Hi Rachael,
My dad is doing okay. By okay I mean he's alive and his kidneys are stable at around 15% again (I think, anyway). He said "a bit rough, I suppose the word would be. Tired, I'm just permanently tired, which more likely means I need a transfusion. It's not very nice"
But yeah, we're all doing okay I think. 🙂
How about you and your…[Read more]

Hey 🙂
Thank you, that still helpful. He's not being sick at the moment, unsure as to why he was being sick anyway but hopefully he'll stop feeling queezy soon.
I don't know how to make him feel better because I obviously have no idea how he is feeling, or in fact anything about this cancer, really. He knows that we all care about him and stuff.…[Read more]

That's a good idea.. I didn't even think of that.
Thank you.
– Dee.

So uh. Yeah. Things aren't looking good.
My dad has only had three sessions of chemo; his kidneys went down to 13%, which was a drop of 7% since last checked and he was sent back home at 15% – which was two days ago. He's being sick etc, and so he now isn't drinking again, because who wants to drink when they're being sick?
This morning we cried…[Read more]

Hi Helen,
Really happy for you being much better. How come you're cross though?
Oh, and also, were you less mobile and things at first? Because my dad is, and that's what makes him the most angry. He has tonnes of orchids etc – a large, packed greenhouse full of them, as well as our entire kitchen window sill. I've had to take over looking after…[Read more]

Thank you!
He went in for a picc line flush and asked then, they confirmed what you said. He's pretty down about that because he expected it to be over quickly. Which I guess was daft. He is having 4 cycles. Is that because he's older or the illness is worse or.. I dunno.. It seems many have more, as if their body has more to give? *shrug*
We're…[Read more]

Hiiiiii…
We're a little confused about chemo cycles. Is 1 cycle 3-4 weeks? Like.. My dad is having chemo once a week, and he thinks that after 4 weeks, that's 4 cycles? Or is one cycle 4 months? So. 16 sessions? I don't know.
Thanks in advance.
Also thanks for the messages. 😀
– Dee

Yay 🙂
Dad is home – hopefully for a while now.
They have his pain and sickness under control and he is now able to move a little, as well as eat.
This makes me stupidly happy.
🙂
– Dee

Hi Alison 🙂
Thank you and good luck to your mum, I hope she continues to be well.
Yeah, I knew I should join a forum type thing because then it's real people rather than statistics and stuff.

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Everyone,
Thank you to all of you, everything you say is so sweet and I am so grateful. Please don't be disheartened if it takes me a while…[Read more]

Hi Vicki 🙂
Thank you. Of course I'd still love my dad even if he did lose his hair but it would just make this all more real, since it's all happened so soon and it hasn't sunk in, and I don't know if it ever truely will.
Though, we found out yesterday the treatment he is having with side effects etc and prognosis. Though I think it was just…[Read more]

Hi Tom 🙂
That made me smile! I'm really happy for you. I hope you can continue as well as you are now.
Thank you for the kind words. They're all really appreciated. It's so good having people being supportive to help soften the blow of all this.
– Dee

Oh wow, I had no idea there were different types of it.. Though the doctors didn't really tell us anything so it's obvious that we won't know anything.
My dad would have to go to a hospital in Canterbury if his kidneys dropped below 20%, or something. I don't know if there are more than one but, yeah. Heard about Kings. That's where they sent his…[Read more]

Hey :). Thank you so much, I'll be sure to ask questions and things. I'm sorry to hear about your mum. I try hard not to cry at all because it just gets me down, it helps to just do bits around the house and not think about awful things.
Lots of love to you too.
– Dee

Thank you for the kind words, they mean a lot. It's helpful to know that there are other people who are in the same or similar situation. I'm being as strong as I can; we are a close family, but not the hugging and "love you so much" type. Just kind of sensible and quietly supportive type I guess.
My dad is in the Medway Hospital (which seems to…[Read more]

My dad, aged 56 (57 in July) was diagnosed with Myeloma stage 3, recently.
He was told many things before cancer.
Trapped nerve > chest infection > shingles > enlarged organs > myeloma > lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma > now myeloma again.
He's really sick, and I'm terrified. He has long hair and a beard and I've never seen him without it and when…[Read more]