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Had surgery by Prof. Morris last March at St. George Hospital. I had the extreme extent of cancer that he would operate on. Am very grateful that he did as I now have a full and active life. I was 6 weeks in hospital after surgery, had complications but since being discharged from hospital have been very well and gradually became more active. Currently walking up to 5 kgs a day, have had 12 cyles of chemo since I came home to regional NSW and now on a 'wait and see'cycle. My 2 checkups with Prof. Morris since operation have been excellent and now only have to see him 6 monthly.

This was the last post I wrote before taking time out from blogging. I had quite alot to deal with after recovering so I felt it was best to deal with everything and start moving moving forward. I continued blogging in the months afterwards but it was nice to just reflect for a while 🙂 http://www.thecancerstory.com/2012/04/part-29-wave-hello-say-goodbye.html

Hi everyone I had an open partial Nephrectomy in Oct 2012 to remove a renal cell carcinoma . I was very lucky as the tumor was found early, it was still very small and had not spread anywhere. Follow up CT scan and x-ray last week confirmed that I am now cancer free and my urologist said I have a less than 1% chance of recurrence or spread. My surgery went very smoothly with no post op complications but I am concerned that 15 weeks after surgery I still have quite a lot of pain.

This post talks about the emotional affects after Cancer. I did have quite alot to deal with but counselling helped. http://www.thecancerstory.com/2012/02/part-28-hang-on-help-is-on-its-way.html

I was with him and he knew me. I read him his favourite bits of the Bible. He couldn't breathe - just gasping. I was holding his hand, he was gripping mine, and his breaths slowed, and his grip slackened, and he left me. Ray died today at 1110h. I'm so glad I was with him - he was terrified of dying alone in a hospital. I'm okay. I knew this day would come, and I've been prepared for it for the last month. I'm happy that he came back to me at the end. I'm not sure I could have handled it if he'd still been in the delerium - he wasn't my Ray then.

What has become increasingly obvious to me is when people say, " I am here for you", it doesn't always ring true. Since my Mum's diagnosis I have found myself having to ignore more people than I thought I would. When I recently went on holiday, a family member accused me of "abandoning my Mum". When I expressed online the grief I was feeling another person said, "you are making your Mum's cancer all about you" I have been accused of not caring or not caring enough. Or not providing enough financial assistance.