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This morning I have the rare opportunity of the house all to myself for a couple of hours and I have plans!!
Someone was recently telling me how wonderful the 2012 The New Generation version of Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds is. I have heard a few clips of it and can't say I was very impressed. But I promise I will give it a go another time.
But for now I have the 1978 vinyl version of the original double album out of the attic, and I can't wait to hear it again. It is a concept...
Well, 6 days of doing a bit and sleeping a lot that suddenly gave way to a much more lively day on the 7th. Day 8 I had to pace myself but was delighted to get back to half an evening of singing with Cascade, our Barbershop group: the first time since my op in April! My friends have been really supportive, so I've resolved to go as often as possible in the next few months.
Here comes the sun, we hope, so the remaining days on tablet chemo shouldn't be too bad before my "week off". I do...
Hi everyone,
I had some very interesting questions from two people this week covering things such as imaging and coping with appetite problems when having chemotherapy. My replies are below.
I do hope they are helpful.
By quintus1
My husband had T4N3M0 nsclc diagnosed last year, underwent concurrent chemo and radio. 4 cycles of cisplatin and vinorelbine chemo. 32sessions of radio. 13 weeks post treatment, CT scan shows the tumour has increased, but the oncologist says he's not sure if the increases...
I have undergone breast surgery and reconstruction, together with lymph node removal. A small tumor was found in one of the lymph nodes and some smaller abnormal cells, but they have said that they feel they have removed everything and my margins are quite clear. The lump in my breast was 36mm. They have said that there is no sign of vascular invasion, however the cancer was a stage 2.
I am waiting for an appointment to discuss chemotherapy treatment with the oncologist. My surgeon put a question...
Well I'm back a little later than planned. I have been off on an unexpected long musical journey of discovery!
I got into conversation with someone who calls themselves a true music fan. They unfortunately were also aware of my few moments of madness in the mid 70s when I became a Bay City Rollers Fan. We got onto the subject of what happened to the lads in the band, and if any of them ever had any musical ability. I argued that David Paton and Billy Lyall were talented, they moved on to the...
Well here I am again - IT is back and this time it is very angry. Kidney, spleen, adrenal gland, pancreas and to add icing to the cake its in the liver again. This is only an update as we have been waiting on what the docs are going to do, if anything since 07th May, all up in the air again. 18 years is a long time dealing with this dreaded disease but hubby is not ready to give in yet. So the big bad wolf will just have to keep puffing....
So I had a singing lesson today at college. At the moment we are working on songs for our rep which basically means that we take it in turns to get up and sing whatever song/s we have been working on. Anyway today everyone kept singing these really sad songs and one in paticular made me start crying. So I'm sat there with tears rolling down my cheeks, silently crying for about five minuets and I just can't stop crying. So in the end I get up and walk out of the lesson.
Eventually they send...
