Finish line in sight....but I'm running out of petrol....

Snaggles

Oh no, sorry about your mate - cancer is just the most evil of diseases. My sister had it when she was a young teenager - she had a huge tumour in her leg, and had over a year of aggressive treatment - she was in hospital for 99 nights in total, and the chemo made her vomit violently and lose her hair.

Its 'legacy' has been months and months of failed fertility treatment, thousands and thousands of pounds spent and a lot of heartache.

And my lovely Gran, who never hurt so much as a fly her whole life, had a horrible and painful battle against breast cancer, and never saw the grand-daughter she was so excited about.

It's just evil.

LouiseJ

I agree.

OH found out last night that his friend of many years who he goes to see every Sunday has cancer of the liver, doctor thought is was back trouble and waffled about for months unitil its unfortunately too late to do anything now it looks like.

Lenny you are so sweet its nice to see the good in the world.

System

LouiseJ wrote: »

I agree.

OH found out last night that his friend of many years who he goes to see every Sunday had cancer of the liver, doctor thought is was back trouble and waffled about for months unitil its unfortunately too late to do anything now it looks like.

Lenny you are so sweet its nice to see the good in the world.

Mrs S - a truly awful disease and the sooner we find a viable treatment the better.

Lou -SOrry about your mate to. I'm not a hypocondriac but it does make you wonder about diagnosis' doesnt it


Can I just say that whilst we are talking about it and this is me trying to be positive, the cancer stats are misleading. They say 1 in 3 people will contract cancer at some point in their life. What that actually means is 1 in 3 people will have some contact with cancer in there life i.e. they will know someone who has it. Plus the stats dont explain that the stats include the high risk group i.e. those that have had cancer previously and get it again. The actual stats are something like 1 in 8.

Ellidee

My lovely SIL is going through this at the moment. Cancer of the bladder. She has had TWO ops to remove the tumour, they didn't get it all the first time, and had her first chemo on Tuesday. She had been going to the drs for two months, they had been treating her for cystitis for TWO BLOODY MONTHS. Aaaargh !!!!!! !

Lovely post btw Lenny, you are such a sweetie :kisses3: XX

Snaggles

Awww El, I was going to ask you the other day how she was doing but then I saw a post from you on another thread (Bob's maybe) saying she had had another op. How is she/are you coping?

System

Ellidee wrote: »

My lovely SIL is going through this at the moment. Cancer of the bladder. She has had TWO ops to remove the tumour, they didn't get it all the first time, and had her first chemo on Tuesday. She had been going to the drs for two months, they had been treating her for cystitis for TWO BLOODY MONTHS. Aaaargh !!!!!! !

Lovely post btw Lenny, you are such a sweetie :kisses3: XX

Oh no, but good that theyve got to it sooner rather than later. Hope she's doing ok and keeping her chin up x

Ellidee

Thanks guys. Spoke to her yesterday, they live in Cornwall. She had had a bad night after the chemo, legs twitching constantly, but she is remarkably cheerful and optimistic and keen to just chat about normal things. I love her to bits and hope to see her next month.

elantan

lenny sometimes it's easy to forget how sensitive you are when were all having fun and flirting but you really are a lovely sensitive bloke (and flirty and fun)

System

Thanks elan, I really must catch up on your diary.... off to look now

(Land_of)_Maz

nice words lenny... i think snaggles might forgive you for hijacking her thread....!

And we all love you too!!!