One thing after another

Hi again Rural man sorry to hear this and let's look for the vomiting and nausea to calm down soon.

Post treatment 'other medical things' do unfortunately tend to come along.......

My initial one was after being very sick during my second Stem Cell Transplant I ended up with "The most impressive Hiatus Hernia" as my consultant told me. That was back in late 2015...... over the past 6 months i have had a Colonoscopy, MRI and Prostate biopsy as I have been experiencing unexplained pains in my side...... but I just had a call today saying that nothing has been found....... bizarrely the pain has basically gone over the past few weeks...... the body is a crazy machine. I got to see my Hiatus Hernia for the first time on the CT and it totally encircles my bowel, it can't be fixed but as I am not have problems with it then we are leaving sleeping dogs sleeping.

1. Hi rural man. I hope your feeling a little less rough. Finished my chemo about a year ago. It's awful but you'll get through it. Still immunosuppressed but no symptoms. You'll get through this just keep fighting. Talk to your family. I really struggled to talk to my family at first about how I was feeling. Being a chap I found it hard to talk about being I'll. But it'll really help you and them. I have 6 kids and they've been fabulous a great help to my and I during my illness.

Best wishes

Ian

Hi Rural Man

I understand that feeling of loneliness so well. However, there are plenty of us out here and that is what I keep telling myself. 
My only advice is to try and find things that make you feel less lonely when you feel physically able. It’s different for everybody but I find distraction works best - conversation with others, comedies on telly, little walks which focus on birds and plants, crosswords (simple ones!!), DIY.

My chemo was slap bang in pandemic. I used to walk dog in dark at night so didn't meet anyone. Just me talking to dog in dark forest. Help me through some tough times. Mind you I did walk into a few trees in dark! I couldn't have gotten through COVID and chemo without dog. Probably kept me sane but sent a ageing border collie mad with my ramblings