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..
Thanks Eileen for reminding us, Jayne was a lovely person, my thoughts are with her family today and always.
I was still on the forum reading all the posts when your mail came through, I was thinking of everyone on here (not just our little section).... those I have chatted with and those I follow but never post to, people like Dizzie Shents and Tony to name but a few, their blogs are inspiring...they seem to know the exact words to write to comfort and assure many on here, me included.
Hello everyone. Thankyou for thinking about my mum. Im still following all of your post. All of you are being so brave and strong! Keep fighting and stay strong.
Hi everyone its me and i'm fine! there was no activity on the site for so long I stopped checking as often
Dot and Eileen, sorry to hear your both awaiting news, fingers crossed it will be good if not you've been there and done that so you know you can handel it! both of you have had 8-9 months i think which by my standards is very good lol. Mines back but is growing slowly so as yet the muscles are working (sort of!!!) i have refused chemo to sort the itch and will wait till the muscles go. Have creams, anti-histamines and steroids for the itch and its working well till the weather heats up lol, 25 degrees yesterday and today so needless to say its palying up! My last scan showed tumour but not as big as previous, while the temptation is to go for chemo there is a limit to how much the body can take before the bone marrow can't cope so i have decided that the longer i can leave it the better, i will be a year free of chemo in october!
I was terribly sorry so hear about Rose and can't believe how long it is since we lost Jayne though it probably dosen't seems long to Ben.
Glad to hear Mary's doing well and Eileen you sound like you've got back to normal (something I've never achieved). Dot your legs sound most uncomfortable and I not sure there is much that can be done to help
Judy the neuropathy will wear of in time but it does vary, mine was a numbness/tingling type feeling, felt most odd but it when eventually. Let us know how the hairs doing - mines different again this time - not impressed!
Just stopping by to say how lovely it is to see you back on here. I got the email alert to say a message had been left and was pleasantly surprised to see that it was left by you!
You have made my day getting in touch. I am sorry you are still going through all this still and yet you never complain about it.. I really don't know how you carry on. It must be awful having that itch for so long, I suppose you have tried everything to try and stop it. I can't believe how the time goes as it's a year next month for you with the chemo and Dec for me. I have been doing really well and apart from the pain lower down in groin I feel fine. But when I read what you and the others are going through I am lucky.
Keep coming on to let us know how you are doing as we have all worried about you. I know we all stay off the site for ages but once someone writes we all reply so when we didn't hear from you it was a worry.. I can smile all day now as I know your ok....
Jackie thank goodness you posted, we were so worried about you. You really have had a lot to cope with, it seems never ending for you, no respite, I can't begin to imagine how you are feeling with the skin problem and totally understand why you don't want any chemo at the moment.
I agree with you Jackie on the neuropathy bit, they put me on weekly chemo because of the problems with my feet hands and the tinitus (the bells the bells lol), although the tingling is still there it is very mild.
When I read how others are suffering I think why on earth did I mention my tiny niggles, but then I noticed Eileen seems to think her problems are less than everyone else's lol....but I know how much you two have struggled and mine honestly cannot compare. Not trying to compete with who has the least problems hahahhaa............was just a thought.
Eileen you mentioned that you have read up on different cancers and could probably relate to them all, well I don't even read side effects of drugs because I know I will think I have them all, haaaaaaa just trying to stay positive in all of this.
Ben it was lovely that you posted and that you still check in on all of us.
Tony it was nice to see you post here too, it is true...what would we all do without the support we get from this site, I do get very attached to many on here and it is very emotional for me when I see them suffering, and I know that is how we all must feel.
I just popped by to say 'Hi' to you all and wanted to say how lovely it is to see this thread come back to 'active' again....(although I do really wish it was active again with all of you in remission, rather than going through new or continuing struggles & challenges).....
You've all been missed on here - although I don't generally post on your thread I did always read it and kept up to date with how you were all doing...
I noticed tonight that there is a new member who has just been diagnosed with Stage 1 Ovarian cancer, she has started a new thread but I will put up a link to you ladies as I'm sure you will be able to help her.
