Not a good day. leukaemia diagnosis.

[biscuitsandbandages]

When I woke up this morning I was a mum of 3 with an 8 week old baby.

Now im a cancer patient on thr coronary care ward.

This cannot be happening to me.

good morning biscuits, and mumsfret. It's lovely to see women reaching out to each other, and i am sure mumsfret that your experiences are helping the op and many others.

sending love from Devon xxx

((((Mumsfret)))) I don't have the right words, but was touched by your earlier post. You too are amazing. We are blessed to have you on MN too.

Hi Biscuits, lovely to hear you being so positive, you will fulfil all of these promises.
Love and best wishes to you and yours.

Hey Biscuits, just checking in to see how you are doing today. You don't have to reply! I just wanted you to know how many of us are still out there thinking of you.

I love the way you wrote about your children; my lovely DD taught me how to be a mummy too. Although DS is rewriting the rulebook on that one somewhat...grumpy little toerag

Hope you have had a good and positive day Biscuits...you are in all our thoughts. How are your beautiful babies?

Oh Mumsfret you are not hijacking.. you are a valued guest in prisoner cell block in chemoland... im so pleased you got a release date :-) take it easy and give your precious family a hug from me.. keep us posted on how you are doing xxx

Hello everyone and thank you for not deserting me :-) ive been a little quite. Just emotional ly exhausted by the last few weeks roller coaster and just finding a place to settle in for the ride.

Im feeling im a lot less angry and scared and although I know there is a lot of uncertainty there is also a lot of hope. For someone with this disease I have a good chance of going home to my family eventually. If I get an infection I am strong, my body is healthy. I have no antibiotic allergies and they can throw the book at me. If I get home and relapse in 5 years time. A) thats 5 years and b) thats 5 years of new research. .. it is moving fast.

Im going to post everyday if thats ok.. I really value this safe space to rant and cry and rage and tell the good bits too.

The lumbar puncture is something I can deal with now and the results from yesterday were excellent with no evidence of leukaemia in my spinal fluid.
I am feeling well and start injections of another chemo drug tomorrow I can do this.

Thank you everyone. Thank you xx

Thanks for keeping us posted, biscuits. I don't often post but always read and think about you lots x

Brilliant news about the lumbar puncture results biscuits. You can do it, because you are doing it!

the results from yesterday were excellent with no evidence of leukaemia in my spinal fluid.

YEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Great news biscuit!!

Both the lumbar puncture & your spirit!!
A nurse said to me "you'll find your coping mechanism" and I did! So will you! also i found the cheerier I was the more the nurses responded to me, the more conversation I got from them, the happier I became! Also the better I stayed, there is an emotional impact on our health.

Although I couldn't abide anyone telling me to stay positive, keep my chin up etc etc, but I decided to make my time in prison positive & it went quicker!

I keep checking in on you! Tell your children mummy needs some paintings for your room and turn your clinical box into your room! I even took a bedside lamp in!! He he!!

Go Biscuits!

As far as I'm concerned the wee biscuit icon is now yours.

So happy to hear your great news, biscuits. I hope you go from strength to strength. I enjoyed reading about your lovely family - I am cheering you all on.

Very pleased for youBiscuits!

Fab news !!! Keep hoping and fighting- well done you xxxx

Excellent news. Keep it up!

That really is brilliant news - very well done. Your body is fighting and the meds are working. All is good!

Brilliant news! Keep going, take it one day at a time and that is one days worth of treatment over and done with, and one day closer to going home to your beautiful family. X.

Woohoo for good news and being positive! You've got this biscuits!!

Fabulous news Biscuits!

Didn't post yesterday but was thinking of you. Delighted you have yet more first hand advice from people who have faced and overcome all of the physical, mental and emotional hurdles. The thoughts, prayers and advice from many will be a comfort. Those of deserttrek, blondepip and mumsfret must be like manna from Heaven.

Delighted also to hear the results from the LB are so positive and that now you have done it once, you know it can indeed be done. Every step is a step closer to home.

Your story so far is remarkable and has served to help many of us, I'm sure, not to take so much for granted. If I am cheered by your positive news, I can only begin to imagine the impact in you and your family.

Keep posting, when you feel buoyed and when you don't, and there will always, always be a throng here listening to you, holding your hand and rooting for you x

Fab news biscuits and mumsfret too
You both rock

What bloody excellent news!

Yay biscuits and mumsfret

Excellent news!!!!! Well done you!! Stay strong and keep focused...you CAN beat this...it will not win.

Yay!

My friend was diagnosed with breast cancer last Tuesday. Out of the blue.

I told her all about you and how strong you are and how we can all beat this together.

Xx

That's great news biscuit