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So the past 3 injections of interferon have gone super well! I'm actually starting to think I might be able to do the full year of them. I haven't had any fever or chills lately (although still taking tylenol as a precaution) and my back pain has lessened immensely! I'm still pretty tired but I'll take that over fever and chills any day! Panic attacks still come and go but I'm not sure if that's from the drug or just this whole ordeal. Either way, I've been feeling much better...
That's what I have. Sounds quite scary when it's written down, and someone has said to me I need to think a little more about cancer, and probably a little less about the IVF stuff.
So I'll tell you what I know about Mr Stage 1b1 etc...
Squamous cell carcimona: This means the cancer is in the sqaumous cells. These are the cells that make up one of the layers of your skin, but also the lining of things like inside your mouth, throat, and of course cervix.
Stage 1b1:
Basically it's...
Well, the deed has been done and I am home again.
Most of the hospital time was spent waiting, including an extra hour when I was bumped in favour of an emergency surgery. No argument with that!
The operation itself did only take about half an hour and I am currently in no pain whatsoever. The surgeon told me he would be administering two types of local anaesthetic, one which would last one to two hours and another which would last six to eight hours.
I had a nurse with me the whole time and we...
Got an email back from Macmillans yesterday, thanking my family for their efforts in raising over £9000 for Macmillans at our fun day last year. This was done in recognition for the support given to me during my fight with Stomach Cancer. And in response, I have fought back hard to get here today and prove my efforts worthwhile for all those who stood by me, including my family and friends who supported the above event. Furthermore, the experience encouraged me to write a story about it all and seeing...
Well yesterday my issues were with the generation gap as it proved a difficult day for bridging the generation gap after our teenager son seemed to turn into a youthful "MR Mildrew" and complained about how "stupid" the world was or how unfair the establishment was with him. I swear that wars have been started with less passion than he had yesterday! And it was utterly frustrating that no matter what, I couldn't get through to him that it could be his perception that was wrong. Hopefully it was a...
I have to head to bed now. I have a Scan for IVF tomorrow, followed by another MRI. The MRI is the latest step in trying to qualify for the trachelectomy.
I will continue tomorrow with more info on the planned next steps.
The reason I have time now to sit around and write blogs, is because I have chosen to delay treatment while I go through a cycle of IVF. It's a small gamble, and I wanted to take what may be my last chance to do this.
The goal of this is to hopefully get a few eggs, fertilize them, and then freeze the embryos created - for use somehow in the future.
FYI. Eggs themselves can't be frozen. Or rather, the success rates are really really low. Embryos can be frozen with a pretty high success rate...
