I am still alive, I have survived the first week of chemo, but I’m not going to lie, it wasn’t easy. Sorry for the radio silence, this is the first time I’ve been able to put thoughts together. It’s been a big week or so, so let me start at the beginning. I’ll try and…
Tag: sarcoma
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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