Purplemaniacs Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Brilliant news, so glad all was ok. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 Thanks again everyone I've also won a set of golf clubs on ebay so that's finished my day off nicely. Am now wide awake though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Marple Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Great news Anne. :D Yours is good too Plum. If only my best friend Ann had received similar good news my week would be complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 Thanks Terri Sorry to read about your best friend Ann though Seniding you and her loads of {{{{{{HUGS}}}}}} and loads of positive thoughts as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Marple Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Thank you Anne. I won't hijack this thread other than to say that she was rushed in three months ago for an emergency appendectomy which has turned out to be aggressive bowel cancer. She was told at the beginning to the week that it is terminal which has devastated us all. I take heart from your positive news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Great news Anne - so pleased for you! xx So sorry to hear about your friend Terri Just goes to show why we do get understandably anxious about these things - it still happens far too frequently ((hugs)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Great news, hope you got to sleep eventually!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counturchickens Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Good news Anne and Plum xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaP Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Only just caught up with this but just wanted to say "great news", I'm so pleased for you Lisa P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 So pleased to hear you both had good news . Very sorry your friend wasn't so lucky, Terri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Had very intermittent internet access for a few days so just caught up. Glad to hear you got an all clear Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Oh thank goodness for you both! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Skimmed thro thread and glad all ok. Ladies (puts on nurses cap) my mum died of an interval cancer (one that didnt show up on mammogram but developed in less than 3 yr period ) however I know of at least 5 women whose cancers were discovered early by mammogram and hadnt materialised as a feelable lump. No test is 100% proof but no feeling around every month is either. Get to know whats normal for you. Glad its good news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Also just catching up - so glad you had the all clear - I had a recall last year, 2 biopsies then surgery and 15 days radiotherapy later in the year - I had DCIS which they wanted to take away and zap in case - I was lucky and this year first annual clear mammogram and will have every year for the next 5 years. They do look after you - we are very lucky in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 We are, I'm sorry to hear of your experience it must have been very hard for you. Good news is was clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Thank you - it was good to just keep positive and keep going - the moral is never miss a mammogram appt or change it if you have to - my friend had to cancel as she was away and they were not going to give her an appointment till next year - she was astounded by that and forced another one. If we are caught with this disease early then it is a good result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Sorry to be a boring old fart and go on and on and on but that goes for smears too ladies. Glad all results are ok. Ali x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 Blackrocksrock, so glad to read you got the all clear at your latest mammogram. Long may it continue xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 Sorry to be a boring old fart and go on and on and on but that goes for smears too ladies. Glad all results are ok. Ali x Ali, as they seem to be forever changing the intervals for smears (altough they probably don't )I always ask each year when mine is due. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 believe me we nurses get confused too - bloomin nightmare esp as whole of UK isnt the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Marple Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Dear All, This has been an enlightening and positive thread- my thanks. It is good to read the encouragement and stories of hope and success. Glad to hear your news Blackrocksrock. My best friend Ann (ever since we first met at 15 when I returned to live in this country, so 37 years ago) sadly died of bowel cancer last Sunday. It was a very short fight, if fight is actually a word that can be used here as she never actually go to the chemo stage. 3.5 months from start to finish. The funeral was today and I am now trying to regather my fighting spirit as inside I have felt so angry. She would not want me to be any other way I know that! It was interesting to learn form Vicki that in Scotland that start screening for this awful cancer at 50 rather than 60 ( in England). She might have stood a chance. She, like me was 52. I now have a small battle of my own, which I am being positive will come to nothing, but it is true, it does niggle away at you. Last Sunday, I also found a lump and I am now waiting for the appointment next Monday to check it further. I had a mammogram earlier this year which was clear. I also had a cyst about seven years ago so I am hoping that this will be the same. The ability of one's mind to create a drama however....... and suddenly your fingers seem to be constantly looking for it- I suppose in the hope that you might have imagined it! Anyway.. I will let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Will be thinking of you, remember that the majority are not malignant and if it is and caught early have a good outcome. Big hugs for you for yourself and the loss of your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Thinking of you too Ms Marple...and hoping that all goes well next Monday... As Plum says the majority of these scares amount to nothing, (but that doesn't make them less scary ) xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
