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My nan lost her husband barely three months ago. He was technically my Grandad but because my bio father left when I was a kid, he took care of me and I called him my father. The loss hit us all (me, my nan and my mum have always lived together with my dad). We haven't even got to terms with the loss and now my nan's been diagnosed with lung cancer. It is fast growing and has spread slightly to the liver. The doctor says, despite its speed, it often responds well to chemo. She used to smoke but gave...
your birthdays so near and im writting to say
will never forget how you left us that day
tears in our eyes and pain in our heart
i dreaded that day when you had to depart
you are the true love that took us through life
you held us so dear in the middle of the night
you suffered the pain but your smile still remained
and we wont forget the love that we gained
we are left with regret at what could have been
but cherrish the love that we'd always seen
and now that you'v left i know what...
My best friend has cancer, breast cancer. I tried so hard to live in a bubble, pretend that the scare wasnt happening, couldnt happen to an angel like my friend, not her, then it comes along the diagnosis, prognosis, something I didnt want to accept, something part of me still doesnt want to come to terms with, if I accept it it then becomes real? Its out of my control, all of it, there is nothing there which can be controlled, and it feels very very out of control....
she got released from hospital today after being in for 9 days .she just got told of the diagnoses yesterday and we have a meeting with the consultant tomorrow to discuss the way forward.she has been ill for about 6 weeks but over the past few days has seemed more like her old self.today when she got home she seems tired and energy-less.
just looking for some advice on how to help her .
thanks michael
well i'm sat here with only 14.5 hours to go till i finally go in for my mastectomy. These last 3 weeks have felt endless but i've had some amazing support from my friends in fact i've had a better social life in the last couple of months that i had for years . I found out that i have a lot more people who care about me than i ever thought and it's great , so many of them offering support and help, its going to be strange for me to ask for help as i've lived alone for many years and got used to doing...
Well, here we are, my chemo started on Friday 8th June and we waited for all the side effects to kick in. Not knowing how you are going to be affected is very worrying. Started to get headaches on Sunday so started checking temperature like some doting new mother. 38 degrees is the "magic" figure, if you get to this you start to panic and contact the chemo dept.. Monday I had almost 38 for quite some time so phoned chemo dept. and they said it's far to early for white cells to be down but go and...
Sometimes you think that you are Immortal and indestructible, you know you are not but you think you are, if you know what I mean. This also goes for recovering from chemo sessions, just because you are mentally strong and tough does not mean to say that physically you can recover quickly enough for your next session. Session No 3 took some time to feel better however feeling better is not necessarily a reflection of what is going on inside as I found out yesterday when my blood results came back...
My name is Emma, i am from a large/close family. In october last year we found out that my mum has pertioneal and lung cancer. They said they could not do surgery only offer chemotherapy which could give my mum 9-12months. She has had all of her chemo now, and steadily getting her hair back.
She has just had 12 litres of fluid drained from her stomach (which builds up to a bump like she's having twins) which makes her severely uncomfortable and prevents her from eating properly. She looks so thin...
