Aww Bridget

You are in the wars aint you bless. its a bugger to have this keep popping up, its great to have had it all done on the same day as its over and done with but am sure they could have found you a side room so you could dribble in peace:-D I hope the cold/fever and shivers you had are not the onset of flu?

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Hi Bridget
Sorry to hear your having a hard time,i can understand you not wanting to go back another day for treatment,but all that time at hospital must have left you exhausted:-S lets hope it works.Eve

Hi everyone just a little update Today I saw the radiotherapist and their decision was that I could have have one dose of radiotherapy on the tumour I think they would have preferred to do more but because I have had treatment on the same site before they were unable to They were very good though as I was able to have the scan and treatment…[Read more]

Hi Dai blimey you are going to have a full on day Monday ! Still it will be worth it if you get on the trial All fingers toes etc are crossed for you love Bridget x

Hi Sylvia good to hear from you but sorry you are back on treatment Eloquent seems an unusual name for a trial made me chuckle! When I was on Rev and Dex the fatigue was a bit overwheming but you do get used to it Constipation can also be a problem , my docs reccommended using 3 different types of laxatives regularly eg Movicol , Senna and…[Read more]

Hi Cinzia poor you sickness is really horrible . I have founf Odansetron to be the best ant-sickness meds , it can be given as IV before your chemo Have a chat with the nurses I am sure they can come up with something love Bridget x

Hi Terry it seems wrong in this age of wireless technology that wifi access isnt available especially when you are stuck in hospital. If your home broadband is with BT they have wifi access all over the place and its free , you can download a map to see which is the nearest London has loads Good luck on the 5th you will be home before you know…[Read more]

Hi Terry

Am pleased you got them little blighters out but am sure 6 wont be enough for two SCT? but hey ho you never know.

I found it strange that you had to make your own way to hospital?? I went into Scunthorpe General and had my Femoral Line fitted, stayed in Hospital over nite and was transported to Leeds (seacroft hospital) by Car and…[Read more]

Hi Everyone

Thanks for the info Ellen,I know this is a complicated complaint,but hope you understand how lack of knowledge does not help the patient.
Good luck Dai with your bottle,!!!
Hi Min no holiday yet,as have had a number of hospital appointments,hoping to fit a cruise in before May,looking good.
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Dear Min

Well I wish you Luck and i thank you for being My Online Friend for a long time, I loved your strenth I also loved your Compassion and care to us all I for one will miss you on here with your kind words of strenth and Care.

I understand your reason for needing to leave the site and I send you on your way with a great big Hug…[Read more]

Dear Min

I too I'll be sad to see you go but you have a life to live and enjoy. Thank you for all your goodness , kindness and good advice and friendship.

Enjoy life and I hope that life will be kind to you. See you on face book

Tke care
Love Jean xx

Hi Vic
Welcome – glad to hear from you but sad that it is under these circumstances. I too have a problem with discs and they are monitoring to I will be interested to hear anything too about this procedure.At the minute I am managing with Tramadol with the occasional top up with a little bit of oramorph but even still I have pain.

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Hi Terry
I was on the machine for two days and with the needles in each arm and having been asked to lie flat ant to try not to move around and disturb things I couldn´t do much other than snooze and chat to lovely hubby in between.
The only difficulty I had was a lack of calcium but they gave me an injection and a couple of glasses of milk…[Read more]

Sorry to hear your unwell David. I was told that Kiwi fruit has lots of things in it that helps – anyway I eat one every day and since I started have escaped the usual winter colds etc.
Hope you feel better soon.
Love Carolxxxx

Lovely photo!
Love Carolxxx

Dear Min when I read your post it made me a little sad You have been a towethat you are able to move on , as you said r of stregth to so many of us , always good sensible advice tempered with kindness , even when things were really tough for you Thankyou for your kindness and wisdom . Whilst you will be missed by so many of us I am pleased for…[Read more]

Hi Pamela

Good to hear from you and hope you are well. Thanks for the info. Frank is in bed and I went up and woke him to read what you had written, as the only info we were getting was from the site. It is good to have some info when you say IV is that introveinus (??) He was in so much pain today that he phoned the doctors to speak to him -…[Read more]

Hi Mavis, good to hear from you.

We have had a rough couple of days, Dans back pain is getting worse….is there anything stronger than morphine they can give him?

Yeah Dan is on the clinical trial but the treatment had to be choosen randomly and the standard CDT was drawn, we hope to get some of the trial treatment later on down the line.…[Read more]

Hi Jo

Will cross every thing for next month. I hate the build up to consultant visits – i get my knickers in a twist!! Derek's wife phoned to say that consultant says there's been a slight improvement. So thank God for that.

Keep well
Love Jean xx

Hi Jill
My husband has just finished a course of Velcade which he found ok,except for the hospital visits at your mums age they will only do it once a week,but first it,s blood then velcade and it can be combined with her Zometa so one less hospital visit. It does depend on what hospital you attend some can do the whole process under 2 hrs.some…[Read more]