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Hi Have got my results back an (aggressive cancer) grading T1G3 and now this has been put on the back burner as they are regrading it, in the last 4 weeks my body has had a lot of changes, the lymph node seems to be larger, the left side of my stomach is slightly swollen, my appetite is nearly non existent having to force myself to eat because of smell of cooking and food make me feel real nauseas I have lost nearly 10 kilo since this has all started but I do not know at what stage I started to loose the weight.

Well this week was my second round of treatment on Folfox. I seem to (so far and touch wood) avoided a number of the side effects that are listed and felt really good today and not so bad yesterday. My main day for getting plugged in is Wednesday, so today (Fri) felt good when they unplugged the portapump. It really is a nuisance.

Hi, this is my first blog, I've been reading through other blogs and I have to say that I am really touched by the support here. My dad has refractory prostate cancer, he's had the cancer for 17 years (he is 72) & it was always controlled (radiation then hormone therapy) but now the silly thing has decided to have a spurt and has pooled up in a lymph node in his abdomen so my dear father is going through chemo. The cancer has never bothered him, scan after scan revealed nothing but the abnormal cells were identified and were controlled for years - until now.

[ser-vahy-vuhl] noun 1. the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances. 2. a person or thing that survives or endures, especially an ancient custom, observance, belief, or the like. Defining survival appears straightforward, but within cancer circles it isn't. The days are gone when your medical professional declares 'You're cured!'. Instead, careful language filled with scientific precautionary and cautionary thinking is used. Terms like 'no evidence of disease' and 'long-term remission' now dominate.

I've been at the royal melbourne hospital since 8.30am, it was a long day indeed. It had to be that way however cos it was my first day of a new round and I had a new chemo drug to be introduced to - it's called Cisplatin and it hasn't really changed since they started using chemo to treat cancer. It's some nasty stuff and I'm not feeling too good, right now. What bothers me the most isn't the nausea or the fatigue, it's the fact that I can't use my brain the same way I did yesterday. I'm a writ

met up with a friend tonight.. was discussing the recent wedding plans to my beautiful terminally ill partner when this friend reminded me that 'there might not be a wedding'... some people are just so blunt and ask questions so straight out like 'how long have the doctors given them? do they think they'l be around for much longer?".. this friend was asking me this as if it was 'so hows the weather?" i just burst into tears :( people can be so rude