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Hi Everyone,
Sorry i have not been on here for sometime but im trying to come to terms with everything that has been thrown my way this past 12 mths. I have been diagnosed with osteoporosis and now have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
I finished my chemo back in sept 2010 no major side effects, i did find that my shins hurt the most and they put it down to the chemo, but now we know its due to the osteoporosis. All my surgery was completed in january of this year, or so i thought my consultant...
My brother was diagnosed with rcc last april,2010 after invesigations into heamaturia and heavy feeling legs! No other symptoms were present.
During investigations into bladder infection! (i wish) and a CT scan it was discvered he had a 10cm tumor on his right kidney with vena cava involvement, he was fast tracked to the christie and to withington hospital with a wiew to urgent surgery (Nephrectomy) However this was deemed not safe at present so the docs did a pocedure called Embolisation to stop...
I havent been on this sight for a while, to be honest it isnt the easiest sight to find my way around [ for me anyway ]
Life just goes on and i am still missing my jim more than ever, it gets to the stage when the fight goes out of you and just accept that life[ WILL NEVER BE THE SAME]
Well where to start, we got a call yesterday to attend the clinic today and no reason why so of course we were worried sick.
Today came and we went to clinic and saw Dr Fyfe who said that he is quite happy to go ahead with the R-Chop chemo but he requires to take a Steriod Predisalone (Dont know if thats the correct spelling) to get s his bilirubin level down which is something to do with his liver before he could start his chemotherapy. Then he went on to say when we asked if this was cureable...
Had 4th chemo done today, not too bad can't believe over halfway through now and can't wait to finish, hasn't been as bad as I thought think the fear of the unknown is worse than actually having the treatment. Obviously the side effects are not great although fingers crossed I have been quite good most of the time. Good luck to anyone else starting or having treatment guess the best we can do is stay positive!
Hello,
My mum has been fighting cancer for the last 3 years. It started at the bowel, going onto the lung and ending up with two tumours on the brain. My mum is unable to move, cannot go to the toilet by herself, barely eats and sleeps for 23 out of 24 hours a day. I have just been told that she has developed a lump on her neck but doctors will not even do a scan and say that there is notihng more than they can do for her. I live in Brighton and she is in Nottingham with my dad caring...
iF SOMEONE YOU LOVED HAS PASSED AWAY AND YOUR HEART IS FILLED WITH TEARS> IF YOU DREAD THE DAWN OF EACH NEW DAY>AND THE LONELY BITTER YEARS>HAVE FAITH . SWEET MEMORIES WILL REPLACE.THAT GRIEF FOR THE ONE WHO HAS GONE.AND WHEN YOU RECALL THEIR HAPPY FACE. YOULL KNOW YOUR LIFE CAN MOVE ON.
Having been given no actual prognosis, I find planning any future activities particularly difficult. I understand of course that we will all react differently and individually to any drug treatment, but is it to much to ask for some general guidline about life expectancy ? The treatments must be quite similar for Cancer types, mine is Lung Adenocarcinoma stage 1V and secondarary Spinal, both of course incurable. My treatment is for quality of life using Cisplatin and Permatrex. I will be on my 4th...
Last week I was full of the joys of Spring. Well, weren't most of us? How wonderful to be outside in shirt sleeves enjoying warmer, sunnier weather at last.
I was really counting my blessings: cycle 3 much better than the previous two (helped by stronger anti-sickness drug and lower dose of chemo), getting some energy back, managing to get into work, remembering to water recently planted strawberry plants at the allotment, enjoying watching P and S playing outside, etc. Happy to just be getting...
John, born in 1973.Married to Ronnie. 2 x Children Niamh(5) & Joseph(2).
Diagnosed with Kidney Cancer August 2010, spread to Spine, Liver & Lung.
Chemo - October 2010 to Feb 2011 - Called Sutent / Sunitinib, has not worked as effectively as hoped.
11th March 2011 - Currently awaiting approval for new chemo drug.
29th March 2011 - Received confirmation that I have received funding via the Cancer Drug Fund(CDF) for 2nd line treatment by Afinitor / Everolimus
