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- Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:08 pm
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: Jan
- Replies: 115
- Views: 24154
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:40 pm
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: Jan
- Replies: 115
- Views: 24154
I have just the best news, Jan has been granted "gate leave" and she will be able to come home on Saturday for the day and if she is OK then she will also be able to come home for the day on Sunday. I have to have back at the hospital by around 7:30pm each day but the kids and I are just so exited. ...
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:35 pm
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: Jan
- Replies: 115
- Views: 24154
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:20 pm
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: Jan
- Replies: 115
- Views: 24154
Another week has passed, Jan has had some really good days this week but has slipped back a bit today. She is scheduled for further chemo on Tuesday and I guess we will just have to wait to see how that helps with her bowel problems. The good news is that the ascites fluid has not returned in any la...
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:45 am
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: Jan
- Replies: 115
- Views: 24154
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening Just a quick update on Jan. She is still in hospital (4 weeks come Monday). She is much more comfortable now and is starting to eat some solid food. Her white cell count is extremely low and she has been moved to a private room to reduce the possibility of infection. T...
- Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:05 am
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: Jan
- Replies: 115
- Views: 24154
First of all thank you all for your lovely responses and best wishes and thoughts for Jan. They are much appreciated, not only by Jan but also myself. Jan has had almost 4 litres of ascites fluid drained from her abdomen which has made her signifigantly more comfortable, unfortunatley this fluid wil...
- Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:49 pm
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: Jan
- Replies: 115
- Views: 24154
Peter here. Just thought I would give you an update. The chemo appears to have done its job with a rather large "explosion" this afternoon. One challenge accepted and (at least for the time being) won. She is having MRI scans tomorrow of her brain and bowel to clarify some issues that have developed...
- Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:41 pm
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: Jan
- Replies: 115
- Views: 24154
Hi Girls, this is Jan's husband Peter replying. Jan has been ill for a couple of months now and just prior to Christmas a routine CT scan revealed the presence of a small amount of ascites fluid in her abdomen. A portion of this fluid was subsequently removed via a guided CT. The pathology tests of ...
- Sat Dec 06, 2008 5:53 pm
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: chemo
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12682
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:48 pm
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: chemo
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12682
[quote Hi Ozzie, I had Taxol in 2005 suffered horrific bone pain Taxotere was very kind to me to start with 3 cycles. Too good to be true, it crept up on me. I know what you mean about food, I am so picky I am driving the family mad. I am still eating though, I cant afford to lose weight I am 55kg. ...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:56 pm
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: chemo
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12682
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:46 pm
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: Port problem
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6361
Barb, you are a James Bond! :biggrin: I can not bring myself to even look at the needle! thanks Janine, I just got back from the hospital. the Chemo girls said it would be much better to have blood taken from my arm as it is a infection risk having it taken from the port too many times so, they foun...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:15 pm
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: Port problem
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6361
Im glad too that you found an answer barb, i had clexane too, but only for a few weeks for that superficial clot in my leg. I was injecting myself, i found it a bit traumatic but got used to it, Jan, i thought the needles were quite sharp and i agree sometimes it hurt and sometimes it didnt. Glad i...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:34 am
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: Port problem
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6361
Hi Girls, Had another day in the chemo ward having more tests on my port. Late yesterday they found a clot in a vein near my collar bone and have started me on clexane. I have to inject my self as i have to take them about 3.30-4.00pm each day and my husband is not home from work untill 6.30.pm. My...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:29 am
- Forum: Secondary Breast Cancer
- Topic: chemo
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12682