Pre treatment nerves

Thinking of you xxx we can do this xxx

Jenna (and Babyelephant 

Although the treatment can be tough once it starts most people feel an enormous sense of relief - all the scans and planning appointments are in the past and hopefully once you are underway the awful pain you are suffering will recede too.

Will be thinking of you both and virtually holding your hands.

Big hug

Irene xx

A hug for you Jen xxx

First radiotherapy done ️ and first chemo tablets down.... it really wasn't too bad at all. Wouldn't have really known the machine was doing anything. Had a bit of a wait to go in tho, so ended up with bladder over full! Had to nip out to release a bit and go back in again  

Glad that first part is over. IV tomorrow. My daughter has crossed off day one on my calendar. 

Jenna xx

Jenna

Just wait until you have wind bubbles in your colon - I went in for the radiotherapy and they sent me back out into a cubicle to ahem - break wind!  Trying to push out a bottie burp whilst having a full bladder took some control and I couldn't do it.  But they went ahead with the session anyway.  I tell it now not to alarm you, as even at the time I found it funny.

I am so pleased your first day went well and your first day is marked off.

Irene xx

Oh no..... not entirely sure how im gonna cope with that! Lol! I'm actually having real difficulty in passing urine and anything from the back passage at times. 

Just had a nap as was wiped out from lack of sleep, morphine and anxiety build up, but woke in agony - terrible pain going right down the back of both legs. I doubt it's resulted from the radio so quickly. Might be as monthly due, but not really feeling it as period type pain xx

Hi Jen! Thinking of you as I consider you my “treatment buddy” we almost started at the same time.. I think I am just a few days ahead of you! I started last Tuesday and so far I have felt pretty good!! I am a little nervous to start back up again tomorrow since I had the last 3 days off, but I am ready to get this all over with! Hoping you are feeling okay! We are in this together and will get through this together

Echoing what others have said the waiting for treatment to start is hard. I felt emotionally better once treatment started

I agree you can have all the support in the world but at times its a very lonely place.

Stay strong   

Hi Jen,

Just wanted to wish you well for the IV today and getting day 2 crossed off.

Hope all goes well xx

Hi Kateskins03,

Good to hear that you’re ok so far. It can be such a relief to finally get on with treatment after all the waiting.

Hoping all continues to go well.

Sending hugs xx