MANDY PHILLIPS

  • Hi Vicki and Colin

    Well Honest it is going the correct way and to be fair its one not to rush.

    I didn't have Injections post SCT but I do remember them prior to SCT and yep it was Bloody awful, the pain was in my ribs,back and arms and my pain lasted about two and a half days, I was told it was theCells getting pushed out into the blood…[Read more]

  • eve started the topic STRESS. in the forum Carers 12 years ago

    Hi Everyone
    The last 2 years have been spent as a carer,and I have amazed myself,I have done everything that has to be done on the carers front, including heavier task like pushing wheel chairs,driving miles and miles even to London.It has all been hard work,it is so nice to be leaving,some of these task behind.Plus:-( coping with everything…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic All so confusing in the forum Carers 12 years ago

    Hi Deirdre
    Welcome to the site,yes the whole thing does seem so unreal,it is all a bit mind blowing,how are you managing in yourself are you getting enough rest??

    It must be hard work,going to the hospital 3 times a week,why are they talking of ( crancking up the chemo??? )

    How long has he been on treatment and what chemo treatment is he on.??Eve

  • eve replied to the topic New to this site but not to MM. in the forum Newcomers 12 years ago

    Hi Babs

    Get that letter from the consultant and book it,it will do you the world of good,since remission,we have had a cruise,been to France and now NZ,we do not have a lot of money,but when you now your chances of living until you are 80 are not great,it,s not important.
    Hi Jean
    Thought I would say hello while on,we never seem to be on line…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic New to this site but not to MM. in the forum Newcomers 12 years ago

    Hi Babs

    IT is a bit of a bummer,comes and knocks you side ways,all your plans for the future,flying out of the window,well i am a carer and I felt like that:-P, still do some times,it,s a big learning curve,but look around you,all ways someone worst off than you:-S

    My husband had his SCT in May so a little ahead of you,and we are off to NZ…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic Rev/Dex Update As Promised in the forum Side-effects 12 years ago

    HI Keith

    Well,you answered your own questions,so does that mean it was not so much of a shock or is it a combination of relieve plus your ready for the next hurdle,??? I am amazed that I could not find a lot of trials for people in your position in the uk. To put it bluntly you must feel any new trial offers some hope. I looked at cancer…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic New and need advice on Myeloma XI in the forum Newcomers 12 years ago

    Hi Ali

    Must admit I felt cheated for Slim,I had done a lot of research and 33% chance of no treatment and 66% of treatment,Slim got no treatment,to be truthful felt deprived,and I am just a carer lol.

    Saying that have got my head around it,now looking forward to 6 weeks free,then 2 weeks of test and consultant,so there are some good points…[Read more]

  • Tom I have to say it,you are as bad as Slim,

    Slim was being sick and I went out to the desk and spoke to the doctor who said he could go home,as long as he was not sick, mhhhhhhhhhhhh.He had told her he was not being sick earlier,I told her," he tells lies",who did she believe,An ex marine who could look you in the face and lie.

    I rest my…[Read more]

  • aww Gill

    Am sending you HUGS lots of them((((((()))))))).

    I bet its hard to cope but am sure you know you have to, I cant tell you it will get better as i haven't been through it, but I show/read out these posts to Elaine (i think am getting her ready sad in it? )

    Much Love and many thoughts from one teary eyed Tom xxx

    Love Tom xxx

  • tom replied to the topic Waiting in the forum End of Life and Grief 12 years ago

    Hi Sue and Michael

    Am sure that at anytime in anyones illness you are never wrong in asking Q's it may seem silly to you but if you are thinking it then its imprtant to you, so i would say ask away and get answers it might not alter the outcome ?? but trying and knowing is better so ask away
    Thinking of you both

    Love Tom xxx

  • Hi Vicky and Wide awake Colin 😀

    Its Going Good you two (even though it dunt feel it or look it) the Dr wouldn't say "Home at week end" if he thought it was not a Doable 😉 If I remember correcltly I was still Ill a day or two before i was shipped off home and was even sick in toilet the day I came home (i dint tell them) but took anti…[Read more]

  • tom replied to the topic Oh – Oh it's back in the forum General 12 years ago

    Hi Carol
    Aww am sorry you have had that MM kick back in 🙁 but hey am sure your Dr will get something to throw it to the back of your mind pretty soon 😎
    Stay Strong.

    Love Tom "Onwards and Upwards" xxx

  • tom replied to the topic REVVING UP FOR SCT! in the forum Treatment 12 years ago

    Hi Chris and Lena

    Its working well and it wont be long stick with it and you will soon be home, but trust me you are still going to need to be looked after for a month or so when you are home but the wait will be worth it 🙂

    Keep Well

    Tom "Onwards and Upwards" x

  • tom replied to the topic BMB Tomorrow in the forum General 12 years ago

    Hi Keith

    Well wot a to do as the saying goes 🙁

    Am sure you kn ow I say am a "If My Dr is smiling am happy" well that is because I trust my Dr and I know if I need to know anything its him that I see, and if its My Cancer Nurse Helen I see and need to know more My Dr is in the next roomits a case of waiting till he has done with who is in…[Read more]

  • tom replied to the topic New and need advice on Myeloma XI in the forum Newcomers 12 years ago

    Hi Eric (am pleased that OUR Eve Misses nowt Lol)
    And am with Eve, stick with the trials I am on nowt at the moment and still in remission 😀 and mine was just CDT then SCT all in 2009.

    Tom "Onwards and Upwards" x

  • tom replied to the topic Neutrophil recovery after SCT in the forum General 12 years ago

    Hi Phil

    Think its all been said Nowt normal in this dept so not one shoe fits all, I never ever bothered with my PP nuets or anything els i just wanted to see My Dr with a smile on his Face and to be fair that worked and still is for me 😎

    Keep well and stay Fit

    Tom "Onwards and Upwards"

  • eve replied to the topic A wee bit confused in the forum Under 50s 12 years ago

    Hello Stewart

    Well a very bonny welcome,and congratulations on your new baby:-)

    Well MM is the last thing anyone needs or wants,but saying that on here you are going to see and hear lots of people who live with it for many years,so you will learn to cope with it.

    First may I say forget that diet,you will need all your body to sustain the…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic BMB Tomorrow in the forum General 12 years ago

    Hi Keith

    You sound very down,and who can blame you,I would agree they know the results,the meeting will be to decide the next treatment,in some ways they are trying not to leave you in a state of not knowing,but they forget,you become an expert on yourself.My advice is look on here at all the trials taking place in you area or not,and go armed…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic REVVING UP FOR SCT! in the forum Treatment 12 years ago

    Hi Chris
    Sounds if things are going well,they have taken your tube out,well well they must think you will not need any extra,s to help you improve like platelets.So that must be good,when you start feeling better you tend to want it to constant,well everybody is going to tell you it will take time,its something you cannot rush,if you stop and…[Read more]

  • eve replied to the topic Oh – Oh it's back in the forum General 12 years ago

    Hi Carol
    I am so sorry Carol,cannot help with PAD,Andy is the one to help you as he had PAD but it did not work for him:-(

    Your right,you do not have to put on a brave face here,we do understand,although Slims in remission,the brain says when do we have to start going through this again,never said at home but the thought is there,then I give…[Read more]

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