Newly diagnosed lung cancer

Hi AST21

OMG I am so chuffed for you honey, will be raising a glass of squash in celebration for you this eve.whoo hoo..I took good advice, slept all afternoon woke feeling amazing,used renewed energy to tackle the next door neighbour...he looked shocked,I felt great my neighbour the other side was in his front garden and said" I may need another op to remove the balls I'd clearly just grown"LoL...

It's been lovely and empowering having all your good advice and lovely support  hon ,you take good care and stay well xx

Hi Alexi52,Great news re scan hon loving the humorous way you view it.. took your advice honey,dosed myself up nice and comfy slept all afternoon like i was an 8o yr old after a sunday roast and woke feeling I could conquer the world.Didnt take my hose with me,but did have you metaphorically,  sitting on my shoulder ,and marched next door to tell the Gringe back of or deal with an harassment charge....he looked gobsmacked I felt empowered.my next door neighbour other side was in his front garden and as I passed him he wryly smiled and said... you may need another op in order to remove those balls you've clearly just grown... and I've had my first slow and steady doggie walk....YAY.. Thanks honey bun xxx

Hi Fergus,

Put my big girl pants on and tackled Mr Grinch next door after a lovely long confidence building sleep on the couch and even managed a slow but steady doggie walk,the babies were so patient even my usually nutty speed freak treated me like I was an 80 year old invalid made of glass...God love him..im so lucky Its only a short walk down my lane to fields where he can let off speed but usually he drags me there at full tilt...(not much of a pack leader huh ?)

I think the point you make about  how many of us are dealing with this alone maybe is more about how vunerable ,scared and a little lost you can feel when you hear the C word and even the most independent  of us need to reach out ,find a connection a hand to hold that those with close family already have access too.Blooming fantastic to have sites like this ,can't imagine dealing with this in complete isolation.Personaly this is starting to feel like home with the best of family.Everyone gets where your coming from,you can be yourself and vunerable,help and be helped plus have a giggle listening to humerous folk like your self.will check out the WEA site too thanks,hey may even learn a new skill that makes me sit still for 5 mins...lol..

Take good care x

Hello Ludlow, I've not been on here for a little while but having caught up this evening I am delighted to see that your operation went well.

I wish you all the very best and sincerely hope you have the outcome that I have been so fortunate to enjoy.

Derek.

YAY !!!! Another cancer kicked to the curb..Got to beat it now or i feel i would be letting the side down..lol..we used to play a game as kids,you need quite a few to play and the idea is one of you has to protect a can or a bucket which is placed in open ground,everyone else has to run off and hide. The can protector has to stop any of the hiding kids from sneaking out and speeding across open ground to the can to kick it and win  .It always felt very scary to break cover, and you ran as if your life depended on it towards the can but the adrenalin fuelled thrill of dodge ,weave and slide to boot that can felt like the most glorious of victories..at the moment I'm no longer denying I'm out in the open and I'm doing everything I'm told so I get to dodge and weave and kick that blooming can out the park !!!!!!.

Well done Derek for swelling the ranks of those who give hope to the rest of us.Take really good care x

protector .if you kick the can without being tagged as you speed across the  you are a sweetie with your well wishes

Hi Lin , good for you giving the grinch a taste of his own medicine ,  maybe now he'll leave you in peace to complete your recovery , I had a wee snigger at the thought of me wearing devil horns sitting on your shoulder egging you on , go girl go !

I bet your doggies were pleased to get out even for just a wee toddle , not be long till you're back to normal walks and runs .

Take care x 

Sandra 

You 'ad cans??? You were lucky! We wuz too poor for cans, we got our soup in paper bags :O(

Soup you ad soup,we ad to pick the best buts outa rich folks lawn mowings and as for paper bags, we used them for housing,ours was a paper bag int middle ut  road,and we had to work for that..we'd get up before we went ta bed ta lick road clean or getting a thrashing from us dad .you were lucky!!!!!

X

What are we like?????

Hi Fergus , I don't know what if any meds you and Ludlow are on but I wouldn't mind some myself we need to keep a sense of humour to get us through this .

Take care x