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Hi all.
The stent was fitted on thursday and my husband came home friday afternoon. He is in a lot of pain which he describes as local to the tumour. The stent is a hefty one - 12cm and has been fitted right to the junction of the stomach. Perhaps this is contributing to the pain as the bulk of the tumour is at this sight.
Sunday today and he is still in a pretty bad way, nausea, sickness, hunger and pain as well as a slight temperature.
He really hopes to get some decent nutrition inside and...
My lovely aussie partner is on week 2 of treatment for throat cancer in Brisbane, Australia. He went back this summer to sort his life out to move here permanently and was diagnosed in late September/ early October.
We are doing all this at a 12000 mile distance and its very hard. If it wasn't for Skype I think I would be la la by now.
He is coping really well and despite a dry mouth and lack of taste he's coping. He's just completed week 2 of 7 weeks of radiation and has 2 more chemo doses...
hi , mum diagnosed in february with small cell lung cancer in right lung and lymph nodes in nodes near heart , had 4 lots chemo and 5 days radiotherapy, finished end of june, shes been ok since then, to cut a long story short 3 weeks ago found lump on right side of neck, has had scan done , last week told her they dont know if its cancer or an infection, will have to go back next week when have appointment and will have to feel it to tell, but since then the lump has got a lot bigger, any help what...
Dad died at home on Monday 15th November. He went quietly in his sleep - so like Dad 2 not make a fuss and try to make it easier for Mum!
We've made all the arrangements for the funeral next week and I went to see him today in the Chapel of Rest, he looked so peaceful.
I think it was such a release that he went now before the cancer started to show some really nasty effects. He had been feeling tired and began saying that it was all an effort but he only had some pain on the morning of the...
Where do i start , i know i havent been around for a while but i wanted to thankyou all so so much for your messages and kind words ,but if im honest since the bad news i had about my friend i have found it very hard coming on here , not just because of that but ive also had some things happen in my personal life which have made me a lot more positive and i really need to focus on getting my head round it and trying to look towards the future ,whatever that may be , when i got the bad news about...
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I am new to this site and was introduced to you by a very good friend.
My gran was diagnosed with kidney cancer a couple of weeks ago and I am hoping that you will be able to give me some advice as she is 92 years old, but otherwise in excellent health and she has been given the option of having her kidney removed which she has chosen. Anyway I will probably be better to post more information in the forum regarding her situation but I just wanted to say hello and that I am looking forward to...
Well things seemed to be going better for pop recenty. He had started eating better, i got him to think more positive and he wasnt so down in himself plus he seemed to be alot better in himself. The new found energy wasnt to last and over the last few days he has dropped off again. He has started vomiting all his food up, has had to take the morphine they prescribed him for the pain and hes back to sleeping even more than before. So off to hospital again on monday for the much dreaded camera down...
i met with doctor on Tuesday to get results of new scan and had amazing news cancer in lungs, abdomen and adrenal glads has gone just small amount left in liver i am positive i can shift this too i will eat it away pray it away and will it away stay positive my fellows that's all i can say miracles do happen and sometimes we all need.one .........love and light to you all xxxx
After fighting mesothelioma for 2 years without one word of anger or complaint with the greatest sense of humour imaginable, my darling Geoff died in my arms surrounded by our much loved family at 2.30pm on Sunday 14th November 2010.
I was able to nurse him at home apart from 2 spells in St Oswalds hospice in Gosforth,for pain control. Our hospice is amazing and helped us survive many times along with our Mac nurse and Marie curie, Our Gp and district nurses where with us all over the weekend of...
STEVE went into hospital on wed nite. after only 8days on his first chemo. he has an infection, liver inflammed,low white cellsmed, they think stent has moves. he is soo down, still losing weight, they treating infection at mo, then will decide about the stent, his chemo been stopped for now.. today he has fast heart and pulse, did ecg slight blips on it. steve says he has no pain, they keep an eye on him, we feel he wil get too sick to enjoy what time he has left. he is soo angry wont talk about...
