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OK, had tonsil (primary tumour site" and a "safe margin" removed about 10 days ago, since that time have been in constant pain except when I swallow; then it really bloody hurts!!
Before I had it done, teh Surgeon said he was "confident" that he could get it all out and that would just leaeve the secondaries in the nexk lymph nodes to be dealt with by chemoRT - great I am all for that - keeping the saliva glands and being able to swallow has always been the main thing for me, I would...
I am writing this in response to the many comments, both on this website and also out there in the big, bad world, that the 2nd year is actually harder than the 1st. As someone who is now bumbling my way through the 2nd year of bereavement, I hope my “insider’s perspective” may be helpful to those who have only recently lost a loved one. I realise that all of our experiences are different; we grieve differently, we loved differently and our relationships with those we have lost were different...
Phew, the weeks are still whizzing by!
I had chemo number 5 last Friday and thankfully the cannular went in first time, so no tears or shaking from me for a change. I told my youngest daughter, that my appointment was an hour later than it was as I didn't want her to witness the distress I get into with it all. It took three painful attempts to get the cannular in last time. By the time she got there, all was calm and the nurse was already syringing the chemo into me. She is just 23 and is really...
its 2 years tomorrow since I had my masectomy and what a 2 years it has been - its the first time Ive been on the Macmillan site which is fascinating in itself - I guess what I want to do is give some hope about the future and that whilst it may be the blackest time of your life when hearing the words " cancer" it can be the thing that changes your life for the good for ever
I so wish I had come across this site or thought about looking into it years ago. Now I'm here it will be a random stream of thoughts and experiences.
I will be 45 on the 5th March - that's this Tuesday.
I'm a self employed textile designer - lately it's been going really well.
I live with my partner of 20 odd years and we have a adorably funny 7 year old boy who in my eyes is a miracle baby after 3 failed IVF attempts and more or less giving up hope.
My mum had breast cancer...
I can remember looking at the Professor, who came into the hospital room with three others of his staff. I knew deep down what he was going to say, and I sat near to him while he told my husband that there was nothing more that could be done for him. There was some talk about the whys and wherefores, and then the Prof stood up, and made to leave, then my husband asked the question, the white elephant that had been in the room, how long do I have left
The Prof and his team sat back down again and...
Can't say this was much fun but it wasn't so awful either, particularly the good news that came with it.
I was told the CTscan shows a lump in or on my voicebox (larynx) and after squirting some anaesthetic up my nostril, the doctor fed an endoscope(?) long tube with a light on the end, through my nostril and into my throat. It wasn't painful but felt pretty weird and horrible even so. He said he could see what looks like a sort of white blister with clear fluid. There was an amount...
I haven't blogged in ages simply because I think I have been bottling everything up and in a way...I think i've been in denial. I also stopped coming on the Macmillan website as everytime I saw a new blog post...a new forum topic...or anything really...it HIT me so hard and I just think I needed a break from it.
I am back now though as I feel I need to get everything out & hopefully that will help. Marc & I have been really busy with our wedding plans...we found out when dad...
I had the neck/thorax CTscan today; it doesn't take long and I'm getting to be an old hand at them now. This time I paid more attention to the feeling of the dye injection going through my body, blood moves seriously fast! It's painless, just a feeling of internal warmth
Having taken a taxi to the hospital, I got brave and WALKED back the mile to my house. It did take half as long again as it usually does but I feel very virtuous and doubtless did myself some good. Yesterday I walked...
Thought I would give you an update on my mum. After many problems at the hospital and dealing with some difficult questions regarding if she wanted ressuitating if she goes into a cardiac arrest, a space comes up at our local hospice and she was well enough to be moved to the Hospice of the Good Shepherd in Chester. The move was quick and in my heart I knew this was the right thing for her and her care, my head was telling me something else. Terror.
Dad and I arrive an hour after she arrives by...
