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I did indeed get to go home yesterday!!!! Lying here today can't believe that this part of the journey is over.
Medications I came home with Paracetamol, iron , mouth wash.
Things I've noticed since I got out..... Top of my right arm is quite swollen, I'm assuming this is from the blood thinners being injected there? Also slightly bruised. Seem to be in the edge of getting my period (2 weeks early) a bit of net research tells me this could be the effect of surgery.
I'm eating quite...
My post radiotherapy appointment, with Dr Payne’s team, was at UCLH on 28 June 2014. The young doctor who saw me told me my psa was unrecordable and I told her the R/T experience had been a lot less traumatic than I had feared. Side effects were minimal and I was feeling pretty good. She suggested l stop the hormone tablets immediately. This was a pleasant surprise to me as Dr Payne had suggested otherwise. However, when we checked with Dr Payne, she said that I should continue to take the...
In terms of me, myself and my alps, everything is fine. I think I've relaxed a little bit now I know the dates and the plan. I think I've also become even more pointless in my brain because I don't feel like I'm still holding my breath and all the wibbly wobbly-ness of the last 3 months is slowly escaping. That's my excuse for doing bizarre things anyway. Nothing awful, just apparently saying things that make no sense and not realising I've said them; forgetting things; being a bit vacant and the...
I'm ready- mentally and physically to go home now. Friday they said I was physically ready, but I just wasn't ready myself, but today I am, so hopefully I will be on my way tomorrow.
Today for breakfast I ate bread and jam, porridge tea and soup. With a tea spoon and a bit of occasional poking ( and the crusts cut off) it all went down. ( I know my hair will never curl!!)
MDT meeting Wednesday to decide if my margins mean I need radiotherapy or not, apparently one side is a bit close. Lymph...
Hi All
i'm new to this site and i'm worried I may have Ovarian cancer.I'm 40 and havd had probs with ovaries anyway having been diagnosed with polycystic ovaries in 1998. I've always had a biggish stomach but recently it seems bloated.It's not uncomfortable and I don't really have pains except if i've eaten something rich or time of the month. I need wee alot made worse at time of month and sex can be painful from behind (tmi sorry!).I'm on contraceptive pill Logynon. I've recently noticed that...
Today I've had the brain of a mongoose that was recently in head on collision with a tank. I managed to forget I two meetings I was meant to attend (so didn't), nearly forgot to pick up my medication and then got home only to realise I'd put a collander in the washing machine instead of the clothes to wash. Thankfully I hadn't turned it on. Don't get me wrong, I've had a perfectly lovely day but I clearly wasn't on the same planet as the rest of humanity!
I wish I was...
Is this what you expected when you stared altering me?
When you rearranged my body, patched me up and set me free?
The stitches are quite ragged, is that usually your style?
I have a fashion background and have wondered for while…
I understand mastectomy is not a level peg,
But was this your intention, taking muscle from my leg?
And though the muscles thriving that you brought round from my back,
If you tickle my front front now, it’s my dorsal that feels slack…
And please...
