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  • PamMitch's blog
    lymphodema
    hi . ive not done a blog befour although i do read them. i have started a new group about lymphodema and would like somebody to try to get on it as i dont think i have done it properly. i have put in to the help so heres hoping. might start to do blogs. thanks pamela
    Former Member
  • Gary38's blog
    Gloves?
    Hi, Our daughter, Claire, is about to start chemo today (we hope!), and I know that one possible side effect is extreme sensitivity to the cold. With this mind, please do you have any tips (both what to look out for, and what to avoid) when choosing gloves for her? Thanks Gary ------------------------------ "One step at a time"
    Former Member
  • kezza33's blog
    Feeling scared about, well, everything!
    hi everyone feeling a mixture of emotions just now . my mum is about to have her third chemo session which means she has completed one cycle of abvd for hodgekins. it was found in her chest only. however i am starting to let my mind wander thinking terrible things like what if it is in her bone marrow etc or rain, it sounds terrible but i keep imagining the worst things. she had a boine marrow test before starting her first session and they said it was unlikely she had it in her bones. they never...
    Former Member
  • brennbren's blog
    bone marrow biopsy
    hi i have had a bone marrow biopsy yesterday,20 05 09 i found it very stressfiull unfortunatley i was in the day ward for 3 hrs, things didnt go quite how it should have. the nurse had to sedate me so i was not so stressed , i say a big thank you to the nurse and doctor in Bath hospital who looked after me . but its all done now and now i have to wait for my results, hope ur all ok and good night for now i am feeling like i have been kicked in the Bothom. night all . Bren x
    Former Member
  • BrambleDigger's blog
    The Journey gets more .......interesting??
    Back again - did you miss me? No - I didn't think so ;-( Well, the next part of my journey has been confirmed. I'm to go under the knife on Friday 12th June. A quick radical prostatectomy in my lunch break and, according to my boss, I'll be back at work in no time......yeah, right! Has he any idea? Not a bit. Others in the office are more in tune. They keep popping in to see me, just to make sure I'm OK. It's very nice, but a bit of a distraction. It's when I'm at home - on my own - that the...
    Former Member
  • Jillyanna's blog
    Chemo side effects
    Hi all Just wondered if anyone on here has experienced the same as me, had a radical nephrectomy, followed by chemo of Avastin and interferon injections, unfortunately the avastin put my b/p up so i had a hypertensive crises, had to have lumber puncture, had terrible headaches sickness and generally very unwell, was given a blood transfusion and lots of drugs to bring pressure down, but the downside is i had to come off the chemo before it killed me! Had terrible time thinking about my morbidity...
    Former Member
  • Happy-Annie's blog
    1st run in with chemo
    Hi everybody. Had my 1st bout of chemo last Friday. Saturday felt great, Sunday..... write off!! Early hours on Monday morning was in excruitiating pain from the waist down. Didn't know whether or not to take pain killers until spoke to NHS Direct. Ended going back onto the treatment centre for an assessment. Ultrasound showed that nothing had ruptured or twisted, and with some very strong painkillers was sent back home after 6 hours obs. Those nurses on the unit are absolutely brilliant!!!...
    Former Member
  • bea65's blog
    Newly Diagnosed
    Hi I am a newbie at this and not sure if I am in the right place to get support from others, can't seem to find where you start so that you can be in touch by e-mail etc. hopefully this it? Anyway, I was diagnosed with lung cancer (small cell type) in February and have had 3 sessions of chemo and Radio therapy. The shock of the diagnosis is just unbelievable and although but i think I am now through the worst of that, I find some days really hard to stay positive and not sink into bout of depresion...
    Former Member
  • ChrisC's blog
    Date for op
    Hi Fairly new to this but have my date for the op to try to remove some of the tumour from the artery. Found out today Chrondosarcoma does not respond to chemo or radiotherepy. Feel so alone, know one seems to have heard of it in this place. My gp is doom & gloom. Not a good way to go into an op. Can't stop crying, worrying about the family etc. Cannot find any info as the consultant has had to research world wide. So difficult. ChrisC
    Former Member
  • Cherryl and Peter's blog
    Benefits and Allowances!
    Hello one and all I am writing this to tell people who have not been receiving anything regarding Benefits, Allowances or Blue Badge how we came about what Peter has received and how! He was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer October 08. While we were at the Consultants meeting we were introduced to a Cancer Care Cymru Nurse Specialist who informed us that she would help us with all the relevant benefits etc. At the time, for obvious reasons, we did not take this into consideration. About six weeks...
    Former Member
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