Tag: cancer

Kidney tests may very well be the devil.

So today was the GFR (kidney) test. I don’t like it. I don’t want to do it again, thanks (hopefully I won’t have to, I’m not sure). But let’s start from the beginning. I’ll warn you, this might be a bit of a long one. First I had my echo test at 9am. Super easy. A…

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Incidentals along the way

So ahead of getting my MRI, I had to rid myself of all metal in my body. So this meant getting my piercings out. Which was actually such a relief because it’s been years of not being able to sleep on either of my sides and I just don’t want to have to deal with that…

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All the tests…

So today was MRI, Ultrasound and CT scan. I didn’t find the MRI bad at least. Before starting, they had to put a cannula in my arm. She said I had ‘well used veins’ and I wondered if she thought I was a drug addict. She then asked if I’d had a lot of blood tests…

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When you first find out about chemo…

So yesterday was fun. Turns out I need chemotherapy. And then surgery. Chemo is going to be… insane. It will last for 6 cycles, making up 7 months in total. Each cycle will consist of 5 weeks, which is broken down into: Week 1 will see me attached to 2 chemo drugs for 3 days…

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First meeting with the Oncologist

Today I’m meeting with my oncologist. He’s a specialist in rare sarcomas. That’s good, I feel! I’m not sure what he’s going to say to me. I’m taking my boyfriend along for moral support. On Monday I have all my scans – CT, MRI and an ultrasound, and we’ll find if it’s spread to my…

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So… Apparently I have Cancer

There’s no point in beating around the bush, yesterday a dental specialist told me I have cancer in my jaw. Bone cancer. Sarcoma. I literally have no idea what that is. He apologised a lot and kept asking if I wanted to ask him questions. I didn’t know what to ask him. He seemed very…

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