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May 2010
Jo and Julie on very good advice from you both I have decided to keep on eating chocolate yaaaay. It is one of life's little pleasures and I am sure we are entitled to have a little bit of pleasure after what we have been through. I thought of something rude then - it's not crude or vulgar - but after menopause and the operation - chocolate is my one true pleasure!!!! yeah bye and thanks
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May 2010
Hi Chris I hope your chat with the Cancer Council went well and you are not as stressed and worried as you have been. I hope they were able to assist you in how to get your colonoscopy results without charging you - I am still horrified by that. Take care of yourself and look forward to hearing from you. xx Hope you sister-in-law is ok too.
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May 2010
Jill - Mrs Elton- my thoughts are with you.This is all very sad and very exhausting physically,mentally and emotionally.
I experienced what you are talking about with my Dad - very undignified - but what else can we do- we love them.
I may not be a 'good Catholic' attending Mass etc but I do pray and it is a comfort - so I am thinking of you and your boys in Prayer also.
I never thought I would say this to anyone but - cyber hugs are coming your way. Take care xxxJ
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May 2010
Hi Margc - yes I'm glad I'm off chemo and vile disgusting side effects - especially hose horrid steroids - I think they are worse side effect wise than the chemo.
Anyway I may be back on it in few weeks- lovely!!!!!
I'm glad you had a lovely Mothers Day - not being or having a mum, I enjoyed my day with my darling cat and dog and according to my sister
'they gave her $1.50 to buy me a chocolate'!!!. Yes she is getting as crazy as me - no not true - she knows I am crazy so she kindly goes along with it!!!!!!!. Obviously someone in your family does the same - the card!! Good fun isn't it.
Anyway I hope you are well - until next time bye meeow
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May 2010
I have been taken of my 3 types of chemo and I have not felt this healthy and happy for 11 months.
I was taken off xeloda originally due to hand-foot syndrome - especially my feet - very sore and chronic (my words) diarrhea.
My tumour markers dropped drastically and everyone was happy!
THEN the dreaded scan showed up a few things that couldn't be explained - so off chemo, another scan in about 3 weeks then my fate is in the hands of my oncologists mmmm.
My hair is also starting to grow back - very different - I am a natural red head but the fur on my head is dark- odd!
I am throwing myself into serious gardening as I want my new garden to be beautiful - lot of work as it was quite neglected when I moved in to my new home.
My dog and I are going for marathon (well!!) almost, walks to explore our new surroundings and to try an find dog free areas - he is a bit of a barker and depending on his mood, can be a little fractious!, Most of the dogs around here seem to be very well behaved. As my sister says "a better class of dog in this area" I tend to agree- BUT- dogs are born to bark and jump and wag their tails - let us be dogs says mine with big happy woofs!
Anyway I want to get as much of the physical stuff done as possible as I really do not know what my future plans are re treatment or not.
In the meantime I am just going to enjoy feeling good.
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May 2010
Hi Versaillon and Rob - lovely to hear from you - gorgeous language - thought I was talking to myself!! I am so glad Rob is in remission that is fantastic and I hope everything continues to go smoothly. If you remember I have the same as Rob except for the mets to the liver- now they have taken me off chemo for 6 weeks because I have spots on my lung and the tumours on my liver are still there and they don't know what to put me on. Another scan in couple of weeks then they make the big decision!!!! Can't bloody wait- yeah sure.
I am the best I have been seeing I'm off the three lots of chemo drugs - I feel healthy and have put on heaps of weight which everyone is saying is good - Good!!! I've spent most of my life on damn diets and after the operation I was almost thin (very unhealthy I may add) but but but I don't want to put on heaps of weight - I am just a pig and I am going to stop eating chocolate (I think).
Great to hear from you, keep in touch and keep well and stay happy
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May 2010
Hi Chris
Thanks for replying I was worried about you and with good reason by the sound of it.
I really don't know what you can do - hopefully someone on this site will be able to offer some advice and don't forget the Helpline - they will certainly know what can be done.
That is disgusting - I've never heard of that - paying before you get results - thats absolutely ridiculous AND why did they let you go when you are still bleeding?.
Hopefully someone can help you - this is just not good enough.
All I can say is take care of yourself and please someone give Chris some helpful advice.
Good luck xx
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May 2010
To willo04 and teach - lovely sentiments from you both.
I am not a mother- I am an aunt - I have enormous respect for mothers and for what you have to do and put up with and especially all the mums with cancer.
I wish you all a very Happy Mothers Day and I hope you are able to defeat this disgusting disease very soon.
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May 2010
My sincere sympathy DizzyDee.
My Dad lost his battle with prostate cancer in 1990. I still miss him so much but I know, as with your Dad, he is no longer suffering. The pain became too much for Dad(and the useless drugs that could not control the pain).
I got totally drunk the day Dad died and kept on drinking for
the entire weekend. I was numb and do not remember very much of the following two weeks. I ended up in hospital, apparently having suffered a breakdown of sorts - most likely from a broken heart, tiredness and alcohol abuse - I was later informed I was self medicating because I could not cope with Dad's death. Whatever - at that stage nothing mattered.
Take care of yourself and don't overdo anything. I hope
everything goes smoothly with the things that have to be done over the next weeks.
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May 2010
Chris how are you now? Haven't heard from you since you had colonoscopy. I was trying to find the 'send private msg' page but the old brain won't let me find it. I hope things are going ok with your Dad and I hope you are ok and coping - would love to hear from you. Take care of yourself xxooxx
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