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Hiya, In December 2009 my mum was told she had two tumours in her pelvis about 12 centimeters long and on New years eve was told she had 50% chance of survival. She started a 6 weeks course or radio therepy and at the end was told the cancer hadnt gone but had shrunk massively and much more than they expected and after having one more session of radio therepy and 3 lots of brachey was told they were very confident she would be in remission within 4 months. Two months later she had a scan and again...
SHE IS SENDING MAILS WANTING TO BE YOUR FRIEND AND ASKING FOR BANK DETAILS I HAVE REPORTED THIS
Good luck to all those who, like me, are doing the Race For Life today.
Special good wishes to Barb - show Plymouth what you are made of!
Thanks Marsha for your words of encouragement - I'm not sure I will be running like the wind - more chance of passing it than running it !
HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE
Hi, I am Julie, my Mum used to call me Loulabell when I was little. My Mum has advanced lung cancer, we have known since the end of March and life has changed irrevocably since her diagnosis. I was moved to join you tonight as my visit with her this evening broke my heart and I don't know how to help her. She was so very low and has been so strong till now. She feels she has no control over her life and emotions, she had chemo last week and was on a high for a few days and now she has sunk like a...
My Mother has been in Broomfield hospital Chelmsford for a month now and during this time I have had to repeatedly complaint to the point I am now friends with the cheif exec's assist lol. I have had to complain about the care levels the treatment, why they dont explain anything to us and think they can just do it. Why they seem to think that they can just do anything they want and not be accountable? Why there are never enough nurses, why they leave my Mother in a bed filled with poo and wee...
I received the promised phone call from my specialist at the UCH in London on Wed afternoon. Following their medical meeting, it has been decided that my tumour is too big to operate on at the mo, so i am to start chemotherapy (doxorubicin) on Friday 25th, next week. Wow, now that news has really put me in a different frame of mind. So many questions to ask, i keep logging in here to find my answers, which to a great extent i have found. I really thought i would have had surgery, then some further...
At the start of this week we announced to mum and dad about getting married in november, the day after my brother and his wife announced a baby due on january 8th and dad had his 2nd last chemo today .
They brought him up on wednesday for his bloods and again up today for the chemo but this time he had it during the day and got out for home at around 4.30pm.
I think he prefers to be at home at night , he really couldn't wait to be away from the hospital today.
They also reduced his chemo by...
Today I learned that my kidney cancer had returned in my remaining kidney & also tumour on my liver, all three are very small & I am waiting for date for surgery to remove all three hopefully with one big op.
Whats hard is for the first time in my life I am happy, getting married in september have three wonderful children......and then this shattering news. Think I need to accept reality that my cancer will keep coming back but dont want to leave three young children behind.....emotions...
