The cancer survivor's restorative thread

The four sessions of chemotherapy I have had have reduced the cancer cells according to the results of the scan reviewed by my specialist on Monday.

That was NOT supposed to happen. The decision to go ahead with chemotherapy was finely balanced and it was palliative only - to improve my quality of life but was not expected to lengthen my projected life expectancy.

The Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome is a sign of aggressive small-cell lung cancer which is supposed to be difficult to slow and generally impossible to stop. Yet my cancer has retreated.

I am now an official medical anomaly. I already was rare, being the only person with Lambert-Eaton in my county and the only one they had ever encountered, but now I am proving the text-books wrong as well.

I have two more scheduled sessions of chemotherapy to go, then a further scan, and in February the specialist will review my progress as well. If the cancer continues to retreat or hold a steady state, radiotherapy might be considered. That was previously seen as pointless since I was not going to survive very long.

Now? Who knows?


I'm sorry to hear of you being sick, but that is some hopeful news. Wishing you the very best!!!!

Good luck!
 
The fifth session was today after waiting two and a quarter hours to start. I was at the hospital from 1330 to 1900 - boring!
 
Praying that you don't die of boredom before cancer, old age, or a heart attack triggered by the stripper hired for your 100th birthday party.
 
Praying that you don't die of boredom before cancer, old age, or a heart attack triggered by the stripper hired for your 100th birthday party.

Boredom? Unlikely. Except when sitting still for chemo I don't have enough hours in a day for everything.

Old Age? Again unlikely. The particular type of cancer is likely to kill me before I'm much older. I'm already old but fit for my age.

Strippers wouldn't give me a heart attack unless they expected me to satisfy more than one in bed. My heart is apparently looking younger than the rest of me.
 
I hope you are doing great, Ogg. I am sorry to hear you are sick.

I dont have cancer, thank the lord but I am struggling mentally with having an illness that will cut my life expectancy. I'm only 52.

Just when I think I've got a hold of it, I realize I dont have shit.
 
I hope you are doing great, Ogg. I am sorry to hear you are sick.

I dont have cancer, thank the lord but I am struggling mentally with having an illness that will cut my life expectancy. I'm only 52.

Just when I think I've got a hold of it, I realize I dont have shit.

I am sorry for you. I have already lived a long and eventful life. If I am dying, at my age that is not far off anyway.

But - I have no pain just the irritation of double vision and instability on my legs. Not being able to drive, although technically my eyesight passes the minimum requirement, is the biggest nuisance. I would be a danger to myself and other road users.
 
The Scar Project


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Taking a lady in for cancer surgery today. Of course they won't let you come in or stay because, virus.
 

Years ago one of my staff had a double radical mastectomy. I visited her in the private hospital in a small ward she shared with three other women recovering from similar operations.

They had been told that to improve their mobility after the operation they should move their arms frequently.

I bought eight small union jacks on sticks and gave them printouts of the semaphore code. They were soon sending each other messages across the room and commenting on the attractiveness (or otherwise!) of the male doctors looking after them.

Later, semaphore was recommended and encouraged by the hospital for all patients who had had a mastectomy.
 
My sister IL was just diagnosed with stage ?#A endometrial cancer. Who needs a uterus anyway...
 
Years ago one of my staff had a double radical mastectomy. I visited her in the private hospital in a small ward she shared with three other women recovering from similar operations.

They had been told that to improve their mobility after the operation they should move their arms frequently.

I bought eight small union jacks on sticks and gave them printouts of the semaphore code. They were soon sending each other messages across the room and commenting on the attractiveness (or otherwise!) of the male doctors looking after them.

Later, semaphore was recommended and encouraged by the hospital for all patients who had had a mastectomy.

I love this! :heart:
 
My latest Fetish story features cancer:

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/one-tit-bride

Currently I am waiting for the results of a scan to see whether my lung cancer is still in remission or whether as expected it has returned. I will find out on 10 July. Last year I wasn't expected to still be alive in July 2020.
 
Cancer is a rising cause of death as industrial toxins accumulate in the environment and fatty tissue. Obesity is now a global condition as junk food and junk drinks are sold everywhere. Nuclear radiation will deliver another punch as nuke plants need years of electricity and water flow to cool the rods for years after the plants shut down, while electricity and water become more expensive or unavailable. Safe nuclear waste storage is not possible, since radiation containers that will stay sealed for thousands of years don't exist. Yet more nuke plants may still be built as industrial nations become desperate to replace fossil fuels.
 
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