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My God!!!. I don't believe It!!!. . Why do I keep logging Into this site . . That's the Victor Meldrew part of me. my daughter's are always pulling my leg about him saying how much I'm like him. well maybe I am.
I'm always reading the just joined section and I really feel for those people. they are all afraid all worried and I know how that feels obviously. sometimes I try to go past them. I try not to read them. I tell my wife about some of the entries I read on here and It upsets...
I have been taking this drug for 8 weeks and am suffering from thinning hair, excessive milia on face and scalp and thickened skin and burning sensation on soles and heels of feet. Can anyone tell me if the hair loss continues all the time or does it gradually reduce and hair regrows? Or has it got so bad that they have purchased a wig? Also are there any treatments or creams that stop the pain and burning sensation in the fee?. This is so bad that some days it is uncomfortable to walk too far and...
Hi,
As i am nearing the end of my treatment which thankfully has been successful i thought i would share a few things that i found helpful when i was going through each stage. My treatment was in reverse as my tumor was so big it needed to be shrunk first in order to have surgery successfully.
Firstly the cancer i have/had is Lobular and i was put on the chemotherapy treatment FEC/T for 6 treatments with one being every 3 weeks. FEC for the first 3 then T(taxotere) Docetaxel.
The first one i...
When I feel depressed and want to talk I tend to talk to my cat. she listen's and never Interrupts. never offer's advice or judge's. she just listen's and at time's that's all I want. It's amazing how therapeutic this can be. I can tell her anything and she will never be shocked and she will never repeat anything I have told her. she has started to sleep under my bed at night. and sometime's I wake up to find her laying beside me the last time she went through this phase I was diagnosed with bladder...
I've been waiting now for two week's to go Into hospital to have stent's replaced In my kidney's and also to have an examination of my bladder to see If there are any more tumor's. they do not seem to be hurrying themselves I know there are people In far worse condition than me and I would move aside for them but please let's get this over and done I want to move on with my life.
Please for now, can you see my profile. I explained my sons details there. I didn't realize how to do this. I can not go through typing it again right now. This is so hard to deal with. Thank you so much for any thoughts you can offer. God bless you all.
My compulsion to write about every inch of my not so exciting existence has waned somewhat since I re-discovered what it's like to sleep, and boy can I sleep right now! Today was the first day I managed to stay awake, just about, for a full day.
I'm sure this new found desire to sleep all the bloody time is in part due to the joys of radiotherapy but in part I think I'm just so thrilled that I'm nolonger being disturbed by such violent dreams, that I feel like I ought to grasp the opportunity...
