Another step nearer.Thank goodness that part is over for you,Which hospital will you be going to?

Have a few days of spoiling yourself,you deserve it ;)

Rose xxx

Hi Eileen,

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:

Time to enjoy yourself

Love Dot xxx

Hi Ladies

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???

Take care everyone

Jackie xxxxx

Hi Ladies,

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

Morning Eileen, glad it went ok yesterday im waiting on a phone call to see if il be going in to have surgery.

or a date to start chemo again other than that my next appointment is 20th oct.il keep you posted.

lots of hugs julygirl58 xxx

Hi Sharon,

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.

Love Eileen xxx:love:

Hi ladies

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.

Take care all

Jackie xxxx

Hi Annie,

Welcome to our little group, It is always nice to hear from someone else ( well I mean that in a good way ....) Not so great for you but if you are diagnosed with C then you have us to try and help you through it....We have Jackie who I call the team leader because she was the first one to reply to me after I was diagnosed.. Then we have the lovely Dot , followed by Rose who is the comic on here.. A new member called Sharon and my mind has gone blank now... That's what happens we worry about so much that our brain cells get confused and we all forgot names of our friends so sorry to anyone I forgot....!www.cancerchat.org.uk/.../confused.gif!

Anyway I had the same as you in the begining as it was bowel specialist I went to see but he discovered the mass so refered me to gynaecology who then sent me to another Hospital for biopsy. Then I moved to Wales in the process so had the same over again down here..

I know as we all do its scary but everyday that passes seems to ease the fear you have...Always remember as well your not alone as we are here to listen to you.

Hope to hear from you soon. Love Eileen xxxx:love:

Hi Jackie,

I don't understand how your white cell count doesn't go down when you have a cold. Mine is down when I feel ok, I always have to be different ha ha ..

Its always nice to see on here as I have told Annie your are the gaffer so we need you on here....

Love as always Eileen xxxx:love: