Just learned to use the calendar feature--yay! But it's telling me I've not heard anything from the hospital this week ): Total number of lumps now 3, the ltest one not too bad, but the other 2 are growing and hurting. Went to my GP today for sick note for work, told her I was very anxious and frightened etc. as I'm such a wuss about needles even for anaesthetic. She just smiled and said I'd feel better when it was over--so no anti-anxiety meds for me -- tho she did give me shed-loads of pain-killers and a repeat of anti-depressants. My MacMillan nurse offered me the Fentanyl patch on Wednesday, but having heard the horror stories, decided to stick with the Solpadol and Ibuprofen. I also have something called Lansoprazole to protect my stomach from the ibuprofen. When I looked it up on the net and read the leaflet, there's all sorts of stuff about it being also used to treat pancreatic tumours--as I have gastric/chest pain at the moment and a metastasis on adrenal gland, I guess it might do me some good! Me, I'll try anything once! Brenda
Brenda in UK--Diagnosis 30/5/07--undifferentiated carcinoma in right jawbone and muscles. Stage 4 6/7/07--new diagnosis primary is in lung. Finished 4cycles of palliative carboplatin/gemcitabine therapy September 07 Now dying to live!