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..
Glad to here your ok, well sort of but sorry about your eyes......
I have my appointment tomorrow with Surgeon so will be glad when that's out of the way. Will post message tomorrow evening. Dot, Rose, & other ladies hope your keeping well.
I do feel a lot better now, I had problems with my eyes too and it isn't nice, but it seems to have cleared now, my daughter thought I had conjunctivitis as there was a yellow film covering both my bottom eyelids, eww yuccky sorry lol.
it is strange how things coincide, like your op on the little ones birthday, I hope everything goes well with christening and birthday. That must have been really worrying for you and your daughter, her about you and vice versa.
I hope sooooooooooooo much that tomorrow turns out well for you,its time you had good news.There has been so much bad news on this forum lately it is time for something cheerful.
You can imagine the state of my stomach today, I took 2 loperamide a few hours ago and will take 2 more in a min. I know I shouldn't but as you are aware its a necessity . I am not sure if I will have an internal again but I am trying to prepare myself this time......
You look great Dot and I thought at first it was me Ha Ha.....Its nice to see you though joking apart.....Will message you tonight with results....Thank You for your lovely message and Jackie, Rose, and girls.....
You can imagine the state of my stomach today, I took 2 loperamide a few hours ago and will take 2 more in a min. I know I shouldn't but as you are aware its a necessity . I am not sure if I will have an internal again but I am trying to prepare myself this time......
You look great Dot and I thought at first it was me Ha Ha.....Its nice to see you though joking apart.....Will message you tonight with results....Thank You for your lovely message and Jackie, Rose, and girls.....
Well I got my appointment for October 4th I go in Oct 3rd which is a Sunday, to as they say Dot empty your bowels....I thought yeah right you will need me a week to clear them Ha Ha.... I had an internal again and a rectum internal ( lovely days we ladies get to spend ) Anyway glad its over with and I have a few weeks rest...So who is next for the Hospital ??? You have the 17th Dot for scan but I have forgot who is next...I wish we could all meet up you know, I bet we would have a laugh..Anyway my house is up for sale so if it sells quickly I will pay for us all to stay in a posh hotel and that's a deal ...
so pleased you have your date and a nice rest beforehand!! I laughed at the emptying of the bowels, believe me you won't have a problem haha. I was admitted at 2pm and the first thing they did was give me a dose of jollop lol. It is good to see you in such a happy mood.
I would love to meet you all and hopefully one day we will :love:
Eileen you got a date! Do you know if they are planning any chemo after it or is that all over with now? I somehow managed to avoid the internal and had no bowel prep! strange how they all do it differently!
Eyes are streming again but its cos I've got a cold! Chemo due Fri, not that it stopped them giving it on a previous occassion
hope you manage to enjoy your time till Oct, get down and see your new grandchild maybe???
Jackie, yes I have to have 2 or 3 more chemo after but at least I know then its finished. I hope your eyes improve and your cold. Its strange as you say how they do things different. The Surgeon did say that he can only tell me if its gone when he opens me up so its still a waiting game. He is or seems to be a very honest Dr. He always asks if he may examine me and doesn't say right lets examine you as alot have done in the past. How long after your first cancer was it Jackie when it returned again ? I don't know about you ladies but as time goes on I don't feel scared, its like you come to except it...
Dot thank you for the email it was a lovely thought. You are such a lovely lady and I wish I had met you years ago as with all of you.... The Surgeon did say I will have to drink some awful stuff but Hey Ho, at least it should empty the bowels... I am looking forward to the op but it means I can't do any chats on here. I will have my phone with me though so I will have a look to see how you can do emails as its a new phone ..As I said as well the Hotel break is still on the cards or if your not up to it any of you then I will come to you......Fingers crossed then for a sale on the house...
Rose I will be at Singleton on ward 20.... Its a pain to get to as in trying to find any department in there...I am not sure if I told you yesterday that I had to have bloods taken and a chest X-ray and also an ESG not sure if you all had to have them. I woould have thought that would be done the day before the operation.
Anyway ladies that's all for now...
Love Eileen. xxxxxxx
I hope you get the call your waiting for soon, it's awful hanging around for appointments and also adds to the stress...Let us know as soon as you get a date.
The test's are routine before the op, they won't change enough to need re-doing the day before. Look on the bright side if you have bowel prep that should leave you empty for several days which will kept you sorted while you recovery :mischief: . The chemo normallly starts again after 4 weeks. Don't worry about it being gone, they didn't remove a small tumour attached to my bowel, the remaining chemo sorted it and its not come back in that area. I agree that the scary feeling goes, time is a great healer in more ways than one.
Mine came back 8 months after the last chemo but then I'm not you and as we have discovered we are all the same but different! Cold seems to be better which is suprising as normally lasts for ages, white count is up but I have no doubt they will go ahead Fri - they did last time I had a cold!!!
Meeting up someday sounds good if we can ever manage to all get post treatment.
