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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...
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In November 2007 my husband decided to go to see a doctor bout the big lump on top of his foot, which had been present for a couple of years - but due to his parents being ill and looking after them, he put going to the doctors off until then.
Luckily through work he has BUPA cover, so decided to do it privately. He was diagnosed after tests and biopsy to have Leiomyosarcoma in January 2008. He had 5 weeks of radiotherapy first to shrink the lump and in May 2008 had the lump, plus...
this week has been a good week it's not been all about the my cancer :)
in fact i have just spent a whole week in england cuddling my beautifull 6 week old grandson Joshua, didnt want to come back (except to see hubby of course lol). just hoping we can soon sell the house and come back to england. love to you all xxxxx
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As everyone has told me, I'm definatley been making the most of my remission, and have just come back from 4 days in sunny Spain with my sister - just in time for my blood test tomorrow and consultant on Monday!
Going away takes your mind off what may be happening to your body, but I still had my moments, and being with my caring sister, every time I went out, or sighed she was asking me if I was ok......I will be glad when I finally see the doc on Monday. It would be wonderful if he had...
Well, hello evryone. This is my first time on here so excuse if it isn't very interesting. My mum has recently just had a bowel cancer op to remove the cancer. All is looking good except all the worries and emotions that come with it. Never had cancer so close in the family so when it hits, it hits hard. So thought writing things down might help, and where better than a site where the readers understand and can relate, and hopefully share experiences so I can learn what to expect and how to deal...
Eventually I got my fourth round. Apparently my bloods still were a bit odd so they phoned the Consultant to check and she decided she wanted to see me before she made a decision.
So after arriving on the ward at 11a.m. I had to wait until after 6 when the consultant finished her clinic before she could see me. The upshot was I had an elevated kidney enzyme result which they were concerned about but as otherwise I was well they agreed to go ahead.
I got out at 11p.m.
I'm not complaining - clearly they...
Thank you all for the wonderful words. You brought me to tears x
My husband is having a stent fitted tomorrow as long as the oesophagus is narrow enough to hold it in place. It's bitter sweet as he really doesn't want one but the thought of the possibility of being able to eat something semi solid is so desirable.
The Marsden are moving quickly which is fantastic so he will be admitted tomorrow at 7am. We told the children what was happening in the morning and they reacted so differently...
Hi my name is Vikki and I am 38. I was diagnosed 1yr ago with stage 2 breast cancer. I had a double mastectomy and chemotherapy. I am now finding things hard to cope with and would like to speak to people who have come out the other end and how they delt with it as I dont know how to deal with the aftermath,
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A couple of weeks ago my father - who is in his 90s - was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the groin. Nothing else has shown up on CAT scans, but there's also a suspicion (due to severe anaemia that isn't being helped that much by a tranfusion) that something may also be in the bone marrow.
My parents have been offered three basic choices (paraphrasing via my mother); a chemotherapy regime, a radiotherapy regime, or essentially nothing. He...
