Living alone with Cancer and Depression

[Jennifer66]

Hi @Richard56 

So good to hear your nose is healing well, not so good with your BCG, I guess it’s a good sign that it is doing its job, I think it affects men differently to women. 
hopefully you will feel a lot better tomorrow. 
good luck with all your treatments as you certainly are going through a  tough time at moment 

take care 

Jennifer 😘

[Richard56]

Hi Jennifer,  Thank you so much for your message, it means so much to me. Your right, it is a good sign, in a couple of days I'll be feeling quite normal i hope, now I'm feeling tired, its probably because of the number of stresses regarding my health as well, I'm ok though and will battle on, I'm really pleased on how my nose is coming along too, the other skin cancers have scabbed up and fallen off, there is some more to do, but they're not urgent, my skin cancer specialist who I saw back in Aug 24 couldn't believe that all these skin cancer's presented themselves in such a short time especially when i always wear a wide brim hat and sunscreen outside,  I will now see him every 4 months and my skin surgeon wants to see me in 4 weeks time to review my nose.

I think about you and what you've been through, you're a very courageous woman, I'm so proud of you. 

How are you going now, are you getting some peace in life ? I really hope so, it's so good that your husband is so very loving and supportive , I hope you can go on a nice holiday together. 

Take care,

Richard 😘xx

[Jennifer66]

Hi @Richard56 

you certainly are very courageous and strong, you are going through so much.

my life is back to normal I have amazed myself how well I cope with the ‘bag and night bag’ no problems at all

i go to the pool no problems at all.
And Peter has been the force behind my great  recovery as he made sure I was not doing anything. 
we have been away for a little holiday to Lakes Entrance  such a beautiful place and did really well as lots of new supplies to take 

now take care as you have a lot going on, stay strong 

Jennifer 💖

[Richard56]

Hi Cindi,

Just checking in to see how you are doing ? , are you on a break or still having treatment atm ?, I hope your tiredness has eased and you're able to do things, what is your next step of treatment. 

My week has been quite good apart from the tiredness from my treatment, although the oncologist said I would be in a lot of burning pain, I really haven't had it that bad, a bit of pain just only for a day and a half then ok, another BCG treatment tomorrow , maybe the side effects might compound as each week goes on, but I can deal with that.

I'm so pleased that my nose has healed and looks so good, the plastic surgeon has done an amazing job. 

My partner goes away next week for 2 weeks visiting her son in Qld, I really wish I was going too, not to worry.

Hoping you're ok

Hugs to you,

Richard 😘xxoo

[Richard56]

Hi Jennifer, 

I'm glad you had a nice little holiday,  yes, Lakes Entrance is a very nice place for a holiday, and so good you can go for a swim too , do you live in Victoria ?

Sally and I are planning a trip to Bali in October or maybe it could be Singapore we're not sure yet but it'll be good to go OS for a little holiday.

Sally is much like your Peter, with all that has happened to me in these last 12 months, Sally has been there for me all of the time.

Finally I'm off the medication for sjorgens syndrome, recent blood tests has proved it is not present anymore which is a massive relief and no more symptoms, GP thinks it could have been the BCG treatment that has fixed it ??, so now I'm really getting there, my nose has healed together with where he took the graft from too. I not being too complacent though, I will take life one day at a time, but right now I'm the fittest I've been in a few years, working out most days for an hour.

I'm so pleased you have adjusted to using a bag, and that's your new normal, and life is once again good, we all just have to press on no matter what life presents to us, I'm proud of you 🙂.

Another BCG tomorrow,  then I'm going to Sally's for a couple of days, then she will going to Qld to visit her son for a couple of weeks. 

Take good care Jennifer, thinking about you.

Richard,  😘 xxoo

[Cindi54]

Hi Richard,

I'm so glad you sound so much better this time around, it's so good. Very happy for you, and that's great that your nose is healing so well.

Good on you for getting yourself so fit , that'll help so much with getting well.

Sorry Sally's going away but you'll be right, 2 weeks seems to fly, well for me anyway. I'm going to start back at gym today after taking it easy  after twisting my ankle, looking forward to that. My bladder cancer treatment has finished for now, just 3 monthly checks, but still on breast cancer treatment, will be for next 8 years I think, I've kind of got used to that though.

Good luck today, let us know how it goes.

Hugs from Cindi xxoo

[Cindi54]

Hey Richard,

Hoping you're ok, haven't heard from you for a while?

Anyway, take care,

Sending hugs,

Cindi xx😘