Hi Mike,

Welcome!!! Like you I have just been diagnosed ( June ) and I am 54. It's all a big shock and as you say the terminology alone is a whole new world. I have found the site really helpful, with lots of support from members who have been using the site long term, but the stories and comments are really up lifting and so good to read other…[Read more]

Hi Peggy,

I like you have just been diagnosed and it is such a shock, I quite understand how you bare feeling right now, and as the others have all said there is a great support network out there, so start shouting now for the help you need especially the extra help for your daughter, you can always decline it at a later stage if you don't…[Read more]

Hi,

HOME at last!! I have finally made it. I was discharged on Tuesday and am staying with my sister. Who is proving to be the best sister in the world!!!

It has been quite an emotional journey and the reality of this has suddenly hit home. I am so full of tears, they don't seem to want to stop, and the stupid thing is i don't know what I…[Read more]

Hi Eve,

Thanks, yes I am very lucky, I am going to stay with my sisterbfor a week or two, to get me settled back into a normal way of life and then we have some big decisions to make. Just before my diagnossi my husband and I had bought a big old property to do up and were living in the garden in a large static caravan, but obviously this has…[Read more]

Thank you all once again for your support. Week 7 in hospital now, not that I'm counting!!!
Had Radiotherapy and a blood transfusion last week, all went well but I am just so tired. Today I am being allowed to go on a home visit for a couple hrs, this is to see how I will manage in the big world, I think they might be looking at discharge next…[Read more]

Hi Shirls,

Thanks for your reply, I am just so concerned that the weight won't drop off me again, but you have given me some hope.

Gill

Just thought I would give you all a little update.

I am coping with the chemotherapy, this is week 2. Tuesday I had a course of radiotherapy which was totally painless, but I then had dreadful sickness. Slept all of the day yesterday and am suffering a little with sickness today.
One thing that has happened is that I have lost control of my…[Read more]

Hi Gill,

Nice to hear from you and I think supporting each other sound a good idea. My treatment is at Airedale nr Skipton North Yorkshire. I was admitted on a 999 call, after I collapsed with the pain ( I had been suffering with a bad back for several weeks) I have now been in hospital 5 weeks!!! I have had a lot of trouble with pain &…[Read more]