Any Expirence With Cancer

[hughessomefish]

Has any one had any fights with cancer?

 

[Paradise3]

My mum's mum had breast cancer.
Luckily she overcame it but it left her in pain.

Missy x.

 

[chrisbassist]

Yeah, my mum died a couple months ago from a type of cancer.

Have you/someone you know been diagnosed?

 

[simonas]

on my wifes side in last 2 years her aunt and cousin have got and beaten breast cancer. Horrible stuff!! If theres any charity we should pay to its cancer research as its everywhere!!!

 

[england]

I suffer with skin cancer,but its nothing bad compared...

My wifes grandad has just found out he has months to live,same time her dad has been diagnosed...cancer is everywhere we look unfortanetly,

 

[seffieuk]

I was diagnosed in 2002 and following chemotherapy, surgery then radiotherapy and drug therapy am now in remission..........

I expect you are very shocked, but the sad fact is that one in three people will get a cancer of some sort in their lives. Thank goodness many are treatable, some with just surgery.

If you want to talk, we are here for you, if you have a question you would rather ask via pm please feel free.

Just remember that at this point your Aunt is in shock and needs love and support, but not in an emotional, clingy. worried type of way. But a, yes this is awful, but you can beat this and we will support you. Don't take her flowers, oh how I hated the flowers buy her a favourite film, a good book, her favourite chocolate, a bag of jelly beans, just something that shows you really thought about it and her and then a little message, i'm here for you............

Sorry, got to stop now, getting upset, anyway, good luck to your Aunt and family

Seffie x

 

[chrisbassist]

Unfortunately it's also rarely the cancer which kills.

My mum had her first round of chemo, the cancer speared to have been beaten (thank god for going private and catching it early). She then had stem cells harvested as an extra tool to fight with should it come back,

it came back and then the more agressive chemo killed her.

Thankfully I wasn't very close to my mum. So it's been easier to cope with than it would have been but I send my best wishes to anyone struck with cancer. It's horrible.

 

[ian]

(thank god for going private and catching it early).

you can't really say that Chris, the NHS has a very good cancer service, i know, i was part of the opening of the Lincolnshire Oncology services and visited many Oncology centers over England and the government Oncology stucture of the 2 week wait is fantastic and very rarely get missed. When even going private you can struggle getting a 2 week wait.

anyways Hughssomefish, like Seffie says any questions, give me a PM and i'll try and help, the best i can.

 

[chrisbassist]

I can say that because it was started on the NHS, and as good as they can be, they did several tests over a 5 month period and couldn't find what was wrong, went private, and they kept her in for a week so they could do as many tests as it took, and they found the problem that week. Cutaneous T cell lymphoma.

I don't say it as an attack on the NHS, I'm sure there are many times they get it right, but in this particular situation, they wasted months, only for the private practice to spend the time and resources required to diagnose in a week. plus it's not exactly the most common form of cancer...

if it has already been diagnosed, then you are passed the point where my mum suffered so you should be ok.

my mum was lucky to have husband with the cash to pay for amazing care. (the idiot earns around £200,000 a year)

 

[ian]

thats a shame Chris, sorry i wasn't having a dig ^^ (just read it back and it might have come across like that). I know its not that common, i have looked after a couple, with it being a Haematology problem rather than Oncolgy. It's just something that was/is close to my heart.

 

[seffieuk]

(thank god for going private and catching it early).

you can't really say that Chris, the NHS has a very good cancer service, i know, i was part of the opening of the Lincolnshire Oncology services and visited many Oncology centers over England and the government Oncology stucture of the 2 week wait is fantastic and very rarely get missed. When even going private you can struggle getting a 2 week wait.

Have to agree with you on this one, my care was second to none and still is even eight years on. Lets hope that the two week waiting list doesn't disappear with the Tories, I have heard it muted

Seffie x

 

[Betta5]

(thank god for going private and catching it early).

you can't really say that Chris, the NHS has a very good cancer service, i know, i was part of the opening of the Lincolnshire Oncology services and visited many Oncology centers over England and the government Oncology stucture of the 2 week wait is fantastic and very rarely get missed. When even going private you can struggle getting a 2 week wait.

Have to agree with you on this one, my care was second to none and still is even eight years on. Lets hope that the two week waiting list doesn't disappear with the Tories, I have heard it muted

Seffie x

It will be and their only reasoning was "it will make treatment more efficient". No reasoning as to how it would make it more efficient. A friend of my mums had breast cancer, and it ended up spreading to the other breast, and made a full recovery and she used the NHS. She always says she owes her life to it, If it came down to it, she wouldn't have had the money to go private and would have died.

 

[chrisbassist]

Again, Seffie, it wasn't a dig at the nhs, just in my situation, going private gave my mum a greater chance of success. Because the problem was diagnosed quickly, where the nhs struggled. Whether that is down to the rarity of the specific cancer, or the limited funds the nhs have, or something completely different I don't know. But in that situation, going private WAS a godsend.

 

[BigC]

I have lost both parents to this disease and all members of my fathers side of the family (8) have either died or are diagnosed with Cancer. It is also prevalent in my mothers family. Whilst I fully sympathise with all of you and your fight to come to terms with this disease I would like to stress that early diagnosis will present you with the best chance of beating it or prolonging life. So if you suspect that you may be of risk don't put things off and speak to your doctor at the earliest opportunity. I myself, given my family history have been for a colonoscopy, thankfully it turned out to be clear. Subsequently I was referred to the geneticist at my local hospital. They needed a person in the family who has been living with the disease and is under 45 years of age. Luckily I have such a family member living in England. I need to contact him and get him to fill in the necessary paperwork in-order for the process to move forward. (I think the are trying to ascertain and isolate a defective gene within the family).
The moral of my story is....if you feel you are at risk given your own personal family history dont ignore it thinking things like this will never happen to you, dont block it out, seek medical advice at the earliest moment. It may well turn out to save not only your life but generations of you own extended family.
People may say it is not genetically related...but all I did was to go to my doctor and explain my circumstances and my fears and I was given all manner of advice and referred for testing and follow-ups. So there must be some question over genetics for them to proceed with me.
I hope this will encourage more people to be more aware of their own family history as well as listen to what their body is telling them and act in a positive manner towards keeping themselves well.
Regards
C

 

[ian]

the thing is private health care doesn't tend to provide the chemo and deffo not the radiotherapy in England as it is so expensive. I have now moved to Emergency care, but still keep in touch with the Oncology side of nursing and Seffie, is right, under the Tories the 2 week wait may be banished. Which is absolutly rubbish, i don't agree with targets within the NHS at all, but this is the one target which is imperitive!