I hope they find the cause of your complaint and can correct it quickly and simply.
I wish you the very best of luck and a speedy recovery.
All the best.
I'm guessing that age and fitness is on your side.
I.M.E ask as many questions that you can and find out as much info. when you are diagnosed.
Good Luck Cycling Brother.
you are right to stay positive,i was diagnosed earlier this year & after succesful radiotherapy all is going ok.
the doctors in halifax hospital have been exellent & i hope you get a similar care.
i have 2 very small children so i stayed positive for them. thankfully the cancer did not spread into my lymph nodes as they caught it early.
this was all down to a mole on my back that a dermatologist told me to get checked in a swimming pool.
good look i will be thinking of you tommorow mate & it sounds like you too have the love of a god women which helps.
your lady will need to stay strong as i found it tough when other people broke down it just made it seem worse.
yes there will be days when you can,t even muster the energy to crack a smile.
Make notes, When I was told what I had, some phrases seemed to blot out everything else, and after the consultation we could hardly remember what had been said, and there were a lot of decisions to be made.
That's a really good point. My wife (girlfriend at the time) always took notes because I often had either no idea what had been said by the doctors, or had a completely different story in my head. It's like I went into some kind of trance and my imagination ran away with itself even though, I thought, I was listening intently.
I have no advice or experience. I can only say all the best Mark.
Nothing to offer but best wishes.
I can't offer much... I was diagnosed with prostate cancer three years ago so know the shock, even the anticipation of the diagnosis -- of the doc using that "c" word can be pretty scarey but best of luck and of course please let us all know how you get on.
don't know if you believe in it but you'll be in my prayers.
( and others.. please don't turn this into a religion/anti religion thread )
I just gave up smoking, what feeble minded selfish **** I am.
Good luck and dont accept everything the doctors say, make then explain and ask questions.
Hope all goes well
it kinda puts everything else into perspective
i can offer nothing but healing vibes from me and my thoughts are deffo with you.
i wish you all the best of luck mate!!!when your better,if you're ever around devizes wilts,we could meet up for a mtb excursion(although you'll be way fitter than i am haha!!!)best of luck!!!adam
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I'm off back to the hospital now, hopefully to get some sleep.
Thanks to all of you. I'm not too sure how today would have gone without your advice and words.
'Til tomorrow!
Mark
All the best to you. Keep us updated.
Love, mrsf.
Get in there and hit it head on. Loads of my family members have had cancer and heart problems but they all take the angle of giving it laldy and working through it.
Just keep your head and make lots of lists. Deal with things as they come and keep calm.
Good luck tomorrow fella. And to your partner too.
Markd
All the best and good luck dude.
I can only add to the long list of 'good lucks", I hope that things turn out well.
Mark, my heart goes out to you & your family.
Don't despair, it's not confirmed yet.
Back to May, 2001. I too started suffering from shortage of breath and feeling dogshit. From being always being first at the sprint station in circuit training suddenly I was down with the plodders. Bike power just went out of me too. Ends up I'd got pneumonia, admitted to Queen's Park hospital Blackburn and had chest x-ray. Right chest cavity full of fluid. My then wife was told (unknown to me at the time) to expect the worst - C - and anything else was a bonus. Cat scan showed nothing I'm pleased to say other than empaema, basically an absess on the lung. I honestly thought I was dying. Chest drain fitted and wait for it to empty. Trouble was it had solidified and had squashed the base of the lung, hence shortage of breath.
Blackpool Victoria next for lung op, raked out all the crap. 4 months before I could go near the bike. Eventually the day came when I got my life back and started training again.
Guess I was one of the lucky ones. I'm back as fit as I was then enjoying life (I can still beat those kids on the sprints!) but never ever take my health for granted.
Hope you can draw a scrap of comfort from this and you get a good result on Monday.
Graham
best of luck and hope it all works out fella...
oh boy.crossing bridges and all that..
i dont know where to start.but seeing as how youve already got over bridge No1 by finding out what this all is,the next step,bridge crossing No2, is over the next day or so.. dont worry about anything else.
i will be back,along with all the others on here over the next day or so to see how you got on at bridge No 2 ;O)
i better go dry my eyes now.
don't know if you believe in it but you'll be in my prayers.
Same here, me and the kids will be talking to JC and lifting you up in our prayers.
Loads of love
Lou x
Like others I have no advice to offer, except that a diagnosis is the first step to working on the cure.
Will be thinking of you.
Good luck Mark - Stay strong no matter what.
My father-in-law was diagnosed with C 5 weeks ago.
My thoughts are with you.
HI Mark,
I've been clear now for 7 years (testicular, both barrels).I'm no expert but some thoughts based on my experience.
At the moment you've no diagnosis so try not to worry. Easier to type than do.
If the NHS staff that looked after me are anything to go by then you're in good hands.
I guess Meg will be with you when you see the doctors, you'll both have loads of questions so best to write your thoughts down before, as a reminder not as some sort of form for the doctor. No question will be the wrong thing to ask and they will have had them all before. I went alone to my first meeting and wish I'd taken notes on what I was told. In some cases you can get info from NHS direct if you think of things after seeing the doctors at your local hospital.
Macmillan staff are worth their weight in gold. Talk to them, they will help you both.
When using the web for information be aware that UK treatment may be different to that in the US (for example), if was for my diagnosis.
In the CT machine don't look at the red flashy light 😉 and definitely (this is important) DON'T go for a piss if you're half way through drinking some odd tasting liquid for the technicians in the CT scanner. I did for my first one and ended up having an injection of a marker dye that gave me the odd sensation of wanting to go for a piss through my left big toe. Only way I can describe it, very, very odd.
Hang in there.
Good luck.
Good luck wishes here
sorry, that's all I've got to offer; I hope it all goes way better than you fear
guy in my office had it. Had a few ops and happy to say he survived ok.
Has regular check ups now.
Take each day as it comes. Be strong!
good luck is all i can say, stay strong and happy!
*offers a hig*
thinking of you.
All the best.
I can offer no sage advice.
Just best wishes.
Good luck, and stick at it. Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Hi Mark and Meg,
Hope you are both doing well this morning. I am not sure whether you will read this before or after you get some news from the scan etc. but I hope it goes OK and I have everything crossed that it is something less sinister and easily fixable.
I am 9 Years in remission from Lymphoma now, and whilst never going to get my elite racing license I am riding hard and still much fitter than the vast majority of the population! Not really sure what advice I can give, just that no matter how bad things seem or how dark the outlook appears, there's always hope. I didn't have a girlfriend at the time and that was actually a surprsingly hard part, so you are already lucky in that respect. Fortunately I have the best family and friends, so there were still plenty of good times mixed in with the inevitable hard ones, and now it really is just an amusing set of pub stories and a load of benefits as to how I treat others and live my life.
That's kind of my abridged version of what I would write in a surviviors book.
I know it probably sounds wierd, but during my treatment years I would have been glad of a young person (I'm 31 now...) who was going or had been through similar things to chat things over with. So if you feel like a natter or just want to drop the odd question via email, give me a shout on here.
Best of luck,
Rich
Difficult times but take strength from all that has been said above and very best wishes dude.
Nothing i can say that hasn't been said, but good luck, i hope everything works out ok.
My wife's had cancer twice and survived - you're both in my prayers.
Thinking about you and yours big man
Feel the love brother
Best wishes big man
Feel the STW love
TS
Sorry to hear that man. Modern science is samazing these days. You gotta hope for the best - hope all goes well.
Very best wishes. As said above, at least you know what's causing your problems which has gotta be halfway to beating them - take care and stay strong.
Like most others, I can't give advice but can only send my best wishes and hope for the best for you.
Good Morning!
Last night was a lonely and difficult night at the hospital. I didn't manage to sleep much, and the ward sister was kind enough to let my day release start at 7.00am. So I walked out of the hospital and down into Tunbridge Wells, which was very still and serene. The sunrise this morning was amazing. Meg then picked me up at the train station, and an unusual feeling of calm has taken over us both. Bear with me...
Firstly, it's important for me to let all of you know how significant your responses have been for both Megan and myself. I initially posted on here with the hope that folks could offer advice and knowledge on how to deal with the situation we're both going through. What I didn't expect is the sheer volume of supporting posts from all of you. I am a hard, pragmatic and difficult man to move, yet I have cried a fair bit when reading your lovely posts. I feel very privileged to have been the focus of so many positive comments, so thank you.
For those of you that have had cancer, and have beaten it, thank you. Yours are the tales that I need to get through this, and asking people to share what are sometimes very difficult and painful memories is asking a fair bit, but you all have provided me with really good things to focus on.
Those that have shared their experiences of 'being the other half' in the relationship have given us a unique and vital insight into the way this kind of problem is dealt with. This has been really important for both of us - all I've felt since Friday is guilt; like I've let my Megan and family down by getting ill and putting them under undue pressure. I realise that this is stupid and irrational but I'm not too sure that anything is rational at the moment! We will definitely be in contact with those of you that have kindly offered to correspond with us during this time.
Oh and one other thing.
Meg, who is at best 'sceptical' about the concept of a STW forum, actually checked this thread last night when I was in hospital. Result!!!
More later,
Mark
best of luck mate and hang on in there, gaz
Like everybody else I want to wish you all the best, I hope you make a full and speedy recovery.
All the best Mark, tough times ahead stay strong.
stay positive and strong - use family and friends as pillars of support to get you through the tough times. hopefully you will get the best of care from our national health service. take care.
