tom replied to the topic Just Diagnosed in the forum Newcomers 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Eve
I get nowt zero zilch I am just pleased my company has gave me a job I can do and that brings in some money 😎 oh got blue badge and a bus pass and am only 57 years young :-0 the bus pass gives me free yep free train fare from Scunthorpe to either Cleethorpes or the other way and that is as far as Doncaster:-D and free bus rides :-D…[Read more]
tom replied to the topic Just Diagnosed in the forum Newcomers 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi All
Eve I applied for AA in 2009 whilst I was still bald(er) and still having treatment not long after my SCT mine was refused :-S and I thought How Bad do I have to be to get AA if I am diagnosed with a terminal Cancer and they say No Thanks you can walk and cook Etc Ext >:-(
But trust me Folks that Pension Will be mine am not letting…[Read more]
tom replied to the topic Another Club Member! in the forum Newcomers 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Michele
A warm welcome to your Forum.
And you have been through it all and on your own well done. and you and hubby are correct positivity is best (well it is for me).
Good Luck and may your remission be a long one 🙂
Tom "Onwards and Upwards" xx
tom replied to the topic My husband has just been told he has got myeloma!! in the forum Newcomers 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Dee
I am sorry to hear your dads going through a rough time with the treatment, I do hope your dad isnt giving up and am sure its hard for you all at this time.
Stay Strong not only for your Dad but yourself.
Love and Hugs to you Both
Tom "Onwards and upwards" xxx
tom replied to the topic Colin the sequel SCT in the forum Treatment 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Vicki and Colin
Well thats a bugger am sorry to hear Colin didn't get any 🙁 but I know its easy for me to say but dont worry it will all come to fruitition soon, they just wont stop and it all adds up and will stay in the blood stream waiting for the rest to mobilize 😎
All the best and hope the little blighters are soon out.
Love…[Read more]
tom replied to the topic Colin the sequel SCT in the forum Treatment 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Vicki your more than welcome 😀 gosh I wish I could Blush?? Lol.
I hope Colin got home today? as for the paranoia about infection and stuff I went out and about the same week I came home after my SCT and folk knew not to come near me if they were diseased ha ha.
Keep fit and rest often Vicki am sure you need it also
Love and…[Read more]
tom replied to the topic Just Diagnosed in the forum Newcomers 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Charlie
A warm welcome this site is now yours so use it when you want 😀
I know nothing of the trials I was Diagnosed in Jn 09 had 5 Sessions of CDT then straifgt into SCT and now am pleased to tell you I am still in remission 😎
Good Luck in your Road to Remission.
Great Photo BTW 😉
Tom "Onwards and Upwards" x
tom replied to the topic Stem Cell Harvest & SCT in the forum Treatment 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Paul great news M8 good position near ready for transplant 😀 I had my collection in Leeds Seacroft Hospital I think it was.
Good Luck with it all
Tom "Onwards and Upwards" x
tom replied to the topic running my second marathon for myelomaUK in the forum Off topic 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Joe
Great Job M8 I hope you run it in record time. I am same as you your Dad will be with you all the way
Tom xx
tom replied to the topic Dizzyness in the forum Side-effects 12 years, 4 months ago
Morning Tina
First it wasn't with me I never had dizzy spells at all, I would get that checked today at your Dr's
Hope it turns out to be nothing.
Love Tom "Onwards and Upwards" xx
tom replied to the topic CTD Second time round in the forum Treatment 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Kevin
Well for my ten pence I think you are going the corect way you had a good remission with it first time around so it should work this time againn and hope it gives you a longer remission, Like I tell my Kids "Save some till you aint none then you will never be without"
I done CDT ion Feb 09 SCT Dec 09 and am still in remission and if…[Read more]
tom replied to the topic Just got back from the I.O.W in the forum Off topic 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Jo and welcome home 😀 am pleased you had a great time and am sure you made sure that Adam had the best time of his life (till next holls) And I thank you for chasing that sun our way also
Love
Tom (now you start to plan next one he he) xxx
tom replied to the topic Is there anything we can do? in the forum Treatment 12 years, 4 months ago
Dear Sue
I am so sorry to read about your partner going downhill so fast.
Please accept my deepest sympathy to you and yours at thia sad time
Love Tom xxx
tom replied to the topic Recently diagnosed in the forum Newcomers 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Mike
Well am In Scunthorpe and was treated at Scunthorpe and Castle Hill in Hull.
Keep us informed Keith and dont forget this is now your forum so use it as often as you need.
Tom "Onwards and Upwards" x
tom replied to the topic Finished Cycle 4 CDT (last one) in the forum Treatment 12 years, 4 months ago
Hey Tina have a great time Girl and Try to forget about it all (cept us lot)
Love
Tom "Onwards and Upwards" xx
tom replied to the topic Wish Me Luck as I have in the forum Off topic 12 years, 4 months ago
Now Eve you Know I blush Easy Lol.
And I gave that angle when I filled form in as it asks When would you like to apear on Deal or No Deal if you get through? I wrote as soon as Possible as I have a Terminal Cancer (well if you have it flaunt it I say Lol) ye no probs just do a Character referance and E mail it to t.lappin1@ntlworld.com and I…[Read more]
tom replied to the topic A difficult harvest in the forum Treatment 12 years, 4 months ago
Well done Mari and Stephen great going and am sure you will kkep it up through the Transplant
Love
Tom "Onwards and Upwards" as we say 😉 xx
tom replied to the topic Bristol SCT in the forum Treatment 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Vicki and Colin
Good Luck with the injections and the pain is ???? but copeable (not sure if that a proper word lol) but the more pain the better seems you get more cells the more pain you have 😎 its only intermittant when the cells are shoving themselfs out into the bloodstream.
Hope the collection is done all in one day 8-)…[Read more]
tom replied to the topic Recently diagnosed in the forum Newcomers 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Mike
Think I was 53 when I found out ??
But a warm welcome to the site ask away and if you need to moan winge and nearly cuss feel free this is now your sounding board.
Where are you or will you be treated as some one on here might be having/had treatment at your area and can give you a heads up on that.
Stay Strong Mike and Good Luck…[Read more]
tom replied to the topic Finished Cycle 4 CDT (last one) in the forum Treatment 12 years, 4 months ago
Hi Tina
Well you have a good rest before sept and am sure your face is cute I lost my Fat Face soon after stopping CTD but it did come back more than once lol.
Keep well
Love and Hugs
Tom "Onwards and Upwards" xxx