Effing cancer is an effing effer, frankly

[Mrs Muttleysnoop]

Crapgame said:

Mrs Muttleysnoop said:

First of all, good luck to your wife.

Secondly, 10 years ago I was diagnosed with advanced Ovarian cancer which was in a few other places including the pertioneam (sp). I was given a very poor prognosis but I am still here.

Fast forward to 2011. My cancer returned in the pertioneam (sp). My chemo consultant said as he did 10 years ago he cannot cure me.

My oncologist said years ago he could not believe I am still alive and that was before being diagnosed for the second time.

So tell your wife when she is bathing or showering to scream out loud, fk off cancer and leave me alone.

All the best to you both.

Edited by Mrs Muttleysnoop on Saturday 15th November 13:51

Thanks for your wishes. Sadly PPC (primary peritoneal cancer) is a bd. Being fluid based it is highly mobile and seeds everywhere (you can Google it but it's a rare old thing as there is very little about it,number of it diagnosed in the uk every year barely make it into triple figures)

I will be honest and say outright that the chemo has severely affected her mental wellbeing (chuck in serious denial etc). To the point of me having to seek help from our go and the consultant and cons nurse behind her back to get help dealing with the violent unpredictable mood swings and misguided priorities.

So sorry to read of your wife's mental problems. Is she on steroids as they can cause violent mood swings. As far as denial is concerned, people deal with cancer in different ways. Could McMillan help her?

My scan in 2011 showed hundreds of seeds in my peritoneaum. The two types of chemo I was being treated with were VERY difficult to deal with. I had 17 different side effects.

After my first time with advanced cancer due to the chemo I now have a very rare acquired disease/condition
which requires a regular procedure to keep it under control.

Once again my very best wishes to you both.

[jbudgie]

Good luck to you .

[aclivity]

My dad died of cancer earlier this year, and there have been some hard times getting used to it. The worst thing is that I have passed my OU degree and I so want to tell him, but I can't.

I re-started my OU course when he had his heart attack, I thought I would have time to show him. Then I had my stroke and lost a year ... only a year.

Eff off cancer, just eff off.

[ali_kat]

On this night exactly 1 year ago (only it was Thursday) I spent the night with my beloved Mummy in the Marie Curie Hospice in Solihull. It was her last night, and well, I didnt get much sleep.. Nor did Mum tbh Still, at least I was there with her & could hold her hand & try to soothe the morphine itches

Tomorrow, in a 'biblical' show of grief, I'm shaving my hair off to try and raise enough to pay for the MC Hospice to run for 1 day.

Partly to a PH suggested pink mohican for a week at Easter, I've reached 50% of my goal, & am very hopeful that by the end of December, I'll have hit my target - I've got the big day tomorrow & a charity dress down day & cake sale at work next week; but if anyone in here would like to support my sacrifice; I'd be very grateful

Many thanks & my thoughts are with those that are still 'troubled' by this awful, awful thing

https://www.justgiving.com/MargaretBelcher1/

i do have permission to promote this

[Mobile Chicane]

Mrs Muttleysnoop said:

Crapgame said:

Mrs Muttleysnoop said:

First of all, good luck to your wife.

Secondly, 10 years ago I was diagnosed with advanced Ovarian cancer which was in a few other places including the pertioneam (sp). I was given a very poor prognosis but I am still here.

Fast forward to 2011. My cancer returned in the pertioneam (sp). My chemo consultant said as he did 10 years ago he cannot cure me.

My oncologist said years ago he could not believe I am still alive and that was before being diagnosed for the second time.

So tell your wife when she is bathing or showering to scream out loud, fk off cancer and leave me alone.

All the best to you both.

Edited by Mrs Muttleysnoop on Saturday 15th November 13:51

Thanks for your wishes. Sadly PPC (primary peritoneal cancer) is a bd. Being fluid based it is highly mobile and seeds everywhere (you can Google it but it's a rare old thing as there is very little about it,number of it diagnosed in the uk every year barely make it into triple figures)

I will be honest and say outright that the chemo has severely affected her mental wellbeing (chuck in serious denial etc). To the point of me having to seek help from our go and the consultant and cons nurse behind her back to get help dealing with the violent unpredictable mood swings and misguided priorities.

So sorry to read of your wife's mental problems. Is she on steroids as they can cause violent mood swings. As far as denial is concerned, people deal with cancer in different ways. Could McMillan help her?

My scan in 2011 showed hundreds of seeds in my peritoneaum. The two types of chemo I was being treated with were VERY difficult to deal with. I had 17 different side effects.

After my first time with advanced cancer due to the chemo I now have a very rare acquired disease/condition
which requires a regular procedure to keep it under control.

Once again my very best wishes to you both.

Keep fighting, Mrs M xx

[j4ckos mate]

I'm sat waiting for the call

Mews score was 8 for dad the other day I took the call on work.
Got there and itt was iffy then he settled bp was 50/40

I sorted a home for him myself with little or no interest from family.

No I don't think he's going to get to it
Dementia and cancer fighting it out to come first
Proper tough strong dad lifting 112lb bags of screws
Bren gun carrier in the Irish guards.
Reduced to this.

[Mrs Muttleysnoop]

Mobile Chicane said:

Mrs Muttleysnoop said:

Crapgame said:

Mrs Muttleysnoop said:

First of all, good luck to your wife.

Secondly, 10 years ago I was diagnosed with advanced Ovarian cancer which was in a few other places including the pertioneam (sp). I was given a very poor prognosis but I am still here.

Fast forward to 2011. My cancer returned in the pertioneam (sp). My chemo consultant said as he did 10 years ago he cannot cure me.

My oncologist said years ago he could not believe I am still alive and that was before being diagnosed for the second time.

So tell your wife when she is bathing or showering to scream out loud, fk off cancer and leave me alone.

All the best to you both.

Edited by Mrs Muttleysnoop on Saturday 15th November 13:51

Thanks for your wishes. Sadly PPC (primary peritoneal cancer) is a bd. Being fluid based it is highly mobile and seeds everywhere (you can Google it but it's a rare old thing as there is very little about it,number of it diagnosed in the uk every year barely make it into triple figures)

I will be honest and say outright that the chemo has severely affected her mental wellbeing (chuck in serious denial etc). To the point of me having to seek help from our go and the consultant and cons nurse behind her back to get help dealing with the violent unpredictable mood swings and misguided priorities.

So sorry to read of your wife's mental problems. Is she on steroids as they can cause violent mood swings. As far as denial is concerned, people deal with cancer in different ways. Could McMillan help her?

My scan in 2011 showed hundreds of seeds in my peritoneaum. The two types of chemo I was being treated with were VERY difficult to deal with. I had 17 different side effects.

After my first time with advanced cancer due to the chemo I now have a very rare acquired disease/condition
which requires a regular procedure to keep it under control.

Once again my very best wishes to you both.

Keep fighting, Mrs M xx

Thank you MC xxx

[Mrs Muttleysnoop]

ali_kat said:

On this night exactly 1 year ago (only it was Thursday) I spent the night with my beloved Mummy in the Marie Curie Hospice in Solihull. It was her last night, and well, I didnt get much sleep.. Nor
did Mum tbh Still, at least I was there with her & could hold her hand & try to soothe the morphine itches

Tomorrow, in a 'biblical' show of grief, I'm shaving my hair off to try and raise enough to pay for the MC Hospice to run for 1 day.

Partly to a PH suggested pink mohican for a week at Easter, I've reached 50% of my goal, & am very hopeful that by the end of December, I'll have hit my target - I've got the big day tomorrow & a charity dress down day & cake sale at work next week; but if anyone in here would like to support my sacrifice; I'd be very grateful

Many thanks & my thoughts are with those that are still 'troubled' by this awful, awful thing

https://www.justgiving.com/MargaretBelcher1


Well done for shaving your hair for MC. You must be a very special person.

i do have permission to promote this

[slinky]

I have a good news story to share..

Dad's diagnosis of MDS was in fact incorrect... He was displaying all of the symptoms of MDS and was on the verge of a bone marrow transplant. It now transpires that, perhaps, he had a viral infection attacking a particular stem cell responsible for the production of White and Red blood cells, and neutrofils.

Today he has been signed off by his haemato-oncologist as healthy.. The consultant will be writing a paper on the subject and the specialists at the QE continue to do research on the stem cell samples that they have in an attempt to find the exact cause of the issue..

[ali_kat]

This is amazing news

I'm so happy for you all, it's a little dusty!

[Lost soul]

unbelievable

great news

[j4ckos mate]

Dad slipped away lunchtime today

Couldn't get there in time despite it being seconds from work.
Cancer and dementia.

A great dad. Age81.

[ALawson]

j4ckos mate said:

Dad slipped away lunchtime today

Couldn't get there in time despite it being seconds from work.
Cancer and dementia.

A great dad. Age81.

RIP, having had a dad who also had cancer and dementia my thoughts are with you. Try to remember the good times, the recent dementia memories will fade with time.

[anonymous-user]

j4ckos mate said:

Dad slipped away lunchtime today

Couldn't get there in time despite it being seconds from work.
Cancer and dementia.

A great dad. Age81.

So sorry for your loss

[ali_kat]

j4ckos mate said:

Dad slipped away lunchtime today

Couldn't get there in time despite it being seconds from work.
Cancer and dementia.

A great dad. Age81.

So sorry for your loss.

Don't be hard on yourself for not making it, they often time it so that you can't

[Boshly]

j4ckos mate said:

Dad slipped away lunchtime today

Couldn't get there in time despite it being seconds from work.
Cancer and dementia.

A great dad. Age81.

My sincere condolences. "A great Dad" says it all!

I lost my Dad 6 weeks ago. He was 83 and had had a good life. A sad day, an emotional day but not a bad day - he was ready to go.

Im sure you will remember the good times and memories with a wry smile, amongst and over the emotion and grief, in time.

[j4ckos mate]

Thanks everyone for you kindness

[missdiane]

Very sobering thread, sad to read the bad news parts but good to read the good parts, lost my mum to it last year and since lost the MiL, my little lad who is only 2 just has one grandad left now all cos of bloody cancer that makes me more sad than losing my mum

[missdiane]

Very sobering thread, sad to read the bad news parts but good to read the good parts, lost my mum to it last year and since lost the MiL, my little lad who is only 2 just has one grandad left now all cos of bloody cancer that makes me more sad than losing my mum

[aclivity]

What does, what should one say at a Christmas meal?

We lost my dad in March this year, my mum and brother, as well as his daughter and the in-laws, are coming to us on Christmas day.

I want to say something, but what does one say? I don't want a formal "grace" as some of the guests aren't particularly religious. I don't want to say too much, but I need to say something?