Op not scheduled till pm. One colonic irrigation later and I was kicked out just after nine. I'd given myself a bunch of chores to fill time with.
Late afternoon call to hospital had no news so scooted...
I’ve been busy downloading music today. I usually wait until the site I use has an offer on and today was the day.
The first two albums in the basket were 60s albums that I was very keen to have. “The Deram Anthology” by Timebox and “1st Floor” by The Floor. I hadn’t heard either of these albums in years. I expect a few people may have heard of Timebox. Their hit “Beggin’” still gets played on the radio quite often. However I’ll be surprised...
The days are getting closer now to D day or should i say C day. My final preassessment has been done and only one full week left Monday will be occupied with the picc line insertion and Friday next the dry run.
i somehow in a warped way find it exciting .I probably wont be saying that further down the line.but i find everyone so helpful and friendly , which is re assuring
Hi
Mum had her appointment with the consultant on Monday, they are sending her for some scans and blood tests to see if she is able to go onto taking Pazopanib (Votrient ®).
Given us lots of information on it but obviously still not sure what to expect but hopefully she is able to go onto something that could possibly prolong her time with us... has anybody had any experiences of this type of treatment, anything that will help us know what we could expect etc?
Thank you in advance for your...
I am now talking with greater ease and although I still have a lot of pain if I speak for a long time I can at least string a few words together. There has been much improvement in this area over the last week.
Yesterday I had my latest consultation at the Hospital. Having not eaten anything via my mouth for well over a month I was a bit apprehensive because I knew they were going to test my ability to swallow something more solid than water. This has been a bit of a hit and miss affair for me but...
Latest update is very much more of the same. I have recovered from the drama of last week and I feel that I am slowly but surely making progress.
For the last three days I have swallowed some small mouthfuls of water –this may sound minor but for me it was a huge thing to do. There was a bit of pain along with some coughing and spluttering but it's a good start. I had swallowed nothing for several weeks and this is a small step on the way to getting back to normal. The plan is to continue to increase...
This has been a difficult week and I would describe the progress as two steps forward and one step back.....
Early in the week things were going fine. I was continuing to talk for a few minutes each day and managing the accompanying pain with morphine. I have managed to get my weight up to above 11 stone and was hoping to get a few more pounds on by the end of the week. I did my first exercise session on my cycling machine for several weeks – it was only 15 minutes at a very low resistance setting...
Things are unfolding pretty much as predicted in that some of the side-effects have worsened slightly but things are generally pretty stable.
There is good news in that one or two of the problems have eased – my neck is no longer peeling skin and there is just a slight redness that is reducing each day. I now no longer draw stares in Waitrose (or maybe they've just got used to me)!
The fatigue is still with me (sleeping about 12-14 hours a day) and I'm nowhere near being able to eat...
