Hi Andrew So sorry to read of your prognosis. This is a tough one that I think about from time to time. Not sure I have ever concluded much, which is not helpful to you. ... View more

Hi.. I tore my rotor cuff tendon after I finished treatment and my muscles are still not quite the same. I take magnesium and find it helps me. 🙂 ... View more

hi katie wow poor you!! I have had an oral cancer and can tell you that the treatment is frightening and tough. However, in saying that it does not mean that you should be getting abused. Is it possible that your Mum could get some counselling at all? I know the cancer council has a help line aswell as this online forum. It really does sound like your mum isn't coping very well. Hoping that things will improve for you soon. Julie ... View more

Hi Kathy ... gets easier the more you use it 🙂 and your welcome. ... View more

Hi Amy It will depend on how your mum is going at the moment. Best bet is to talk to the doctors or cancer nurses. Do you have support and are you aware of palliative care? A lot for you to deal with at the mo and sending you hugs. Julie ... View more

Kathy you are doing a wonderful thing in offering to share. If we can all help just one person through this cancer gig then it is a good thing to do!! Julie ... View more

Hi Carmel Your most welcome to use my story. Sorry to take so long in replying but I am working away with limited internet and phone. Sharing is a good thing to do in my opinion. It helps others to know they aren't totally alone, although we are experience different emotions and cope with different things etc... I have absolutely no complaints about my treatment once I was under the care of my oncologist and that goes for both my cancers. For me, it was actually trying to get a diagnosis. It is not uncommon to hear these stories at all and I am sure you will have no problems in getting numbers together. It is also cathartic to do something to help others and certainly trying to get things changed regarding diagnosis is a powerful thing to get altered. Take care Julie ... View more

Hi Caroline I don't have the same cancer but I did have a head and neck cancer. Mine also was very late in diagnosis due to doctors not listening to me and blamed it on sinusitis. I had chemo followed by radiotherapy combined with monoclonal therapy. Wishing you both all the very best with treatment etc... Julie ... View more

Hi Carmel Your story is very similar to mine. We have all this advertising happening about people being aware of cancer symptons etc.... Think perhaps they should educated gps on those symptons and how to actually listen to someone who has been to see them. Interesting in a black sort of sense that my first cancer was 26 years ago and not much changed in my second diagnosis of cancer which came 21 years later. Still had gps telling me nothing was wrong ... and voila they were incorrect again! Julie ... View more

Hi Juno Another west aussie rural person here. I travelled for my treatment and spent a lot of time in Perth over a perdiod of 5 months or so. It gets tough but it's very doable. Are you staying at Milroy House or Crawford Lodge at all? I stayed mostly at Milroy and it was a great facility. If you do stay there, you could get a group together a have a movie afternoon in their theatre. :) Hope all goes well with your treatments. Julie ... View more