Hi punchbag, not as bad as you but been through it, a while ago i kept passing out and being sick, it was nearly nine months before i was diagnosed, its called addisons, my adrenal glands don't work have to take steroids to keep alive,. Then I started being sick a lot loads of tests again, then they found my uninvited guest, prostate Cancer gone to lymph nodes, spine, ribs, pelvis and a lung, uncurable stag 4 more tests found my sickness was a hiatus hernia, were some of my stomach came through my diagram. Then cemotherapy, I started bleeding bad from back passage Dr wasn't sure if cancer, no was hemeroids (piles), was loosing that much blood had to go in hospital. As well cemo was stopping my steroids working properly, still got everything wrong just carrying on. Also looking after my disabled wife she needs 24 /7 care dementia and motor neurone.. Good luck with you treatment...... Billy 

Dear Billy life is cruel ,I hope we both get it easy in the next life but someone once told me that God sends it those  who can handle it ,we must have chins like Desperate Dan,I,m like you steroids etc,at times I think it's a joke,age 53 ,I hope to drag my pension but leave it to the mp,s and every year they seem to extend it,ha ha.i hope somehow you get a rest from this pain and I know 24 hr care is tough our son is disabled too ,concentrating on him this Christmas , I hope yours is good Christmas also .... John

I thought it was my wife took her mum for a couple when she had cancer