13 Saturday Dec 2008
Posted in cancer, friends, health & happiness, progress
It’s now 23 days after my last operation (liver resection and removal of one out of two peritoneal lesions) and I’m finally getting my strength back. This one really took it outta me, and getting that nasty infection last week didn’t help. But I am definitely on the mend and of course the amazing biopsy results have helped a lot. Though I remain cautiously optimistic…
04 Tuesday Nov 2008
Posted in cancer, friends, health & happiness, hospitals, progress
I really should wait until tomorrow evening to post this – BUT I CAN’T WAIT!!!
I reckon if I’m going to ride the coaster again then I wouldn’t mind some company. But if you’d rather not come along for the ride, then read no further . . .
01 Wednesday Oct 2008
Posted in cancer, friends, health & happiness, hospitals, progress
It’s been about nine days since my ‘almost operation’ – is it still considered an operation if they didn’t actually hack into my liver and remove the tumours?. In any case, I’m sure this is why I went home after just two days, as I’m mostly ‘just’ recovering from having a 15″ j-shaped gash cut into me rather than that and my liver being resected. And I seem to be recovering from it quite well. Meanwhile . . .
29 Friday Aug 2008
Posted in cancer, friends, health & happiness, progress
Today I joined the Colon Club.
I’d first checked out this site shortly after being diagnosed and read some of the stuff on the ‘Colon Talk’ message board, but somehow didn’t feel like I could talk to ‘total strangers’ about what was going on. I think in part because it hadn’t really sunk in yet. Then this morning I had another look at it and decided to take the plunge and become a member.
When I was talking to raincoaster on the phone the other day she suggested that I look for a support group, or even start a private blog to vent if I needed to, which were both good suggestions. But I’m really not a group person and I find the stuff I post here about cancer stuff supplies enough venting (and the wonderful caring responses I get really help me a lot).
But the Colon Club online support group seems perfect for me because there is no physical commitment for me to be somewhere – I can stop in whenever I like for as long as I like. Also, as this site is specifically about colon cancer, I’m already learning a lot by reading about other people’s experiences.
I’ll still be writing about my progress and experiences here, but it feels good to have another outlet where I can talk to people who have been through similar stuff.
22 Friday Aug 2008
Posted in cancer, friends, health & happiness, hospitals, progress
This morning it was going to be another early morning bike ride to the hospital – this time for pre-op blood tests and two xrays – but I woke up feeling quite queasy and tired so had to go by taxi instead (though I did cycle back). My appointment with the anaesthetist is for September 2nd, the same morning I see the oncologist again (will definitely have my travel scrabble game with me for that one!). And it is supposed that sometime between now and then I will be told the date of the liver surgery.
As for progress …
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