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slight difficulty in swallowing on two occasions while on holiday last summer. Mentioned it to my GP in passing, some weeks later. His response was "we'd better get that checked out"
2 weeks later I had a gastroscopy and a specialist nurse told my wife and I that there was a tumour in my oesophagus and that It was most probably cancer, but this would be confirmed after tha biopsy taken had been examined.
CT and PET scans were done and an endoscopic ultrasound followed at one week...
After a reasonably positive day yesterday, today could not have started any worse. I decided to go for a drive in the car and bumped it getting out of the drive, the car was parked back up with a scuff mark from the wall down the rear passenger door so no real damage done - what an idiot! Mission Failed! Had a visit from the welfare team from work today, they seem very positive and have sorted out my new post this summer. i now need to engage with my current bosses to start thinking about leaving...
Hi my name is erica im married and been told i have breast cancer. I never thought it would happen to me as im coming up 30 yrs in july i dont really know how im feeling tbh i keep pushing my.husband.away n im scared bout everything i dont eat much anymore and i dont knoe how to tell my close friends i have it cause im weak most of time i have had no treatment but im depressed as my hair has fallen out. I dnt like tellin my hubby i how i feel cause he feels horrible coz he couldnt protect me. I feel...
Lots of excitement today as my better half arranged for an early appointment at hospital to address the amount of drugs I am taking and whether they could start to be reduced somewhat. I headed for Southampton to discuss with the team, who had kindly offered to slot me in for a consultation rather than having to wait another week. I came out of hospital with a reduced pain relief (less 25%) and the removal of one of my anti sickness medications and also the knowledge that I can stop taking the steroid...
My kidney was less painful yesterday but it was a day of extremes - success if it was the finishing touches to BF's birthday present, but epic fail when shopping for me.
The camera I bought through eBay didn't work, and it took a phone call to them this morning for the seller to behave and refund my money. Now I've bitten the bullet and bought one I was watching as a backup. It's a lot safer but it's more than I really wanted to pay. I hope it will be 4th time lucky.
Then I'd...
I'll explain! I'm enjoying the support of abiraterone from Dr Onc and his team of delightful staff. I have to have prednisolone tablets daily and infusion of bisphosphanate every four weeks to make use of all the extra calcium I am taking daily. This is intended to build up my skeleton where the rats have been at it and to prevent osteoporosis since I was chemically castrated by the above abiraterone etc!
The results have been good. Not only can I walk without crutches or obvious limp, I...
6 days away from the first anniversary of the worst day of my life. Cant help but think the 'this time last year' thoughts and whilst there is no way I would want him to go through the pain and despair again, I do so wish I could see/hear/touch/smell and hold him just one more time.
I think I have come a long way in a year. I am realising that bad days are the normal but they are interspersed with more brighter days now. It has taken me nearly a year to realise that I need to take time out...
another day another dollar, had a brief visit from an old judo colleague and a walk of the dog in the rain proved to be the highlights of a pretty uneventful day. Managed to force some mince mash and swede down for dinner, and Doc has agreed to reduction in pain relief (just need to wait for paperwork to get to district nurses now). that is all...
