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thks doogie.really sorry to hear your bad news stay strong thoughts r with you and family
thks doogie.really sorry to hear your bad news stay strong thoughts r with you and family
cheers brovSorry for your loss. Heck of a time of year to lose someone close.
Dad died this afternoon just 6 weeks after my mum, it was a relief in the end , RIP dad , love you mate.
Dad died this afternoon just 6 weeks after my mum, it was a relief in the end , RIP dad , love you mate.
it was a relief in the endmate, thanks anyway.I too am very sorry to hear this Bushy.
thks frutos.Sorry to hear that
thks mateVery sad Bushy. Losing parents so close too each other must be awful. Thoughts and prayers with you and your family.
cheers durlston.Condolences to you and your family, Bushy. Stay strong mate.
That's good news mate, proves that the research is bringing new treatments and surgical methods, hopefully one day they might find something for me but at the moment alls well and it's still stable. There was talk of a pet scan early in my diagnoses but it never happened sounds a bit scary lol.
The PET scan was a like a slow CT scan from the patient perspective. You're given the radioactive isotope iv and then have to lay down for an hour to let the radioactivity spread throught the body; then it's into the scanner, laying down again, for about 25 minutes - I went to sleep beforehand and during the scan.
Results were very surprising (to me anyway) - initially the oncology consultant advised (somewhat sceptically tbh) that the radiologists had reported there was no detectable cancer activity anywhere! This begs the question that what is this node/lump in the peritoneum that I've had since 2010 but during subsequent review of all my scans etc, etc by the multi-disciplinary team at the Royal Surrey the conclusion they've come to is that there is some low level activity there due to a very slow growing (indolent) cancer and that's all I have. Anyway, the knives are being sharpened again and it's going to be removed surgically. I've had a prelim chat with the surgical team in Guildford and they joyously want me to have to have a half course of chemo (ie x6 fortnightly doses) beforehand to "soften" the surrounding tissue to help the surgery. I'm back in the cancer unit there on monday to discuss/agree the chemo strategy, treatment dates etc, have a medical and get my PIC line fitting booked. I guess I'll be back on the pickling sauce during w/c 18 Feb with the surgery probably in late May-early June depending on how I stand up to the chemo. Best wishes to all, and the BT'trees fan club down the Loxwood Road in Wisborough. Our son played rugby with his three elder brothers, particularly Johnny, whilst at the Weald. TTFN. N.