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V quick update from hospital.
All went well, although there was never a chance I would go home tonight. The one doctor who said that may be possible must not have done to many of these type of operations!
No results for a while yet, but thanks for the support from so many people. I'll go back to watching the faries dancing behind my eyelids now. Got to love a nice opiate you can self medicate with. :)
Wow...what a weekend...rollercoaster of emotions like never before. On Friday night Marc & I told Dad that we were going to get married. He has been a bit down and Mum was really worried about him...well telling him our news completely lit up his face...the grin he gave me is something I will never ever forget...he got the sparkle back in his eyes and was just sooo chuffed.
He did say "You're not just doing this because you think I'm on my way out are you?" Of course we made sure...
The previous post covers the lymph system, but I think I am getting closer to understanding why they keep wanting to remove parts of me. When it still feels like this is a pretty small tumor.
MicrometastasesMicrometastases are areas of cancer spread (metastases) that are too small to see. If there are individual cells, or even small areas of growing cells elsewhere in the body, no scan is detailed enough to show them.
For a few types of cancer, blood tests can detect certain proteins released...
I've never really understood the lymphatic system. I know it exists, and I've vaguely tried to find out in the past, but it never really understood. However, as I about to lose part of it, I have made myself learn about it. Maybe most people know... but anyway, here is what I found out.
The Lymphatic System:
The lymph systems includes a number of different thing that we all know about. Bone Marrow, spleen, various glands and the lymphatic vessels. They are like blood vessels, but apparently...
Sorry about the gap between posts. Where was I? Part-way through a course of chemotherapy for CUP (cancer of unknown primary) in chest and throat lymph nodes ... and I suddenly realised it's been four months of treatment, and a right drag at that. I think I've been fortunate. I've had a lot of tiredness and aches, but no nausea. And at the beginning of 2013, it feels good to be alive and otherwise well. (I was well aware of the worst scenario - unslowable - with CUP).
This week I had...
