I realised that I’ve written about chemo and radiotherapy, but I haven’t mentioned one small but crucial part of the chemo treatment cycle: steroids. The first three days after each round of chemo were always the worst, and I still believe that steroids had a lot to do with it. Why steroids? As you already […]
Since I have recently written about chemotherapy and radiotherapy, I thought I should write about the end of cancer treatments. What happens next? Finishing the treatments is not the end of the battle. Another one begins as you adjust to normal life again. Living In A Haze Looking back at the period from diagnosis to […]
When my doctor first told me I had cancer, I didn’t even know they use radiotherapy to treat cancer. I was so clueless! So when my oncologist said I’d need 25 doses of external and two doses of internal radiation treatments, I had no idea what to expect. How Does Radiotherapy Work? Like chemotherapy, oncologists […]
As all our regular readers know already, I have Lynch Syndrome. Most people have never heard of it. I hadn’t until my womb cancer diagnosis and the subsequent discovery that I have Lynch. Yet Lynch Syndrome is one of the most common hereditary conditions. Scientists estimate that one in 300 people carry the mutation. Most […]
In my last post, I wrote about what chemo days were like for me. I wanted to expand on that post and talk more about the side-effects. What the different side-effects can be and how it was for me. Remember that everyone’s experience and reaction to the chemo drugs differs. This is just my experience. […]
Hearing you have to have chemotherapy is petrifying. We have all heard horror stories about the horrid side effects from it. I had to have six sessions of chemo following the radical hysterectomy. Everyone’s reaction to the drugs differs, as do the drugs, the frequency and the dose you get. This is how it was […]
Since I shared my colonoscopy experience with you, I thought I should share my colonography experience, too. CT colonography (CTC) is a way to detect problems in the large bowel (colon). What Is A CT Colonography? CTC is a specialised type of scan that uses x-rays to produce an image. It helps to diagnose bowel […]
There are many risk factors identified for womb cancer. It is the 4th most common cancer in women in the UK. The top three are breast, lung and colorectal cancers. While researchers don’t know what causes womb cancer, they know there are factors that can increase your chances of developing it. Some of these risk […]
Cancer survivors and previvors often feel anxious. We are more likely to question every ache and pain and wonder if it is cancer. I just had my one-year checkup, which, I am grateful to say, was all good. There are no signs of the cancer returning. I didn’t think I felt that anxious before the […]
Colonoscopies are an important part of the care plan for people with Lynch syndrome. The NHS in the UK screens carriers every 18 months, other countries operate on different timescales. My first colonoscopy wasn’t exactly a soaring success. The doctor had to abandon the procedure thanks to some complications. What Is a Colonoscopy? A colonoscopy […]