Crack open the wine... it's CANCER SUPPORT THREAD 61!

[WhatWouldLeslieKnopeDo]

Some of us have been here a while and others have only just joined. If you're lurking, feel free to say hello. We are quite friendly really.

You are welcome to join us, whatever sort of cancer you have, or if you're waiting for tests to find out whether you have cancer or not (we hope not!)

Our previous thread is here. Do check it out if you're new as there's lots of useful information in the first few posts.

Best wishes to everyone who finds themselves here

I was on the emergency appointment list but when I arrived my usual GP came and grabbed me from the waiting room as he had seen me on the list and wanted to see me himself :) I've got antibiotics for my ear and he also reviewed my morphine situation while I was there. I'm going to attempt to reduce the dose gradually and see if the pain returns. So I feel positive about that now.

mrsrhod sorry, I forgot to actually say good luck for tomorrow I hope it all goes smoothly. It's daunting being sent home quickly, but probably more restful to be in your own bed, and definitely less risk of germs.

Glad to hear your doctor is looking after you Leslie and hope the antibiotics start working soon. I've just taken mine, my codamol and my iron, my bed looks like a chemists codamol, paracetomol, antibiotics, ibuprofen and pads for the bleeding, all very elegant.

DS is deliriously happy as I told him a lost giant rubber duck had been found by Rottnest Island, which is home to the quokkas. He's obsessed with giant rubber ducks and quokkas and wanted to know why satellite had not been used to track the duck down. He's currently giggling away, think we'll have trouble getting him to sleep

nicky i have my chemo at home over the course of 5 days so no, nothing like that... it has come as rather a shock to my team as it's very rare for neutrophils/wbc to be affected by this type of chemo - normally it's platelets that are the major issue (and tbh mine aren't looking great there either!). Ho hum. Might ask the nurse about it on Wed. Thanks for the info!
Hope everyone is doing well. I have a horrible cold which is certainly not helping my energy levels so off to bed for me!

MrsRhod lots of luck for tomorrow. Not sure how GA in the pm followed by home works! Hope you feel OK.

Leslie good news all round - on the ear front and the morphine too. It's great that they're working towards a solution that works for you.

at the duck/quokka island

How are you feeling today penguins?

TQ thanks. I'm lucky to have such a great GP :) I hope you're not all bruised after yesterday

LittleGreyCat I hope you feel better soon

mrsrhod thinking of you

My ear is all gunky so me and my hot water bottle are enjoying some naff telly (anyone watch Counting On?!)

Sorry to hear you ear is all gunky Leslie, hope the antibiotics improve it soon, they normally help in a couple of days. Enjoy the TV.

Been working from home past couple of days but feeling rubbish - very dizzy and tired as I'm bleeding loads (sorry tmi). I'm presuming its my period and not the bath I took just before. The operation was supposed to improve the anaemia though, sigh, but maybe takes longer. Work gave me a really tight deadline and I had to say sorry not well enough to meet that. I can wfh all week just not superfast. At least my hours are only 5 hours a day. I will now join you with the Netflix. Still have some of the secret life ones to watch. Some of those males have annoying behaviour towards the poor females

Hope the op goes well Mrsrhod With mine my husband drove the car up to the hospital door and up to our front door so I only needed to be half awake after GA. If I hadn't got kids I would have stayed over as had own room.

I'm home and in bed. It was all fine. It was a private hospital so own room and quiet but I felt well enough to come back. Only complaint is the state of the roads, potholes and surgery are not a good mix.

Ouch! MrsR I feel for you.... glad you're back and comfy. Have a lovely sleep. ZZZzzzzzzz

Glad it went well and your home. Just remember no swimming for 48 hours, I know its tempting after a general in cold weather to jump straight in the pool 😉

I was thinking of popping over to the Lido in Ilkley but I'll give it a miss if you insist, it's going to be 11 degrees at the weekend though, I might crack. Feeling ok today, some pain obviously but not too bad, 3 scars appear to be very small, plenty of wind!

Glad you are feeling relatively OK, take it easy. I know its really hard to control be urge to be super active after a op/GA but the Lido can wait until the weekend. Maybe worth calling them in advance though to get it opened just for you.

Really glad the op went ahead and went according to plan, MrsRhod. I am sure you can put any excess wind to good use as jet propulsion through the water at the Lido.

Penguins yes the male marsupials are rather persistent I hope the bleeding is improving too. Anaemia is horrid

mrsrhod I'm glad it went well. I hope you are resting

It's a beautiful day today. I even sat outside to eat my lunch :) I hope everyone has some sunshine

Glad you got to enjoy lunch outside Leslie Hope you are feeling OK today.

Bleeding has reduced a lot and I thought I was back to my usual energy levels (well usual ill energy levels) but then the fact I slept from 11am to 2.30pm suggests otherwise. Have sunshine here. DH has just sent me a strange message saying he's bored and coming home, not sure what excitement he is expecting here but he maybe disappointed. Did get a sillily expensive SMEG blue kettle yesterday financed by not being able to get out but that's as exciting as its got here recently.

I'm glad the bleeding has reduced. Hopefully that'll help your energy. You're still recovering so not surprising you need a bit of extra sleep :) enjoy your new kettle! And hopefully DH has some exciting entertainment planned for you

Thanks Leslie He just went to sleep but that's fine as I'm not really feeling like anything more exciting than a film in bed.

Hope your ear is getting better. I just keep falling asleep, those wombats sent me to sleep.

Hi everyone, sunshine makes everything seem a teeny bit better doesn't it

Hello, just popping my head back in again now that it seems I am truly a fully paid up member of the cancer club.
I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with secondary breast cancer - enlarged lymph nodes and a lesion on my left lung and spine. I was totally floored. I'd had a shoulder issue for a couple of weeks which I put down to swimming/children/sleeping - but I couldn't raise it past 'hitler'. I flagged it and was given an MRI - my oncologist really wasn't concerned at that point. Then got a call back for a CT 3 days later.
I'm still trying to get my head around it. I have years, but not decades.
I started on Kadcyla yesterday and will have this every 3 weeks for as long as it works. If it works.

I was on here a year ago with breast cancer. 5 rounds FEC-t, mastectomy left side and radiotherapy with herceptin until December.

I'll read back to get myself reacquainted xxx

So sorry to hear that Rocket74 Not surprised you are floored, anyone would be with that. I hope the treatment works.

Hi Rocket so sorry you find yourself back here. It must be a huge and awful shock. I'm ovarian cancer, stage 4, dx March 2017, now on 2nd line chemo (Caelyx). Lone parent to 18, 20 and 22 yr old DCs.

rocket welcome back, but I'm so sorry you're here. It's such a nasty shock. I hope that the Kadcyla gives the cancer hell without causing you too many side effects!

Dolly sunshine is definitely a tonic. Hopefully you will get lots on your travels :)

Waving to everyone from underneath my duvet. Sleep well.

Oh Rocket. Fuckityshitbollocksbastarding cancer. I was just doing my usual lurking (I was going to have a rant about my oncologist) and spotted this. I'm so bloody sorry. I really hope Kadcyla does its job, and without being one of those hideous 'think positive!' types, I also hope in the 'years' you're predicting that something will come along to change them into decades.

I did snort at 'couldn't raise it past Hitler' - I must have missed that scale. Glasgow coma, Bristol stool, Fascist latissimus dorsi extension?

We got junk mail the other day from a wine company to DP, with 'It's been a while' on the back - I laughed at that as well, erm yes, he's been dead for over 2 years. Also the cold call from the window company who 'had' to speak to DP. There was a long silence on the end of the phone when asked if they had a resident medium. DP would have found it funny.

I see my plastic surgeon for a nipple tattoo tomorrow. This is all sorts of wrong. I have to go as if prepping for proper surgery, which is a far cry from my last tattoo. I expect there'll be local anaesthetic and dressings, not vodka and cling film sellotaped to the 'artwork'. Also have visions of selecting a colour - I'm looking at Pantone charts, 2338 or 2444 perhaps. Disconcerting not to have some hairy arsed biker blokes hanging around at the same time. I just know I'm going to say something completely inappropriate.

Hope you're doing ok MrsRhod, at last eh?! I'm trying to get someone to refer me back to the gynae as I was just past the 6 month cut off when I contacted her to say I wanted to go ahead. Gah. I'll get there eventually.

Leslie, sending you a gentle hug, hope you're cosy under your duvet.

Penguins, I hope the expensive kettle is a good investment, over the past few years I've shelled out on top of the range pans, toaster, kettle etc because I was sick of buying mid range ones that didn't last. I now wish I'd done it years ago, it's my advice to my DSDs - go for quality!

A big wave/hug to everyone else xx

Flippy good luck with your nipple tattoo! and with the gynae stuff. Your post really made me laugh, so thank you. But sorry about the admin stuff. They can be so insensitive.

I am snuggled under my blanket. My ear is making lots of weird noises, but the pain has improved hugely. Phew.

Waving to all!

Hope the tattoo goes well Flippy DH is still recovering from the price of the kettle (though I get 15 percent off at House of Fraser as work has Perkbox which helps) but I think he loves her, he told me she looks like a penguin or a beautiful blue bird 😂 Old one was just a cheapish one which only lasted a year. DD is saying we need a matching toaster and blender.

Glad your ear is getting better Leslie

MrsR Hope you are starting to return to the land of the living.

Felt a bit rubbish today but its nearly the weekend and at least work let me work from home. Just been compiling list of pre existing conditions for travel insurance for DH and I, going to sound like a couple of 80 year olds when I phone up.

Love to all

Hello, apologies for crashing the thread. I had surgery three weeks ago and the nurse saw that the mass in my breast has substantially grown so I’m being referred again. I posted on these threads a few years ago the first time this happened and Chewing was so supportive, and sent me a few messages. Hopefully she has graduated :)

I’ve been feeling very poorly... so dizzy it feels like there’s a butterfly in my head and I’ve fainted a few times on the school run. Lost 3 stone too.. (which I needed to lose!) I’m hoping it isn’t related but can’t help but worry now I’ve been referred.