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Number of chemo treatments left: 0!!!Level of surprise at the sudden end to my treatment: highLevel of relief at the sudden end to my treatment: even higher! I know, I can’t believe it, I’ve managed to finish my chemotherapy with no sign of needles, drugs, anti-sickness tablets or recovery time! How? Well on Friday, just [...]
Number of days since last chemo: 28Number of days until next chemo: 10 (cell counts permitting)Number of chemo treatments left: still 1Level of tiredness: sky high Yep that’s right, it’s yet another delay! The nurse came out yesterday morning to take my pre-chemo bloods, and I was really hopeful that my neutrophil count would have [...]
Number of days since last chemo: 21Number of days until next chemo: 7 (cell counts permitting)Number of chemo treatments left: 1 As today was due to be the day of my final treatment I’m sure you can guess what’s happened – I’ve been delayed because of low neutrophil counts again. The Chemo Suite phoned me [...]
Number of days since last chemo: 9Number of days until next chemo: 12 (cell counts permitting)Number of chemo treatments left: 1Mood: oh so tired It’s been just over a week now since I had chemo but I am still really feeling the burn. I’m 5 treatments in and the “end”, at least in terms of [...]
Parents Whose Children Are Dying of Cancer May Consider Hastening the Process In a study of 141 parents whose children have died of cancer, more than 10 percent reported that they considered hastening their child’s death, especially if the child was in pain, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Pediatrics [...]
Children and Teens Less Likely Than Young Adults to Die of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Young adults diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma appear to have a higher risk of dying from the disease than do children and teens. Eric Tai, M.D., and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, assessed survival information from cancer registries [...]
Meeting Laura at the Breast Cancer Network of Strength Conference rocked my world a bit. We had not met on the message boards so I was stunned when she told me how old she was when she was diagnosed. Tell me about your cancer – How old were you when you were diagnosed? I was [...]
I was fortunate to actually meet some of the women from the Young Survival Coalition when I was in Chicago last year. A few of them have agreed to an interview. Here’s the first, Bethany Bethany, how old were you when you were diagnosed- 39 What was your diagnosis? Stage I, IDC, 0/12 nodes, lymphovascular [...]
First I read an article about how estrogen can interfere with chemotherapy, particularly in cancers that are estrogen positive. Then I see this article about states dropping screening programs, especially for women under age 50. Wait? I thought all of us ladies over reacted when the U.S. Preventative Service Task Force came out with those [...]
