All of us on here get both good and bad news, i wanted to start a thread for all types of news, for everyone to post their news.....
FormerMember
This is a difficult post to write because I don't want to appear to be insensative to other sufferers but at the same time I think my experience might give hope to people in the same situation.
I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in December and had the tumour successfully removed. But 7 lesions were found in my liver. After 6 chemo sessions there was no shrinkage so a second cathatar was placed in my hip that fed directly into the liver. 3 sessions later no change and the oncologist explained that I was inoperable. The lesions were too big, too widespread and dangerously close to the main blood suppliy. I understood what that meant in terms of my survival chances. As a single mother of three boys that was not easy news to hear. Not that it ever is of course.
Then after 3 more sessions everything changed. The lessions started to die. Two days ago I went into hospital to have the two lessions in the left liver burned away with radio frequency ablation and the right liver veins blocked to starve the right liver of blood. The idea is the the left liver will grow over the next month big enough to support me and then my right liver will be cut away (and the cancer with it). Incredibly when the surgeon looked at the left liver lessions one was benign and the other had disappeared.
I have gone from being a hopeless case to having a very good chance of recovery in the space of weeks after months of bad news.
I know this isn't always possible but I just wanted to say that there is hope often in the least expected cases.
thanx helen hun. just want to say thank to helen, GA kiwifruit, karen39, barbie wannabe, donna, juls, dianesylvia, fran, suebutty. MHM, teresa twomble and others for all oe the help and support u av all given to me, and to wish u all the best for future. love n hugs to all xoxox shelliey xoxox
You aren't going, Shell? you just mustn't!!!!!!! we all need you to stay! Just have a wee break if you feel you need it, for a day or so, but come back, you are a great part of this site.....love and hugs.....
i cant do this hun, my head feels like its guna xplode, i feel well i dont no how i feel at the mo, im bak on antidepressantr and i hate myself 4 it, i managed to stay off them for 18 months x
Hi Shell I am so sorry today didn't go as you hoped. Don't give up hun and don't beat yourself up about needing to go back on antidepressants there's no shame in it and they may help you feel a bit stronger and more able to cope with things. I've been on them a long time Thinking of you and sending loads of love and hugs sharon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sharon, sweet, that was just so lovely.......we keep meeting in fairy gardens and I'm so pleased we do! love you! with hugs too....
Shelliey, honey, as Sharon says, there's no shame in being on anti-depressants, we all need some extra help at times, and you need it right now. Honey, let us help you through as well.....love and specially big hugs.....
