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Have been having pain/pressure in chest back jaw and throat, getting steadily worse since nov 2016.had heart scans xrays blood tests abdo and pelvic scan angea scan all clear . Doctor at a loss . Having camera down throat asap and up nose to check for indigestion and vocal cords . Anyone out there had any problems like this.i had radiotherapy on a fastforward trial in 2013 , only had 5 sessions of mega strength help !!
I was "lucky" enough to be put on Anfatinib 40mgs. I t was horrendous, nose bleeds, bleeding gums, facial rash and, worse of all, constant diarrhoea so next time I saw the oncologist, I only agreed to try 20 mgs rather than the 30 mgs he had in mind. Sadly, same result and I decided on Sunday that I am not going to spend every evening of my life from now on in the bathroom with diarrhoea. I had clearly understood from the nurse that before my appointment, I should have a Scan but I had no appointment...
That's it RT all finished, 20 sessions have just seemed to fly over. I am now at the stage where everything has gone quiet, no more daily trips for treatment, and I just need to concentrate on gaining back the stone and a half of weight that I have lost.
At the end of my last post, I had 4 sessions left to go, and the throat was quite sore on the week-end, although not unbearable. I was, (and am) still just using paracetemol for relief. (not the morphine I was told I may need!) Monday went fine...
Tuesday March 7th
It's been a few days since I wrote in this blog, I'm still just passing time really, I just want this last chemo session out of the way. I feel okay at the moment, the side effects from dose two have worn off mainly, just the very watery eyes and fingernails being a mess and a bit of tiredness, but the tiredness is probably due to the fact that I haven't had a decent nights sleep for ages. I seem to get about 4-5 hours, but it's mainly snoozing as I get up to go to the loo about...
Thursday. FEC - 23rd Feb 2017 9.30am day 1
Cried a lot!
During chemo - felt prickles down below with steroids or anti sickness IV med not sure which. Felt cold and used small electric blanket on the arm where the meds were going in. Felt drunk with one of the chemo drugs, to the point Mark said I was slightly louder in conversation than I had been during other drugs. Left hospital with lots of meds from pharmacy. Felt slightly out of body, floaty, and queasy all afternoon with a bit of a headache...
Hello, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in June 2016. Following a PET scan I now know that the cancer has spread to my lungs and is incurable. I am 54 years old and since my diagnoses my adult children have been amazing and have been looking after me, as I am divorced. To thank them I booked a holiday to take them to New York in April 2017. I rang a number of cancer specialist insurers today to book travel insurance but as my prognosis is "terminal" they all turned down covering me. I had a...
went for my pre op assessment today and given numerous leaflets which are quite overwhelming!feeling scared on one hand but on the other cant wait to get the op done,feel my lifes in limbo and the future on hold,im blessed with a wonderful hubby and 4 caring daughters who keep me positive,bless them
Hi am new to the group my partner has been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer he starts chemo tomorrow but it's terminal
