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Today I have felt mostly ok. Things have been a bit difficult at work the past few days so that's not made things easier, but for the most part, no negative feelings or thoughts today.
I nearly got upset earlier when I was first browsing this site and having to get to grips with seeing the word 'cancer' everywhere. That was hard.
I'm finding little things are setting me off at the moment, like last night on 'Love Your Garden' there was a woman with M.D and she was wheelchair bound....
I thought it would be wise for my first blog entry to introduce myself and explain why I am here!
Since my mum's diagnosis a month ago, I (just like many others, I suspect) have been so up and down about it and some days I just don't know what to think. I'd heard about the Macmillan website before and thought there might be some information on here about the treatment my mum will be recieving and the type of cancer she has. What I found blew me away - a community! A whole internet community of people...
Better day but still feel very tired whenever I sit down. Side effect of my weedkiller probably.
Walked into the lane and found some builders knocking down a brick wall. So one of them and I took barrow-loads of these bricks and rubble into my garden so I can use them to finish my wall. Fantastic luck! Made my day as I had run out of building bricks & blocks for the wall. Now I can press on.
Exercise tired me but I felt so happy doing something positive and active. One small dose of ibuprofen...
Not good today. I have up days and down days anyway, worse since I knew something was wrong a year ago.
Feeling tired and head-achey. Normally a little analgesia night and morning keeps me going pretty well and I can do all I need to do around the house and garden.
Left hip region really tired and uncomfortable today so I walk slower than I want to with a risk of a visible limp. But I can climb the stairs normally today with 2 cups of tea in the hands instead of up with the right leg and level...
Its crazy. This whole big "C" malarky. Its almost as if it spreads like wildfire as soon as you know someone who has it another 10 people crop up. Since my boyfriend and I have been together both our dads have been diagnosed(Mine Terminal, His Dad is in the early stages which is amazing). Its weird cos people say "well this year has been rubbish for you then" but no, this year has been amazing. I've seen so many things, so many sides to my Dad that I may never have seen had this not happened. Ive...
Saw the urologist yesterday who confirmed my diagnosis of PCa with pelvic bone secondaries. I am already on the correct treatment, he says, bicalutamide tablets. Starting my third month of this the side effects are minimal and I can lead a normal life. I do get tired easily and the original pains in the left side of my pelvis have not gone away completely.
I'm beginning to get my head around all this but I do have to see the oncologist for the first time in the next few weeks and I may be switched...
So I’ve got just under a month until my op. Not sure how I’m feeling at the moment. Im excited (not sure that’s the right word for it) as the sooner it’s done the sooner I can recover and get back to normal. One of the things that’s annoying me and worrying me the most is the nipples. Apparently I’ve been told that I will wait about 6 months after my op to then go back and have the nipples done. Its bad enough that I have to have this surgery but I want to be back...
Good morning to all, well got the results i was terrified of and it was good news, the tumor has responded to the chemo, so having another 3, then repeat the tests and see whats happening, so fingers crossed. Really suffered with constipation though, due to the oromorph, but got medication and as long as i am aware of it, it's under control. Not felt as good as the 3 weeks prior to last chemo, which is disappointing, but still able to carry on as normalish and had a lovely day in York with my daughter...
Due to see the consultant tomorrow. He will have the results from the ultrasound-guided biopsy done two weeks ago. What will he tell me? Up till now my diagnosis has been 'probable' rather than confirmed or certain. If I have bone secondaries, how did they get there? The answer is in the blood stream. This must mean that secondary seedlings could have reached anywhere, from bones to brain, but apparently have decided to settle in my pelvic bones.
I call my bicalutamide tablets "weed-killer...
