I'm a Kidney Cancer survivor, I have 2 girlfriends who are Breast Cancer survivors, I lost a friend to non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma 4 yrs ago, another friend to Bowel Cancer 3 months ago, another close friend has both Prostate and Pancreatic Cancer (has been given about 18mths) and now my sister has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma (luckily stage 1)... what's going on?? ... View more

Everyone is touched by cancer at some stage, whether it's a personal experience or a friend or loved one... I just think I hadn't quite realised the full extent. I have friends who've had breast cancer, bowel cancer and I had kidney cancer but one of my dearest friends has found his true love Ron after years of searching, only for him to be being taken away. Ron already had prostate cancer when they met, which was been managed pretty well. Now 18mths on things aren't looking good, not only because it's spreading, but because he also has pancreatic cancer with secondaries. I'm lost as to what I can do to help support my dear friend other than be here for him, especially as we don't know how long they have left together. Again I want to say my heart goes out to everyone touched by this awful disease that shows no mercy. Hugs to you all xx ... View more

Hi all Not sure where to start... it's been an emotional first half to the year with very high high's and very low low's. 3rd February - my darling proposed 4th March - appedicitis - ultrasound also revealed a 'lesion' on my left kidney 5th March - appendix removed 6th March - found out we were 4wks pregnant (had been trying for 5 months) 7th March - MRI 8th March - Results of scan showed an 11cm growth 13th March - radical left nephrectomy (pathology = T3 Chromophobe RCC weighing in at 715g) 17th March - home & in recovery 9th April - miscarriage 24th May - back to work (child care centre manager) and told by employer that i shouldn't book annual leave any time soon as I'd already had a lot of time off. 8th July - left my job - couldn't cope with the stress and high expectation I feel like my life has fallen apart. I don't recognise myself anymore. Physically I'm OK but I find myself feeling overwhelming sadness every now and again. We just found out we're 5wks pregnant again and I'm wracked with worry about whether something will go wrong. I can't help but worry that the cancer will return too. As many people have told me, I know I'm lucky... things could be so much worse. I just wanted to say it helps to read other's blogs to put things in perspective. Thank you! :) Yvie ... View more