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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / March 2006Mother
Mother was going for a PET scan on Thursday; it now turns out there's a cancellation tomorrow (Tuesday) so she's going then instead. She'll be going to St Thomas' in London (allied to Guy's courtesy of Health Trust wotnots that replaced good old fashioned health authorities), which means she'll be in good hands, both hospitals being major teaching ones with top consultants etc. Apparently her consultant hasn't quite made up his mind whether surgery is appropriate, so it all hangs on the results of the scan. If it seems more sensible, he may go for radiotherapy instead of surgery - or he may do both. Steph, are you there? Can you come up with any idea what he may have in mind? Mother's previous tumour was squamous cell in - IIRC - the lower jaw (or at any rate near to there). The current problem is in the cheek on the same side of the mouth.  SignatureEmily > Mother was going for a PET scan on Thursday; it now turns out there's a > cancellation tomorrow (Tuesday) so she's going then instead. She'll be [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > at any rate near to there). The current problem is in the cheek on the > same side of the mouth. Emily, My thoughts are with you & your mother. Hope for the best. Please let us know when you hear something. I'll be here caring for both of you. Fig me@privacy.net said... > > Mother was going for a PET scan on Thursday; it now turns out there's a > > cancellation tomorrow (Tuesday) so she's going then instead. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > My thoughts are with you & your mother. Hope for the best. Please let us > know when you hear something. I'll be here caring for both of you. Thanks love. I should imagine she'll be at the hospital for most of the day, that being the way things tend to work, so I won't call her until later. I'm hoping things aren't too bad for her - she doesn't need to lose any weight so there aren't any benefits I can think of in not being able to eat properly - plus it's a nightmare for anyone trying to cater for her. I'm hoping surgery won't be necessary, partly because of that and partly because she's not as strong as she used to be (she's in her late 70s now and she's never really been what I'd call 'young') - I say, I'm rather glad she's not reading this! I'm not going to pretend that she and I are the best of friends, because we're not, never have been and never will be, but OTOH I'm not ready to start organising funerals just yet either... and going by previous experience her husband will be about as useful as a chocolate fireguard... Bother, I'm meandering. Here, have I got an incentive to tidy the house in the near future? Not that long ago you were threatening to visit. Spring's usually rather nice over here you know... :-) SignatureEmily > me@privacy.net said... >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > used to be (she's in her late 70s now and she's never really been what > I'd call 'young') - I say, I'm rather glad she's not reading this! I hear you. I had a grandmother who was born 80, but I loved her dearly. We chose our friends but not our relatives, but there's always that bond just the same. >will be about as useful as a chocolate > fireguard... Em, are these original? If so, you should be writing for Leno. > Here, have I got an incentive to tidy the house in the near future? > Not that long ago you were threatening to visit. Spring's usually > rather nice over here you know... :-) I want, I wish, I don't know... Am trying to figure out how to manage my personal life. I've had to hire a contract accountant. He's really great, but he's retired military & keeps playing 'Momma may I." I guess that military training is hard to shake, but I have to constantly check to see if he's sitting there with his hand in the air. Then this summer I may hire some summer interns from Texas who will require lots of looking after too. I prefer doing the work myself to overseeing others (by far), but sometimes ya gotta. So - short story long - hmmm spring is tempting & interns wouldn't be here yet. I'll have to see how work goes & if I can empower Mr. Stars/Stripes. I have another guy starting in another week, so help is on the way! Speaking of which, I better get down there; been working from home night/day, still in jammies! Keep me posted re Mother. Fig Forgot to mention: my senate testamony is tomorrow afternoon. That should be end of daytime trips to legislature. Now if something else doesn't pop up to take its place, I'll have more work-time. Fig me@privacy.net said... > Forgot to mention: my senate testamony is tomorrow afternoon. That should > be end of daytime trips to legislature. Now if something else doesn't pop > up to take its place, I'll have more work-time. Is this to do with the smoking issues? Good luck - we'll be thinking of you and crossing everything that can be crossed. Fingers, toes, uohc, ti ameks ti evyr idffcilut ot ytep... I'll uncross my fingers for a bit, if you don't mind. Hope everything goes just the way you want it to. And I'll cross my fingers again tomorrow when I'm not trying to type :-) SignatureEm > me@privacy.net said... > > Forgot to mention: my senate testamony is tomorrow afternoon. That should [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > -- > Em That's the one. Thanks for the crossings. Maybe virtual crossings will do??? And allow you some functionality. I hope whatever I've come down with leaves me in the night. I can work but not much else & might make even less sense than usual. We are still pushing for a stong bill, but I doubt we'll get the casinos back. Do you have casinos? If so, are they included? Come to think of it, I've never seen one in UK. figtoes@yahoo.com said... > Do you have > casinos? If so, are they included? Come to think of it, I've never > seen one in UK. Yes we do have casinos here but it's not as big a 'thing' as it is in the US. A Bill has recently gone through to allow a small number of relatively larger ones though so I imagine the numbers will increase. We seem to specialise in bingo here :-( me@privacy.net said... > > me@privacy.net said... > >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Em, are these original? If so, you should be writing for Leno. I fear not. The other one I sometimes use is chocolate teapot. Did you know thatsomeone actually did a study to discover what use that might be? http://www.plokta.com/plokta/issue23/teapot.htm > > Here, have I got an incentive to tidy the house in the near future? > > Not that long ago you were threatening to visit. Spring's usually > > rather nice over here you know... :-) > > > I want, I wish, I don't know... I know, you used to be indecisive, but now you're not so sure :-) > Am trying to figure out how to manage my personal life. Manage? > I've had to hire > a contract accountant. He's really great, but he's retired military & > keeps playing 'Momma may I." I guess that military training is hard to > shake, but I have to constantly check to see if he's sitting there with > his hand in the air. Oh dear. I'm sorry, but this conjures up a vision of a sergeant major complete with Winsor Davies style moustache, in full military regalia, meekly sitting at the table, putting his hand up to ask a question. > Then this summer I may hire some summer interns > from Texas who will require lots of looking after too. I prefer doing > the work myself to overseeing others (by far), but sometimes ya gotta. > So - short story long - hmmm spring is tempting & interns wouldn't be > here yet. I'll have to see how work goes & if I can empower Mr. > Stars/Stripes. I have another guy starting in another week, so help is > on the way! Speaking of which, I better get down there; been working > from home night/day, still in jammies! And why not :-) > Keep me posted re Mother. Will do. I've not heard anything yet, but I'm going to check my email in a minute. She won't have had results yet presumably, but I think the consultant wants them pretty well immediately. I haven't a clue how long a PET scan takes to be interpreted or what has to be done in order to get results from them, but I guess it can't be too long - or else maybe the consultant has unrealistic expectations... it wouldn't be the first time that happened. SignatureEm > me@privacy.net said... > > > > Am trying to figure out how to manage my personal life. > > Manage? As in manage to have one. Don't mind me, I get this way this time most years - & it passes... > Oh dear. I'm sorry, but this conjures up a vision of a sergeant major > complete with Winsor Davies style moustache, in full military regalia, > meekly sitting at the table, putting his hand up to ask a question. No moustache, but exceedingly erect posture & neat. He's thorough & doing a good job & I do like & respect him. Laid back is not in his vocabulary. I asked him if the ma'am businesss was because I was insulting him unknowingly, but he says that's just his way. It's interesting; I've not been around military types much & I've never met one in oil/gas. So I'll see you in 2 weeks? <giggle> PET scan results were not an overnight proposition for Socks. Took better part of a week, as I recall. But maybe sooner if it's urgent enough & maybe things are speedier in Eastpondia. Hugs, Fig figtoes@yahoo.com said... > > me@privacy.net said... > > > > > > Am trying to figure out how to manage my personal life. > > > > Manage? > As in manage to have one. Don't mind me, I get this way this time most > years - & it passes... I'll probably drop you an email some time. > So I'll see you in 2 weeks? <giggle> Oh, that would be so lovely! I'd work night and day to get the place habitable and to find the floor, locate something to sit on and even exhume a bed if I thought you really meant it. > PET scan results were not an overnight proposition for Socks. Took > better part of a week, as I recall. But maybe sooner if it's urgent > enough & maybe things are speedier in Eastpondia. I don't know if things are speedier; I'd have said not usually, because there's a trade-off with our NHS system in that we have to wait for certain things. That said, I must assume the consultant knows whereof he speaks, and if he reckons he can get the results in 48 hours presumably he know something the rest of us don't. Anyway, mother's appointment is sometime tomorrow, so we'll either find out that the consultant was being somewhat over optimistic, or that the results are in and plans can be made. SignatureTo reply see 'from' in headers; lose the domain, and insert dots and @ where common sense dictates. > figtoes@yahoo.com said... >> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > consultant was being somewhat over optimistic, or that the results are > in and plans can be made. Thinking of you and your ma Em and hoping that the results aren't too bad. Hugs Alayne totallyfake@email.com said... > Thinking of you and your ma Em and hoping that the results aren't too bad. Mother's going to have radiotherapy rather than surgery, and will have her mask made in the near future. I've sent her the link for Pauline's Diary (http://fashion-era.com/Cancer_Diary.htm) in the hope that it'll help and inform... Well I found it interesting and informative anyway. Oh, the tumour's about 2cm. I gather that ought to mean something to someone. SignatureEm > totallyfake@email.com said... >> Thinking of you and your ma Em and hoping that the results aren't too [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Oh, the tumour's about 2cm. I gather that ought to mean something to > someone. If it's an scc. it means radiotherapy should work well steph@vancouvers.island said... > > Oh, the tumour's about 2cm. I gather that ought to mean something to > > someone. > > If it's an scc. it means radiotherapy should work well Thanks Steph. > I fear not. The other one I sometimes use is chocolate teapot. Did > you know thatsomeone actually did a study to discover what use that > might be? > > http://www.plokta.com/plokta/issue23/teapot.htm I missed this part on google. What a hoot! I kept expecting to see,"And thus hot chocolate was born!" Fig > Mother was going for a PET scan on Thursday; it now turns out there's a > cancellation tomorrow (Tuesday) so she's going then instead. She'll be [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > at any rate near to there). The current problem is in the cheek on the > same side of the mouth. Thommies is a good place, Emily. Wait until the results are in, then take the advice of your specialist steph@vancouvers.island said... > Steph, are you > > there? Can you come up with any idea what he may have in mind? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thommies is a good place, Emily. > Wait until the results are in, then take the advice of your specialist Apparently the consultant wants them for an appointment on Friday morning. I have to say that sounds a tad optimistic to me, but one can only assume he knows what he's doing and/or that he has an ultra- efficient radiography (?) team. Oh well, we just have to wait and see. Meanwhile mother continues trying to fit at least 36 hours into every day and thus never has time for anything because she's always got too much to do. She's one of the most exhausting people I've ever met. SignatureEmily > Apparently the consultant wants them for an appointment on Friday > morning. I have to say that sounds a tad optimistic to me, but one can > only assume he knows what he's doing and/or that he has an ultra- > efficient radiography (?) team. Oh well, we just have to wait and see. Hope she knows to stop face creams, Em, although Friday could be discuss or mask fitting? J studras@anon.inv said... > > Apparently the consultant wants them for an appointment on Friday > > morning. I have to say that sounds a tad optimistic to me, but one can [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Hope she knows to stop face creams, Em, although Friday could be discuss or mask > fitting? Face creams?? Pardon? SignatureTo reply see 'from' in headers; lose the domain, and insert dots and @ where common sense dictates. > studras@anon.inv said... > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Face creams?? Pardon? Sorry, I forgot. There's only so much detail a human can remember. If that's not true, I'm spreading the rumor anyway. :p How's things, Em? J studras@anon.inv said... > > > Hope she knows to stop face creams, Em, although Friday could be discuss or mask > > > fitting? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > If that's not true, I'm spreading the rumor anyway. :p > How's things, Em? <g> Sorry, I was just trying to imagine my mother using any form of cream on her face or anywhere else for that matter. She's as bad as me when it comes to makeup - neither of us have the foggiest notion what to do with it. In fact, if I'm going anywhere posh, I usually get given (whether I want it or not) advice from my 16 year old daughter... :-) I haven't posted simply because so far there hasn't been any news to report. Mother's having a weekend away at the moment (and the very best of luck to her. It's freezing cold and in the west country where she's gone schools have been closed because of impassable[1] roads - but that's another rant), and then next week she goes to have her mask made and all sorts of other fun things like exact measurements etc so that treatment can then start ASAP. [1] Warning: weather-related rant follows... It snows every year here, isn't that amazing? And every year it takes the authorities completely by surprise! Wow, look everybody, it's SNOWING!! Quick, get the gritters out on to the roads before they freeze... oh whoops. Too late. Oh dear, we'll have to close the schools and council offices because of all the snow on the roads that would be perfectly passable if only we'd gritted and salted them soon enough when the cold weather was first forecast... So everything grinds to a halt. I was supposed to have blood tests last week, but there was no guarantee that the bloods could be transported the distance of two whole miles from vampire to laboratory - so I now have to wait until next week. It's pathetic, it really is. I mean, *I* could have taken the vials of Hb to the lab myself (it is only two miles, after all), but of course that's not allowed... Bah. SignatureEmily, disgusted with her weather-shy countrymen. > studras@anon.inv said... >> > > Hope she knows to stop face creams, Em, although Friday could be [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > the vials of Hb to the lab myself (it is only two miles, after all), but > of course that's not allowed... Bah. Go for the weather rant Em!! It always seems to miss us down here and we just get stuck with freezing temperatures. I do recall when Tony was doing his radiotherapy though and the transport got cancelled (although no-one told us) cos we managed to get a bit of snow. Fortunately I was allowed to take him in for his blast although being a snow-novice the ride was pretty scary ;-) but at least I could find a place to park ;-) Hugs Alayne > [1] Warning: weather-related rant follows... > It snows every year here, isn't that amazing? And every year it takes [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > -- > Emily, disgusted with her weather-shy countrymen. Well, I typed in "black ice" and wales and got a BBC weather report for year 2004 So I went to main page and picked two locations (West) in Wales that have black clouds and both say that next Tuesday will be "low visibility". http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/wales/ That's the weather report from me. :p Our road people start the day or night before with the gritters. Schools have closed around here as well, in the past few weeks, but I don't know if labs are affected (or not). Thanks for the update, Em. I'm a week (or so) early asking but once someone's diagnosed I'm impatient for treatment to start. Of course, they don't care about my impatience. :) Hugs J studras@anon.inv said... > > Emily, disgusted with her weather-shy countrymen. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/wales/ > That's the weather report from me. :p Ah, sorry, I may have given a wrong impression there. The 'West Country' is Somerset, Devon and Cornwall as far as the UK is concerned, and that's where mother is at the moment. Lovely sunny freezing cold Devon. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1886 > Our road people start the day or night before with the gritters. Schools have closed > around here as well, in the past few weeks, but I don't know if labs are affected (or > not). Yes, but you're in Canada, right? We've got relatives in Toronto who tell of huge amounts of snow and regular freezing cold temperatures that make our pitiful attemps at winter look like the balmy tropics in comparison. I'd sort of expect that with what we've got here Canadians would just shrug and carry on. I could be wrong I suppose... But I do get very impatient with the way everything stops here because just something totally expected has happened. It happens every year these days it seems. When I was working in London the trains used to have to stop running if the weather was bad; however it was unthinkable that workers wouldn't make the effort to get into work. It was just something we did - call it the Stiff Upper Lip or whatever, we tried to carry on as if nothing had happened and if that meant taking 2 hrs over a 15 mile journey then that's what we did. Bah. Yoofer today and all that. Oh my, I've just realised. HELP! I'M GETTING OLD! Quick, fetch my tonic! > Thanks for the update, Em. > I'm a week (or so) early asking but once someone's diagnosed I'm impatient for treatment > to start. > Of course, they don't care about my impatience. :) For all people complain about the NHS they can move mighty quick when they want to. Quite often people have to wait for months before they can have, say, a cataract or hip operated on - but give the NHS something like cancer or any other condition that needs urgent treatment and that treatment's there, now, when it's needed. Which isn't bad for a seriously overstretched system. SignatureEm me@privacy.net said... > > Thanks for the update, Em. > > I'm a week (or so) early asking but once someone's diagnosed I'm impatient for treatment [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and that treatment's there, now, when it's needed. Which isn't bad for > a seriously overstretched system. I've not heard from mother today; however there should be some sort of news, because if all went according to plan (ha!) she should have had her first 'mask' appointment today. She's not keen on having things on her face, so I bet she found it wonderful fun - not. Radiotherapy should start in the very near future, but I don't know exactly when. me@privacy.net said... > me@privacy.net said... > > > Thanks for the update, Em. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > her face, so I bet she found it wonderful fun - not. Radiotherapy > should start in the very near future, but I don't know exactly when. Update: Mother's had her mask made and reports that it wasn't as bad as she'd been led to believe because she had a superb technician who explained everything as it happened and told mother where the next bit of warm plaster was to go. Apparently photos were taken as well. I do hope I get to see them... I don't know exactly when the treatment is due to start; can't be just yet though because she's reckoning on coming for a quick visit beforehand. SignatureEm > me@privacy.net said... >> me@privacy.net said... [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > is due to start; can't be just yet though because she's reckoning on > coming for a quick visit beforehand. That is good news! It is so amazing what a difference a good caregiver can do. Glad to hear it went okay for her. Penny > me@privacy.net said... >> me@privacy.net said... [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > due to start; can't be just yet though because she's reckoning on coming > for a quick visit beforehand. Good to hear that things went okay with your ma Em, mask fitting is a weird experience but at least it's painless. Thinking of you guys and sending Warm Hugs Alayne > Update: Mother's had her mask made and reports that it wasn't as bad as > she'd been led to believe because she had a superb technician who [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > due to start; can't be just yet though because she's reckoning on coming > for a quick visit beforehand. Glad to hear all is running smoothly wishing your mother the best. Alex More on weather related.....It becomes apparent that there will never be any food after the storm. Groceries/supermarkets will never open. Must be so judging by the shopping frenzy when a storm is forecast. (Born and raised in New England where we have some doozy winters and always have!!) turtletrot1@bellsouth.net said... > More on weather related.....It becomes apparent that there will never > be any food after the storm. Groceries/supermarkets will never open. > Must be so judging by the shopping frenzy when a storm is forecast. > (Born and raised in New England where we have some doozy winters and > always have!!) Oh yes, well obviously! Same at Christmas by any chance? Shops closed (shock, horror) for TWO WHOLE DAYS! Oh my, what shall we do? Now assuming that half the population are entertaining the other half of the population at such times, why does the ENTIRE population have to go mad filling trolleys with food and drink they'd never normally consider buying? And yes, it's the same with bread and milk and basics as soon as there's a flake of snow. The shops are open, but you try and buy a loaf of bread or a pint of milk and you quickly discover that the entire stock of such things for miles around has been panic bought by eejits who can't use their brains for more than five seconds at a time. I had to laugh - albeit not at the time - not so long back when it was reported on the news that there was the remote possibility of a strike by fuel tanker drivers in a few days' time but that there would be no petrol shortage. No petrol shortage?? The newsreaders reckoned without the Great British Public. I drove to three filling stations that same evening with an almost empty tank before I managed to persuade one to let me fill up. They were all having to close because of the queues of people putting a few gallons in their tanks 'just in case'. And in the end of course the strike didn't happen anyway... Oh world. SignatureEm |
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