I was diagnosed with Cancer in March and although we knew it was Cancer its still a shock to be told it. I have had 2 chemo cycles now and have my 3rd at the end of the month. I would love to chat about the chemo side affects to anyone..
Though it sounds terrible , there is ALWAYS HOPE!!! Please remain here, you have ALREADY helped in our journey's and please continue to do so.....you cannot leave use now - we need to know where and what with you, as well as needing your wonderful advice, peaceful and thoughtful words..Don't say you will not be with us on our journey's - you are here today, we all are, TODAY is what matters...Please try (very) hard to remember that...We love and respect you and the courageous battle you are fighting - we all are fighting...We HATE CANCER ....But we LOVE Y-O-U!!! Will be looking for a post tomorrow!! Love & Huggles...Becky
What S*** news, I'm so sad for you but I still need to hear from you regularly so please don't stop posting on here. I don't think there are many questions to be asked sounds more like time for praying that the chemo does its stuff. Do you have any symptoms from the lungs (feeling short of breath before you expect to, cough)?
I've always know that my cancer is not cureable (if thats a word) and I didn't even get that long from my first chemo so I now try and live life instead of just working! You will find your way through this, slowly at first but then hopefully you will come to terms with it. It must feel like the first time you were told you had ovarian cancer, you dealt with it and were starting to move forward and you will again. Its really not what you've got, or how much or even where it is, its more about dealing with it, going for treatments that will help (and that your happy with) and getting on with life. I figure I can't be dying yet simply because I don't feel like I am, I know how the body acts when the end is in sight and I don't have those symptoms or feel like I think I would feel and you don't sound like you have these symptoms either.
Please let us continue to support you - thats what friends are for (even internet friends!)
Please don't give up hope what ever you do. There is still hope and you are stronger than you think. Until to are told they can't do anymore then you have to be strong and fight. ( easier said I know ) but please please keep on the site and we all will try to give you as much support as we can. xxxxxxx
I know we have not met but I have bonded with you all and think about you every day. I really don't know what to say to you. I will be with you anyway as I say as your always in my thoughts...
Love as always Eileen.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have been awake most of the night thinking about you and your family. I was thinking about what has happened to you and there must be lots of questions you need to ask them so I was thinking, if Jackie, sorry Jackie but you are in this thought . Can you make a list of things that Dot can ask the Dr's as you have more knowledge on those sort of questions to ask.
I do hope you stay on hear with us Dot as we are all so worried but hopeful for you. You also need someone to talk to and we are a little team of friends all scattered about the Country who really care for you as we do about each other. If that sounds right. Have you asked to speak with a Macmillan Nurse about yesterday's findings ?
I will go now Dot and will look forwarding to hearing from you today. If you don't want to chat well we do understand but will be sad not to be with you on your journey. Your a lovely Lady so hang on in there.
I just can't get my head around this, watching my family devastated, they have given me a year to live or 18months if I am lucky. I handled the thought of ovarian cancer but this one is so invasive, one that will be hard on my family, my thoughts are not for myself but for those around me. The fact that within six weeks it is inoperable, doesn't give me any reason to be positive.
I had stopped smoking jackie, I have had no breathing problems etc. I am still experiencing chemo problems and it makes it even harder to deal with.
I don't know what to say to you and another shock to hear the time they have given you, will the chemo not shrink the lung cancer with radiotherapy ? I am sorry for all the questions but I just want you to be here with us and you family. If there is anything we can do for you. ??
they said they will carry on with chemo for another two sessions, then ctscan and if it has grown I will probably have a bronchoscopy to see what that brings, then I will be managed by the lung cancer team.
Nobody can really help Eileen, but thanks for thinking of us all, I can only be strong for my family as I know they will be for me, it is just the way this cancer progresses that is so worrying.
It all seems so futile, there doesn't seem to be an upside to it unfortunately and that is the hardest part, it is a case of just dealing with it and as you can see I am not at the moment.
With no symptoms it must seen very surreal and all the more difficult to cope with. I personally refused a prognosis when offered one they are at best guess's yes there based on experience but its far from an exact science and doesn't take into account the individual nature each of us possess. The passage of time will help you cope just don't push it, I know its hard to think of anything else but that also wastes what time we've got left.
I hope the chemo works, and as the lung tumour is presumable relatd to the ovarian tumour I can't see why it won't, just try and hang in there. The effects of chemo should wear off soon. Did they check you for infections or did that get forgotten in the terrible news?
I can only send you hugs and kisses so that is what I am going to do.....to your family, too - Here comes the hugs OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - Did ya feel them.....and then the kisses: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...now my lips hurt...am thinking of you, waiting for my scan tomorrow - have had breathing troubles, which make me nervous.....but I cannot do anything about any of it - today..Loving you from Vermont, USA!!!!!
So glad you have come back on here.I can never understand why they give a time scale.They dont in any other illness.I know what you mean about family,telling them is far worse than what we go through.
There are more and more advances all the time and hopefully there is something just around the corner that will help.
