Hey sailor ... as far as i am concerned you can say bugger as much as you want!! Lets hope the raised psa is just a false alarm for you. I do admire the way that you seem to cope with having had cancer for so long and the amount of treatment you must have gone through in all that time. Then of course i have to admire you ability to write and the fact that you are a very caring and kind invidual. :) Have a merry christmas, sailor and say bugger allllll you want. Julie ... View more

Hey Cats Happy Birthday and i hope you have a fantastic day. One thing i want to know did the dog and cat take notice of what you said? I used to speak to my animals too. :) Julie ... View more

lol cats ... i dunno about the plot am soooooooo tired i cant really think. Am sure i will feel better soon. I mentally blow a raspberry at all the "know alls".. All together now 1, 2, 3?? haha Julie ... View more

hey cats interesting how others perceptions of how we should be, are! I am just sitting here reeling a little after someone who has never had cancer has just told me how it should be for me and others that go through this and now my son keeps talking to me as i am typing lol so i have completely lost the plot with what i was going to say. You are not on your own as there are many of us that "look" ok and yet we feel so tired from the treatment. I am having that problem myself at the moment. hugss Julie ... View more

Hi Jill ... ack so sorry for writing that with no explanation!! I have had radiotherapy to a tumour that was on the base of my tongue. That means that my neck and mouth have been quite affected both outwardly and inwardly. What happens is that an enormous amount of scarring occurs, so intially they cannot do scans because it is impossible to tell whether what they are seeing is scarring or a tumour. So a scope is a little camera "thingy" (i love that word ... haha) that they stick up my nose (after spraying with numbing stuff) and down my throat, so that they can look and see what was going on. They scoped me when i was half way through chemo and there was only a very small part of the tumour left. I have apparently had a great clinical reaction (or rather my tumour did) to the chemotherapy. Then they give radiotherapy to mop up what or if anything is left. 🙂 The biopsy that i am waiting on has been taken from my previous cancer site. It could be just part of a the keloid scarring, lets hope it is. :) Hope that explains it a little better. I am shocking at writing things without explaining, my apologies. Julie ... View more

My first cancer was from an unknown primary site which they think had gone into remission by the time we found the secondaries. regards Julie ... View more

Hi Jill I am a bit amazed at how tired i am after my trip to perth. Scope ws all good though and just waiting on biopsy results. THanks Julie ... View more

Hiya cats I think i have blogged when i shouldnt have ... but does it really matter? nope! Good on you for putting some thoughts on our screens. Julie ... View more

Hi sailor I have a reply for you running around in my head, however, i am sooooooo tired after my trip to perth i dont want to write it just yet. SO standby ... lol take care Julie ... View more

Hiya Reindeer Thanks to you also for your contributions!! I hope that you and yours have a wonderful christmas and all the best for 2010. Julie xoxo ... View more