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Well Friday was the CT scan, nothing unusual there. Had one before a few years ago, same old horrible tasting stuff to drink....
The weekend just flew past, shopping and visiting family.
Yesterday’s day care operation wasn’t as I expected, we turned up early as always and shown through to award of 11 beds. Everyone having something different done by the sounds of it. I had my observations done and was seen by an anaesthetist and the surgeons registrar who explained all they needed to. I tried...
Hi, my name is Ross, I'm 16 years old, and I lost my mum to non-Hodgkins
lymphoma.
It's been over 10 years since it happened, but there's still not a day that
goes by without me thinking about her, although I think the worst of it is most
definitely over. But from what I've heard, sometimes you get those days were you
just need that someone.
But that's not the main reason I'm here, I'd like to offer my help, and my
support to everyone who needs it, especially (but not...
In april this year Mum told us her cancer had returned,which was a huge shock,so scans blood tests etc to estalish what could be done.As in 2007 Dad looked after her and took her to chemo and blood transfusions .Mum pointed out he had not been his usual self and sent him for a check up for wee troubles.Obviously all attention was on Mum and her cancer battle,so when Dad said he was fine that was that.Then the consultant decided to do a major op on Mum she really didnt want it but not having it was...
Just wanted to have a bit of a sound off I apologise in advance. Life has been pretty pants
since returning from a wonderful holiday in Gran Canaria. I returned home to find a letter of
redundancy on the table waiting to be opened thanks for the warning !!! Last week had the really traumatic event of taking my dad's dog to the vets to be put down, she has been my dad's constant companion and friend since my mum died four years ago. The same night we had the final diagnosis for my partners mum who...
So its Friday 8th June 2012 at 23:39 and I am watching NCIS that I have Sky +’d and I am writing my final blog. Its some 27 months since diagnosis and a lot has happened. I have never had a serious illness before and never wish to again, but for a Bowel Cancer patient the journey is much longer than I could have ever envisaged.
This morning at was at Spire for my annual CT scan something that I will have to undertake annually for 5 years….3 more to go and I am scheduled to see Prof...
Monday 4th April 2011 is the date set for my reversal under the care of Brendan Moran at The Hampshire Clinic, Basingstoke. However 5 days earlier I am hit with a bug causing sickness and diarrhoea and it was decided that we would delay proceedings for 2 weeks.
So Monday 18th April 2011 is my new date and I travel down on my own by train the day before. The night before Sean and me go to the O2 in Leeds to see Big Country, with Mike Peters from The Alarm taking lead vocals. It was brilliant...
A few weeks back home and I went to visit my oncologist Professor Sebag Montefiore to discuss my next round of treatment. It was great to see him again and he was amazed at how well I looked and was so pleased that everything had gone to plan during surgery.
There were 3 options that we discussed and I decided upon the most aggressive one, which presented me with the best odds of the cancer not returning. This option would entail 6 cycles of treatment over an 18-week period. However this would...
The journey home by car was tough and some 4 hours later I am finally back at home. Moving from a hospital bed to my own was difficult at first to adjust to and so was being on my own now. Mum was great and friends rallied round, but having to manage my recovery was my job now. For over two weeks I have had available to me 24/7, an excellent team of medical personnel, attending to all of my needs, but now its down to me, to get through this next stage.
One of the biggest challenges ahead in...
So it’s the morning on Saturday 11th September 2010 and I am up early, as today I will be travelling from my home in Leeds to The Hampshire Clinic, Basingstoke to prepare for surgery on Monday. Sean and Jo are taking me down by car with Saranne their daughter and we are meeting my at the VW dealership near Elland Road as I am leaving my car in storage. I am not really a MacDonald’s fan but a bacon muffin and latte sounded good.
The journey down was fine and we arrived at the Clinic...
