MANDY PHILLIPS

  • eve replied to the topic Weight Gain in the forum Side-effects 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Min
    I am the same,if i do not eat Slim will not eat,hence the weight gain.
    Three dogs seems like a good idea,eating waste and all that walking!!!!

    Previously to this illness,i shopped once a week,now its every day,it is something that Slims taken over,spending more money and wasting a lot of time,but he enjoys something he has control…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic Hospital Praise in the forum Off topic 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Eliz
    I know it is unbelievable,nearly said some (miracles do happen) but thought better not.Called Slim in with bag of drugs in hand,saline drip first then Zomita,and while that was working,went over drugs with me,gave me blood results asked if any problems,even had a cup of tea!!!!!.that,s what i a service.
    it took us both by surprise.eve

  • eve replied to the topic BRIDGET ARE YOU OK in the forum Off topic 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Jo
    Thanks for asking after Slim.
    Bloods,kappa light chains all going in right direction,on 6 cycle of ctd.
    So why am I not running round in circles cheering!!!!do not understand it myself,considering the position we were in a few months back.Slims slowly getting stronger.
    Appointment end of July with consultant,bone marrow test will be…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic Weight Gain in the forum Side-effects 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Everybody
    I agree ,go with the flow,but what do you do when,you are a carer???
    Slims lost so much weight with being so ill,it is very hard to feed him up,I buy all this lovely food,the fridge is so full with tasty morsels and he eats a bit and says (I have gone off this),I think to myself I cannot waste this and eat it,tried giving it to the…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic I Told You I Was Ill… in the forum Treatment 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Dai
    There,s me thinking you had gone off on holiday and not told us,in case we were jealous 😉
    Glad your back,you have been missed(a little bit).:-)
    These things do not go unnoticed when are lyric and musician man goes missing without a telling us:-( as they have chucked you out,bruised and batted, but fit for duty,we hope to be hearing…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic BRIDGET ARE YOU OK in the forum Off topic 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Bridget
    Nice to hear from you,sorry they have not got the pain under control,funny the way some drugs work for one person,but not another,go back to what works,Try to enjoy the day,it is lovely and sunny down here on the coast.
    Best Wishers Eve

  • eve replied to the topic Gill Newly Diagnosed in the forum Newcomers 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Gill20
    May i just say everyone seems to suffer with bowel problems.You have to make sure you take a laxative on a daily bases otherwise you have a build up,even then you will find yourself needing a toilet very very quickly,after awhile it becomes the norm.part of the course with the medication.
    Gill the one in hospital,my husband has been in…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic BRIDGET ARE YOU OK in the forum Off topic 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Jo and Jean
    I have been thinking the same,Min Angelina Bridget Dai even Tom .May be they have taken a holiday,May be no news is good news!!!!!.Enjoying the summer weather while it is still here.
    Nice to hear from you Jean,and you Jo.best Wishes Eve

  • tom replied to the topic Gill Newly Diagnosed in the forum Newcomers 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Gillian aka Gill C 😀

    Good Luck with it all and you seem to be doing ok with it as for the sickness I was on antisickness tabs for months after my SCT, and the bowels am pleased its a distant memory 😎 yep Control never in your life I dare not go far from a loo after anything to eat or drink as it didn't stop long, Lord knows how I got…[Read more]

  • eve started the topic Hospital Praise. in the forum Off topic 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Everybody
    Just had to praise my hospital today,we went for infusion and tablets today,and we were only in there for 1 hour,Yes it is a record,it has taken six cycles but I cannot express how nice it was,not to spend hours in a hospital waiting for treatment,very impressed.
    Long may it continue Eve

  • eve replied to the topic Have you got more bolshi?? in the forum Carers 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Gill
    I have to say as a carer I have mellowed,may be it is my age rather than Slims condition,to me this mm just puts things into perspective,life to short.So i have learnt to count to 10 before I speak.
    Slims a different kettle of fish,has never suffered fools,when he comes off dex,it is highlighted a lot more ,not nice i find myself…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic it is back in the forum Treatment 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Everybody

    Sarah you seem to be going through the mill at the moment,were will you be going from here,is dex to build Gordon up for next round of drugs?.
    Keith you sound if the whole lot is getting you down,but as you say there is always someone worse off than you,its just trying to put everything in perspective,Do we build are hopes up,to…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic Travel Insurance in the forum General 14 years, 7 months ago

    HI Jeapal 23
    Thanks for info on insurance,cheapest that I have seen,have been looking for awhile.
    Hope to book something when we know results end of July also thinking of trying to make nz to see daughter so insurance is very welcome
    it gives you so much to look forward too.
    Hope you have a wonderful holiday. eve

  • Hi Helen

    Pleased you are finding the info Good for you all:-D and its great to hear about others that are raising money for the dreaded MM:-(

    As for the Stem Cell transplant:: oh what can I say?? well to be honest I feel that is has been well worth the off days that I had during my "Recovery" and to be fair it was (cept the growth…[Read more]

  • tom replied to the topic Newly diagnosed in the forum Newcomers 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi All

    Just to let you know I only eat Cucumbers in our Cyber greenhouse, I cant stand the things ha ha.

    But the Red wine now thats another story oh and the Vodka I was given a bottle of Vodka with lime, just tasting it tonight and its very nice and refreshing (and i aint in my Cyber greenhouse)

    Hope you all have a great Week End :-D…[Read more]

  • tom replied to the topic dad just diagnosed at 48 in the forum Newcomers 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi christin

    Looks like your Dad's team are doing a great Job for your Dad 🙂 as for your Dad not being able to concentrate I was same after some of my first lot of treatment and when i told my Nurse that "The Brain's Gone" she laughed and told me I had Chemo Brain see this Link…[Read more]

  • Hi Sarah and Mum

    Sorry you had to join but am pleased you found us, we have great people on here that can and will help you and your Mum through all this MM stuff, sorry am not in sam area, am in Scunthorpe North Lincs.

    Good Luck with your Mum's treatment and I hope all goes well.

    Tom "Onwards and Upwards" xx

  • eve replied to the topic You Ain't Got Me (Song) in the forum Off topic 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Dai

    Well we do not need to ask were all that talent comes from:-)you have every right to feel very proud,this is what life is about,doing a good job.
    I know the feeling of missing a daughter,one of my daughter,s live in New Zealand only moved out there3 years ago,taking two very young children with her,so journey home is not on the…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic it is back in the forum Treatment 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Sarah,
    Just so sorry to here sct failed,i agree with Bridget it is a bstd illness,Slims on a low dose of Dex now and seems to be coping better with it.
    I even let him drive now,before every journey was,like a nightmare.
    Let us know how you get on. best wishers Eve

  • tom replied to the topic Newly diagnosed in the forum Newcomers 14 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Eve and Jo

    Well the Cucumbers are allegedly good for Cancer sufferers, and a few of us here have sat in a "Cyber" greenhouse drinking Red wine and eating cucumbers8-) Hope that clears that one up and you now know am normal (yep normal even in a Cyber greenhouse ha ha)

    Love from One cucumered

    Tom "Onwards and Upwards" xxx

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