I have to disagree here on the three strike rule ... rules are meant to be broken!!! I have so far broken that rule and I hope to continue breaking it. Cancer, MS and now cancer again ................ Julie ... View more

HI Carl I would deal with as you are now and that is by reaching out to others and sharing experiences. It helps to know that others go through the same things and although most of us are on opposite sides of aus thanks to modern technology it bridges the gap very easily and quickly. When I had my radiotherapy I had to travel 200kms and basically I just stayed there for two months till it was all over. I did go home once in that time and had visitors a couple of times. Head and neck radiotherapy is very invasive and I think we all go into shock, which of course is different degrees for different people. How long is it since you finished treatment? Julie ... View more

Hiya Paterik I am very sorry to hear about your mother. She is going to need a lot of support after she has gone through all of that as will you. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with uterine cancer and any other possible alternatives. Please remember that the cancer council do offer phone counselling and of course it is great to unload on this site also. I wish I could offer you more help and information. Julie ... View more

Hi Richard That must make life tough for you. I am wondering if you are able to tap into the brain inujured society and get some assistance from them. For instance, my friend can get a gym membership paid for and someone will actually set up a program specifically for her needs. They may well offer assistance in other areas that I am not aware of. If you need anyone to find out some information for you, let me know and I will see what i can find out for you. Julie ... View more

Hey Carl You have been through a lot of heavy treatment and its tough to get through head and neck treatment. It is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel at times. How long ago did you finish treatment? Did you have cisplatin first and then radiotherapy? Julie ... View more

Totally agree with darkiescorner re feelings not being logical. :) Hey Carl ... I am another head and neck patient and thats one tough treatment to get through! Have you joined the head and neck group on this site? There are a few of us in the group that have posted and some handy hints have been put in there also. Julie ... View more

Hey Rodney All ok here thanks. You are in the worse bit of any diagnosis or testing and thats the waiting and it gets worse the closer you get. Hang in there and tomorrow you will know what you have to deal with or not. Fingers crossed here for you too. It is tough when you are the bread winner and having to return to work. Least you have managed it and hopefully you can remain on lightish duties till you get on top of things physically. Sure its hard to commit, it wont always be that way for you ... hang in there and all the best for tomorrow. Julie ... View more

Hi Sarah ... wow I think in some ways I could have written your post. 🙂 I get so "over it" by the processes we have to go through and the totally uneducated people we are forced to deal with. I feel like if I have to explain to one more person I am going to scream and most of that applies to non friends and family at the moment. They are a whole new ball game for the most part. The system is insanely widespread and any help that is meant to be out there is often hard to access. I had something said to me recently and it was quite crude yet accurate and I will have to think of something non crude to transalate it into to put it on this site. At the moment the ability to do that escapes me and I am sure some of it will get lost in the translation. Take care Julie ... View more

Hi Richard That must be tough for you with having those side effects from your treatment. I have a friend who is now brain damaged from having a stroke and she has had to stop working and I highly doubt she will ever be able to return to working again. Could you get some assistance from the brain injured society? I know my friend has had some help from them and they have seem to have quite a lot of resources available. Regards Julie ... View more

Hey Rod Glad that test is over for you, it sounds horrid. Now you are in the difficult part and have to wait. Roll on Friday, I bet you want to get that over and done with. I admire you for getting back to work so soon after treatment. I am still really struggling with fatigue, although I have low iron levels at the moment aswell. Working on building those up and am starting to feel a little better. I am feeling heaps better in comparison to when i finished treatment, it is just taking a long time to get back to normalish. You take care too Julie ... View more