Lump worries!!!

Hi Folks,

My backside is given me more grief today than usual. The lump is acting up and the sensation down there feels like the time when I thought I had constipation before my diagnoses of bowel cancer. It is making me increasing worried as this will be my seventh week without any chemo and from the information I had read. A cancerous tumor can aggressively grow if treatment is no longer provided. This happens as the immune system is compromised by the treatment and cannot fight against the cancer. In turn the cancers cells can multiply very rapidly. I do hope that is not what is causing me grief down there. I will make a call to the oncology dept tomorrow to have a chat with them. Apart from this I am doing fine. Stoma, numbness, just another run of the mill aches and pains today. To be brutally honest I can't wait till I get that lump removed and out of my life...

Another worry is the nurses industrial action. I am hoping this will not affect me when I go in as it will be a major setback for my recovery. I know they have a case to defend but I am on a time sensitive part of my battle against this annoying cancer.

As always I am keeping an open mind to what is the situation is next week. If it comes to the crunch I will head over to the AE and get admitted one way or another...

John called me today and we chatted for a while. He is doing great and the only annoying thing he has so far is the numbness. He said that when he is wearing his slippers he would not notice if one happens to fall off. Also he find that using stairs can be a little daunting as he could not feel the steps properly..make me ponder the long lasting effects of the chemo...

Well I better get going,

Nite all,

Sai