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So its about 10 days since the second Colonoscopy and its time to visit my consultant to discuss my treatment plan. I first receive the test results from the biopsy and it is confirmed that I have Colorectal Cancer. My consultant then explains the location of the Cancer and my world crashes upon for me for a once again, when it is explained to me that due to its location it will mean that I will have to have a permanent Stoma for…..the rest of the conversation was a blur and a friend that was...
Thursday 4th March 2010 and it’s a dry and chilly morning with frost on the ground. Early rise and I am starving….my last meal was lunchtime the day before as I have to prepare for the procedure by ensuring that my bowels were clear. This involved a light meal at mid day and taking two sachets of a laxative during the day. The first was not too bad, but wow the second was lets say very effective.So once showered and changed its 06:45 and my taxi awaits for the 5 minute journey to the...
The summer of 2009 is probably a good starting point and my birthday Friday 5th June. There is a group of us heading out for a drink starting off in Street Lane Leeds.
From what I can remember it was quite a warm evening and having not been at work that day (I try not to work on my birthday) out we went early doors. I remember going to the bathroom before leaving the house and the only reason I remember this, is due to a drunken conversation that I had later that evening with Gavin about seeing...
I know chemo is my friend but today i still have that disgusting taste in my mouth, i've had to drop the painkillers as I reacted badly, I still have stomach ache and now nausea. My mouth is getting better but the same cold sores are visiting again. and sleep is apparently visiting someone else!
we had a new boiler installed yesterday and after a nights work my poor husband is downstairs washing dust from everything because i feel too sick to move - grrr.
rant over - thanks for reading :)
Wow what a journey it's been. I was first diagnosed with bowel cancer on June 13th - a day I'll never forget.
After months of stomach pain (but nothing much else) i'd never thought I'd end up being a cancer patient. Just about everything else went through my mind - IBS, Crohns, irrritable bowel, gallstones but never the 'C' word. Even my consultant was convinced it was nothing too sinister but no, cancer it was.
And so the journey began in a whirlwind of activity. More scans...
