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Chasing Lobsters Blog 6 – What on earth is a PICC or Port!
So, before chemo can start in earnest, most people have to be fitted with a device to allow chemicals to go straight into the bloodstream. There is either a PICC which sits outside the body ( often on the arm) or a Port placed under the skin for longer term treatments. I have added a…
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Chasing Lobsters Blog 5- Off to the Oncologist for the First Time.
Well…I think it’s fair to say that for most people about to go through Cancer treatment going to the oncologist for the first time is a rather nerve-racking experience. I think this is true of a radiologist as well ( but my experience with that is in a later blog). For me it was seriously…
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Chasing Lobsters- Blog 4. A few Cancer treatment tips.
OK before I start talking about my first oncology adventure I’m going to pop down a few things I wish I had known before I started on my treatments. If you have been going through treatment or finished you will already know a lot of this. I’d love it if you have any tips you…
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Chasing Lobsters – Blog 3. Baby steps.
Today’s blog is really about what happened to me in hospital. I think my story is relevant in that it supports what I feel about cancer. Each person has a very different adventure from diagnosis. Mine certainly started with a bang! There is nothing good about waking up in ICU and when I say baby…
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Chasing Lobsters – Blog 2. So What Started My Cancer Adventure?
Ok, so if you have read my first post you will know I’ve been through a bit of a cancer ordeal in the last two and a half years. Before we get into the ‘things’ they don’t tell you’ and other handy tips’, I feel I’d best let you know a bit more about myself…
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Chasing Lobsters – What I wish someone had told me about Cancer.
OK..so I am just entering the “blogging” world so I hope you will bare with me. There are a lot of blogs and books that discuss dealing with cancer, and all of the different types out there work for different people. Cancer is a strange beast. It hits randomly. What do I mean by this?…
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