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So if anybody is looking, Husband was diagnosed with bowel in January this year. He has done 4 cycles of capec and oxy. Quickly followed by 5 weeks of radiotherapy combined with the capec. (no time off for good behaviour).
Against the odds he has continued to work full time. Mobile service technician type job. Not always convenient.
He met an elite band of folk during his visits to Addenbrookes. Hats off to all who attended. The overlaps between appointments and diagnoses meant some left before...
Dad was moved from hospital, into a hospice as he requires a lot of care that my mum would not be able to cope with providing on her own.
Sadly dad spent the majority of the last 6 months of his life in hospital, and we were unable to get dad home for the end of his life. However we did get him into a hospice, so he did receive very good care.
On Tuesday of this week my mum phoned me in tears and said the hospice had phoned and said that dad was deteriorating quickly, and suggested she should...
Having had a chance to read my dad's letters from the hospitals, all the answers to the questions are there, just that my parents didn't understand the technical jargon and never asked the consultant to explain them. They expected the consultant to tell them verbally all what they needed to understand.
My dad has a critical life cover policy, which we are making a claim on, so I asked my mum for my dads letters from the hospital so that I could do the paperwork for her and complete the claim...
Hi everyone sorry i have'nt been on for a while, I was feeling sorry for myself and had to get stuff sorted out. Firstly i went to my dr because i was feeling so tired and down and i broke down whilst talking to her, i xplained that the zopiclone sleeping pill was'nt working and i had'nt had any sleep except catnaps for weeks, she then changed it to Diazapam and oromorph, excuse the spelling lol, she was also shockrd that i did'nt have a community mcmillan nurse and sorted that out immediatley, in...
While I was going through some 70s vinyl last week to find "The War Of The Worlds", I stumbled across an album I haven't listened to in years. It used to be one of my favourites and was one of the first albums I ever bought. So I had to have another listen to "Caught Up" by Mille Jackson. It's another concept album, one you listen to from start to finish that tells a story as it goes. This one was released in 1974 and is all about the break up of a marriage. Side One is...
This first one may seem long while i explain the history for those who would like to read.
My name is Rebecca. Im 22 (almost) and i have had cancer touch my life in a very large way.
Im from South Yorkshire. And lived there when the journey began.
My mother and father moved up to Hartlepool NE, UK taking my young brother with them, but i chose to stay in Rotherham as i had a job and college. In 2009, around November/December time i think, a lump in my brother's arm was diagnosed as Osteosarcoma...
Hi Everyone,
sorry I'm a bit late posting today.
First of all thanks to Norma-G for letting me know what's happening. Hope all goes as well as it can.
No questions were sent to me this week, so i thought I'd just post a little info about keyworkers. Apologies if I'm teaching you all to suck eggs.
Every cancer patient is entitled to a key worker. The key workers role is to provide a contact point for the patient and their family so that if they have any queries, worries or...
When I was told that I was going to a summer camp to be with other children who had also gone through cancer and other serious illnesses, I was embarrassed and fought back at it for about three months. If you have had childhood / teenage cancer there are a multitude of organisations, initiatives and groups which are opened up to you so you don’t feel alone. But they aren’t always right for everyone.
But I was 14 so my response from the ultimate fact that at that age everything is embarrassing...
The years following the end of my chemotherapy were a strange mix of trying to be a ‘normal’ teenager, dealing with the onslaught of puberty and dealing with the trauma my body and mind had previously experienced. Coupled with this, I had deep family issues that weren’t going to be put to one side to accommodate this strange time for me. Things like that don’t just stop because you have just had cancer, life isn’t a film and sometimes cancer isn’t enough to kick people up the behind and sort themselves...
Was hoping my blog post from last week was going to be a lonely one, but it seems a week later I am here again - almost 2 hours earlier with this blog.
I do believe sleepless nights have caught me and I am going to have to do something to deal with this. I am always tired early evening but do not give in because I know I will not sleep later on but lo and behold when I want to go to sleep 10-10,30ish I am wide awake.
Last night did not sleep well at all and today I have walked around Leeds Bradford...
