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..
Thankyou for replying to my post , its nice to know, your not alone.
my story so far is thus.............. my periods had gone a bit haywire , but had been doing so for 3 years so the doctor decided to send me to the hospital, just o be safe. had a pipelle??? biopsy, internal and external scans and various tumour markering blood tests, it was this point that the doctor told me that i was at a pre cancer clinic , not a bleeding clinic as i had been told by my GP! A week or so after was admitted to hosp for pain relief. The consultant ( a different on to the one i had seen in clinic ( meet me and hid first words were " ah yes , your my urgent cancer refferal! " As ypu can imagine i just turned off from this point in a state of shock but my other half tells me that he went on to say but i dont think you are. Anyway, went home, and was concerned as i had not had a follow up appointment so rang the hosp and the consultant (from clinc) said to meet him on the ward the following day. He said that the biopsy (of the uterus) was fine but they had found a 10x9x5cm growth on my cyst which he would try and remove bu keyhole, but he would wait for the tumour markering results and call me if there was a prob. a week after i recieved an appointment for a CT scan , which i thought was strange as no one had talked of having one. Rang the consultants secretary who greeted me with" oh your not having your op here your going to Derby you should of had a letter," she read the letter to me and it said i had been referred as one of the results from the tumour marking was slightly raised. Nobody has actually said i have cancer yet but all health professional treating me with kid gloves( its lovely ) . had app come through now from derby hosp but have never recieved the letter from original hosp. never mind. have to go for the CT scan on monday and then app with new consultant is on the 1st of oct. i suppose they will do the tests again, what do you think,? sorry if this rambles a bit
I feel like I have been on a roller coaster ride after reading that message. Not because you have rambled but the whole thing.. I get so annoyed with some Hospitals and staff the way they treat patients, I am lucky as I have had great Nurses, Doctors, and not forgetting Domestics , who do a great job, and they are so caring. I can honestly say there is only 1 nurse I didn't like in the whole 8 month.
I am glad your on this site and you have a lovely smiley face.....
Love Eileen...xxxx
I still can't see you but I will recognise your sideboard . Only kidding.... Yes it will be great if we can meet up when I am in Hospital but I will look ill probably a bit grey and have a mobile phone in my hand trying to communicate with the outside world....
thanks for the well wishes tomorrow, I am sure everything will be fine.
Eileen my first ctscan was at my local hospital and I had to have the drink and the injection, the next one was at the hospital I wrote about that was nearer to me than the London one, with that one I just had the injection. Tomorrow is in London and I don't know how they will handle it, hopefully just the injection in the hand lol, I hate the drink too.
I have my loperamide on hand lol wouldn't get past the door without it, I will write to you all when I get back.
You really are a lovely crowd, wouldn't have felt so positive without you all
I hope I catch you before you go. Hope it goes well I know its not painful or anything but its just seeing Hospitals all the time. I had the 2 ltr drink then another one when I get there and also the canula with the dye in it..Get yourself a nice cuppa when you get home.
My Daughter is coming down today until Sunday and David is away at his friends in Berkshire until Monday so I had a lovely chilled day yesterday on my own. He is going to Kemble Air show tomorrow....
I am looking forward to seeing my new Granddaughter and the Boys as well...
Too much written ion the space of a day for me to remember!
Welcome to our newbie, sorry think it was Anne, as the other have indicated the diagnosis it always a difficult process with much backwarding and forwarding however the explanations of what is happening is usually better than what you describe! Not only is it a scary time but it is the most difficult to get through. Once you have a plan things improve a lot possible cos your 'fighting' it or at least doing something. Have you definately got a tumour/growth on a cyst? I only ask because it should be a tumour/growth on the ovary so you may still be clear on the cancer front. However I would advise not getting to excited purely because its easier to be prepared for the worst and celebrate if it's not!
Dot hope the scan went OK and fingers crossed for Tues. Like you I believe it is what it is - good or bad - and I find this attitude allows me to get on with things and to except the treatment and symptoms with less disruption to my life. If its gonna be limited I want to live it!
Eileen - about to see grand-daughter at last, bet your excited and hopefully your feeling well up to it!
Sharon - only a week to go before you know, enjoy it and treat yourself because once the process starts time will go very quick!
Eileen I know you never mount a response to infection whereas its something I've not had a problem with so far - probably far to common a side effect for me, I only do rare!!!! They went ahead today (despite chesty cough which they ignored!) anyway no problems so far (apart from usual bad veins). Eyes better, much less watery, will be interesting to see if it comes back this time, sincerely hope it was a one off!
Re Kathy and Hilary, if I remember rightly (not likely at present!) one of them logged off permanently while the other one was going to the caravan and didn't expect to post till ?oct.
Eileen I asked about the drink before you have scan and the nurse told me it was down to Doc preference, luckily the hospital I attend now doesn't use it lol, just the canula in the hand. I have now had three scans and every machine has been different, the first and second were very similar but yesterday was like being in a tumble drier lol I thought something was wrong with it, they scanned me then they put the dye in and scanned again, different to the others I have had.
I am going to ring up on Monday to make sure the results will be there for me on the Tuesday as I am not straggling up there for nothing lol.
hi i have just had an mri scan this week rather scary dont know when they will operate on me or if i will need radiotherapy did you have a hyterectomy ?
