Well this is a bit ******

Quick update, my chemo is now finished, been a long six months but it is what it is.
Got a post treatment scan on 22nd which will hopefully confirm the treatment has been successful :)

Last couple of weeks have been pretty hard, the feet and hands have really reacted to the chemo. Hardly been able to walk for the last few days. To be fair when discussing with the oncologist she was considering reducing the dosage but I said to keep it as it was. Maybe pushed it slightly too far . Attached a quick hand picture for reference . Feet are the same except they’re also peeling which you really don’t want to see :cry:

Excuse the slippers, but they’re memory foam and really comfy

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dod said:
Quick update, my chemo is now finished, been a long six months but it is what it is.
Got a post treatment scan on 22nd which will hopefully confirm the treatment has been successful :)

Last couple of weeks have been pretty hard, the feet and hands have really reacted to the chemo. Hardly been able to walk for the last few days. To be fair when discussing with the oncologist she was considering reducing the dosage but I said to keep it as it was. Maybe pushed it slightly too far . Attached a quick hand picture for reference . Feet are the same except they’re also peeling which you really don’t want to see :cry:

Excuse the slippers, but they’re memory foam and really comfy

:o
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Hope you bounce back and get back to being active again. How's it been since? Are you able to eat ok and "do your business" without issues?

Glad you spotted it so early. :)
 
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Freefaller said:
Hope you bounce back and get back to being active again. How's it been since? Are you able to eat ok and "do your business" without issues?

Glad you spotted it so early. :)
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Cheers, still able to do some work on the turbo trainer, strangely that doesn't seem to bother the feet, really weird. Fatigue was the biggest issue with that, espcially the few days after restarting the treatment cycles

As for the rest I was lucky, didn't need a stoma so everything works as it should although you don't get as much notice that you need to go as you used to. Diet is back to normal, the first few weeks you were restricted to low fibre stuff to minimise any possible complications. Biggest issue is having an excess of wind which for some reason is more difficult to control :p
 
Well, hopefully this will be my last update on this thread.

As mentioned earlier the chemo was finished in June and I had a post treatment scan on 22nd July. Good news was that that was clear but they still had a bit of concern over one of my blood marker scores. Apparently everyone has a tumour marker score of some kind and mine was higher than they would expect to see. The oncologists view was that it had run at the same level right through the treatment so it was probably just "my level" , like some folk have high blood pressure, so he wasn't that bothered about it.

He did however say that if I wanted to he could arrange a further scan called a PET scan which would be like a final check. Needless to say I took it. The PET scan is interesting. My limited understanding is that tumours feed on glucose and therefore leads to concentrations. By infusing me with some mildly radioactive compound which bonds to the glucose, then doing a scan for that they can identify if there are any other nasties lurking they weren't aware of.

Good news is that came back clear last Friday so I'm now officially in remission, cancer free, however you want to call it. I'll be under observation for a few years I suspect, initially bloods in 6 months with another colonoscopy in a years time.

NHS has been fantastic. From initial positive test to diagnosis and surgery was about two months. I feel very lucky at the moment and just enjoying life. You only get one shot at it so make the best of it.
 
Fantastic news Dod. Hope you get back to doing all the things you loved.

And thanks sharing and keeping us all updated. It helps other people more than you know.
 
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dod said:
Well, hopefully this will be my last update on this thread.

As mentioned earlier the chemo was finished in June and I had a post treatment scan on 22nd July. Good news was that that was clear but they still had a bit of concern over one of my blood marker scores. Apparently everyone has a tumour marker score of some kind and mine was higher than they would expect to see. The oncologists view was that it had run at the same level right through the treatment so it was probably just "my level" , like some folk have high blood pressure, so he wasn't that bothered about it.

He did however say that if I wanted to he could arrange a further scan called a PET scan which would be like a final check. Needless to say I took it. The PET scan is interesting. My limited understanding is that tumours feed on glucose and therefore leads to concentrations. By infusing me with some mildly radioactive compound which bonds to the glucose, then doing a scan for that they can identify if there are any other nasties lurking they weren't aware of.

Good news is that came back clear last Friday so I'm now officially in remission, cancer free, however you want to call it. I'll be under observation for a few years I suspect, initially bloods in 6 months with another colonoscopy in a years time.

NHS has been fantastic. From initial positive test to diagnosis and surgery was about two months. I feel very lucky at the moment and just enjoying life. You only get one shot at it so make the best of it.
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congrats on your news. must have been terrifying. if ever there was a time to tick something off your bucket list in celebration it would seem this is it!. Fcuk cancer!.
 
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