My Bladder Cancer Journey

A series of thoughts and ramblings on being diagnosed with and the subsequent treatment of Bladder Cancer. I am NOT a doctor, these notes are my own experiences and thoughts - always seek medical attention from a professional. NEW to this site - Please Start Here http://my-bladder-cancer-journey.blogspot.co.uk/p/start-here.html

Sunday, June 29, 2008

The deed is done

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I signed up for the Degree course. Whether I'll get in or not depends. If I do I'll start foundation in October towards a BA (Hons...

Tiredness - Update

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If anything, knowing about tiredness and fatigue has helped a bit this week as I have been making sure that I move around a bit more and if ...
Friday, June 27, 2008

Come on Cousin

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Starts Chemo on Monday and certainly hope that it does the trick and gets things in a position where they can control and sort it out. Not a...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

Hypno

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Met up with R this evening and discussed Hypnotherapy and what it had done for me. I was surprised how much R understood about my condition...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Hot Flushes

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Don't really need them with the weather like it is today and I had to go in to work with suit and tie - AGM! It was a good day, I got l...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

A little better than I thought it was going to be

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I am pleased that it wasn't anywhere near as bad as it looked it was going to be. The first 3 or 4 inch lump that fell out of me was fr...
Monday, June 23, 2008

Not Great

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Possibly the goriest one I have had. Not wanting to sleep at the moment but must try - having to keep getting up and going to the toilet a ...

Well here I go

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The 3rd of the 3 treatments coming up. It is normally the one that gives me a bit of a "kick in" and one that I'm actually pl...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

The Fatigue Question

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I found out today that the fatigue thing is pretty common and no matter how much rest you get it doesn't go away. Well I feel relativel...
Saturday, June 21, 2008

Very Nice Curry

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It was a very nice curry indeed, plus good company and whilst we ate later than normal it wasn't too bad. There was a bit of confusion ...
Friday, June 20, 2008

TGIF - and Curry

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Yes Friday and not a moment too soon. I brought back the old pictures to have them framed and the old videos to transfer them onto DVD so I...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Well tiredness must be a side effect

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Although I took more time this time to recover and so don't feel quite a tired as perhaps I could have done. I am still taking myself o...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Urinating for England

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I wanted to make sure that all was well and made sure to drink much more liquid this week to rinse through and it seemed to work. At peak I...

Worse but still not too bad

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This one was a little worse in terms of reactions and debris but still manageable. I didn't get the cramps this time but have a sore ba...
Monday, June 16, 2008

Treatment 2

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Over halfway through after this one - in fact 2/3rds of the way through this lot and only next week to go. I'm bracing myself for a ...
Sunday, June 15, 2008

Father's Day

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I wore the Tee Shirt they bought me a year back - which was rather touching - it says "A Dad is for life, not just for Father's Day...
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Surprised

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I probably haven't driven my car for over a month if not longer! So stepping back in was fun yesterday as I altered the seat, mirrors a...
Saturday, June 14, 2008

A bit better

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This always happens during treatment - you just get back to normal and the next treatment comes along and smacks you back down again. We are...
Friday, June 13, 2008

Tiredness and another early night

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I can only imagine that the treatment has knocked a lot more out of me than I let on or than I realised before. Today was a lucky one as I ...
Thursday, June 12, 2008

Tired still?

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I'll say - I even left early today to go and get some quotes for the pictures at the exhibition to be framed and got home and promptly f...
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