Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing well and feeling the best that you can be! So tonight something very weird happened, and has happened a few times since the first incident. I've had a slight cough (my daughter has a slight cold, so I probably caught it from her), and a sore throat - nothing bad enough to take throat lozenges or anything - just an annoyance really. All of a sudden I felt a big lump in the bottom of my throat, and as I 'worked it up' towards my mouth, and (sorry this is gross and TMI) spat it out into a tissue, it was a HUGE blood clot, Hard, and the size of about one and a half 50c pieces put together. There was no streaking of blood or anything, just this massive blood clot. Since then I've had 2 more, of the same consistency, but not as large. Very dark in colour, but quite clearly blood. Has anyone else experienced this while going through cancer treatment or while having cancer? I'm a little worried, as on Wednesday my regime gets increased AGAIN, and they're putting me in isolation to administer it. I also have to have a full body scan to check if there are any other small nasties they have missed. The cocktail I am on at present is: Taxol, Carboplatin, Herceptin, and Doxorubicin. - Weekly doses of all of them, but the Doxorubicin is being increased this Wednesday before my surgery on Friday. Any ideas anyone? Stay strong, Joanna xo ... View more

Hi everyone, (I would say Good Morning, but that would be a complete lie as my morning has been hell!) So I had my 4th (or is it 3rd?) Chemo treatment today, but because the lump that was removed from my breast turned out to be cancerous and has the HER2 mutation they have thrown 2 more drugs into the mix. So now I'm having Carboplatin, Taxol, Doxorubicin and Herceptin. My normal Oncologist was not there this week, so I had some fill-in guy who seemed nervous and made me uncomfortable about asking questions etc. At least my usual Chemo nurse Maureen was there, which almost made things a little easier. Oh, and now that I have breast cancer also, I get the Breast Cancer goodie bag full of all pink things - how wonderful. Why Breast Cancer gets all the good stuff while Uterine Cancer goes basically unrecognised I do not know. Anyway, is there anyone else out there with either Uterine or Breast or both who have received this cocktail of drugs before? Because honestly, it was incredibly brutal and I really don't want to have to go back next week. Plus, I have what I like to call 'Chemo Brain'. I can't remember if I've done things, or told people certain things, or if whatever I'm saying makes any sense. it sucks. Seriously, I'm 28 - I know that cancer has no age limit, but seriously now - I'd kind of like a break! I'm so so so so so sorry for the 'why me' rant, but I'm having a bad day, and at least I know that you guys will understand. So now I will return to laying down and throwing up. Thank's for listening and all the best to all of you! Lots of love hugs and kisses, Joanna xoxo ... View more

Hello Everyone, My name is Joanna, I'm 28 and was diagnosed with Uterine cancer late last year. It was discovered after a pap test I had came back with precancerous cells, some of which were removed, but then they decided to do a whole bunch of scans as I was getting intense pain after sex (sorry if TMI!) - well, not just after sex, but any time I climaxed I would feel like I was having labor contractions (again, sorry if TMI!). I had an external and internal ultrasound which showed the cancer was in my uterus and one of my ovaries....and had spread to my cervix. I told my partner about the news straight away, but waited a few weeks to tell my family, as they had already watched my mother die of breast cancer, and I really didn't want to put them through it all again. So...moving on! I've started aggressive Chemo in the hope to shrink the cancer before my surgery on the 5th of February 2010. I go in once a week, and yesterday had my second treatment. The drugs they are giving me are Paclitaxel, Herceptin and Cisplatin. I'm a little confused as from some of what I've read seems to indicate that those drugs, or at least one of them, are used for Breast cancer. But I'm just going along with what the doctors suggest. My bad ovary gets removed on the 5th of feb, and if the cancer hasn't shrunk enough they will remove all my girly bits apart from the good ovary. So now I'm laying in bed, throwing up, feel like i've been hit by a freight train, and I'm not well enough to look after my very special daughter who is almost 14 months, and is on oxygen as she was 13 weeks early (born at 27 weeks). Suki has had to start daycare, for two days a week because of all of this and I just feel so guilty. I feel like I have failed her. I feel angry that my family has to watch yet another loved one go through cancer treatments (we have a long family history of various cancers), and to top it all off - my hair started falling out this morning. So there is my vent for today! I hate having these 'why me' days, but always remind myself that there is always someone out there worse off than you, and at least I have the option of treatment, even though it's absolute hell. Best Wishes to all of you, Nice to meet you! Joanna xo ... View more