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I was diagnosed with lung cancer last Friday in my right lung, they also found what they term as a hot spot on the left side near the lymph nodes in the breast area. The Doctor said he didn't think it was related but they did an ultra sound and I may need a biopsy just to make sure.
On top of this because I have had 2 heart ops in the passed (stretch and then replacement of the mitral valve they did a heart echo to see if my heart can cope apparently they lell me is large (I always wanted to...
Hi Everyone.
Its now nearly 10 weeks since hubby had his stomach and quarter of the gullet removed, its been a hard recovery but we have got there, he is doing brilliantly, today we went to see Oncologist and he is really pleased with how everything has gone, he is confident they have got it all out.
We felt really good when we came out of the hospital and felt positive for the 1st time in months, its so nice to start feeling good again and feel like we can start to live our life after all these...
Just something I wrote, I'm sure any English teacher would tear it apart as a 'poem'.
WHY is this “thing” in my daughters head?
Was it something I did? Or, something I said?
Did I feed her right? Did I treat her wrong?
Has it really been there all along?
For 14 years I have watched how she’s grown
I didn’t spot it, should I have known?
Such a happy child and full of life
She should never have had to go under...
Went for my first review appointment since the end of treatment. Chest xray & blood tests, too early for a CT scan as the lungs will still be inflammed from the RT, but so far everything is looking good yay!!!!
Off on my hollies on Friday in good heart and hoping that it continues to improve!
heywood x
so I had my results fro my second lot of Sirtex treatment, but it ended up being more about what else had happened since then.
Turns out that whilst the radiation seems to have worked very well on at least some of the tumours in my liver, the chemo (irinotecan specifically) has stopped working entirely between the 2 lots of scans which were only really 8 or 9 weeks apart. I now have over 10 tumours in each lung, where I had none before. To say I was shocked to hear that is an understatement. That...
My partner had his op on 23rd July. They were only able to remove 2 of the nodes. (They had planned to remove 4) he was discharged less than 24 hrs later into my care. None of his wounds were dressed. He had no disharge information (no post operative care) we are now waiting to hear about any follow up treatment. Is this "normal".
My mum's first consultation with an oncologist that specializes in her kind of cancer is tomorrow. Mum has a rare cancer called Pseudomyxoma peritonei so rare in fact that your chances of getting it are 1 in 1,000,000. Problem is because its so rare there are only 2 hospitals in the UK that can deal with mum one in Manchester and one in Basingstoke so our closest is Basingstoke about 55 miles away. She wants me to go with her and its silly but I am catching myself trying to gain power over something...
My partner was treated last week with clofarabine and cytarabine and poor guy seemed to have every side effect going. Unfortunately, the staff aren't familiar with the side effects of these drugs. My partner thought he was a goner, he got Acute Inflammatory Response (soaring temperature, sweats) from one and the flu like symptoms of the other. After five days he got hand-foot syndrome. Thanks to the MacMillan treatment information I could see that he was having side effects but the staff kept...
Off to meet someone (chemotherapy nurse perhaps - starting to lose track of who does what when!) tomorrow to talk about the chemotherapy course I will be taking to complement the radiotherapy. It is an oral dose so I think I'll be bringing the medication home with me.
I say 'home' but actually we are on holiday this week so I'm traveling over from Center Parcs. It's not ideal because we've decided it is better for B to stay with the girls rather than come with me. This appointment...
Hi to all,
Following my last post, I have now got holiday insurance with The Nationwide and all very simple on line.
So now all I have to do is get excited, not had any sort of holiday for 7 yrs. Before I was diag with bc, my hubby was very ill.
Thank you all again for your help and advice.
Take care all.
Vee.xxx
