Cancer.

[hubworker 4]

Hi Leo, it was good to talk to you in the Moor Market today. Just to clarify, the Hub is a Cavendish Cancer Hub not MacMillan . We do supply information from Macmillan and many other charities and organisations, so if anyone would like further information or just a chat, please call and see us.

[Leo Tomlinson 51]

1 hour ago, hubworker said:

Hi Leo, it was good to talk to you in the Moor Market today. Just to clarify, the Hub is a Cavendish Cancer Hub not MacMillan . We do supply information from Macmillan and many other charities and organisations, so if anyone would like further information or just a chat, please call and see us.

Thanks Hubby , I picked up a book (help with the cost of cancer ) from you and its a Mcmillan book so thats the name mix up , 

It was nice to meet and chat with you , thanks for the help .

[hubworker 4]

No worries Leo, glad to be of help.

[crookesey 637]

There for the grace of God Leo 👍

[Leo Tomlinson 51]

Well ,its a week since I started taking the  pills , As said in  my introduction post I  have been waiting for the dreaded side effects ,  The results up to now are    Zilll ,nowt , zero , Ok i feel a little tired at times but that could be the case any way , The old man breasts are still a couple of just that , mere dimples,      no blood in poo, no dizzy turns , so  now its on to the second week of tablets . 

Up date next week .

[sheffbag 230]

Good luck Leo, while i have not suffered Cancer myself i had to sit and watch both my wife and mother fight it at the same time. All i will say is take all the support you can get from everywhere. 

When my wife had hers we found out about a lot of support you can get through therapy sessions for you and your family ( i dont know your personal circumstances) which helped us tremendously.

https://cavcare.org.uk/about-us/our-therapies/

There are also other groups out there that offer therapies.

 

I hate to be practical but if you have critical illness cover on any loan or mortgage (again i dont know your circumstances) then speak to your medical team about it. We didnt think we were covered (my wife had Breast cancer) but the nurse asked if we had it and helped us with the paperwork to get it claimed. Since then we have had friends go through the same situation and helped them with it. 

 

I' work in sheff centre near the courts. If you are ever in the area squire and need an ear drop me a line and i'll stick the kettle on.

 

Good luck, you will smash this

[Leo Tomlinson 51]

17 minutes ago, sheffbag said:

Good luck Leo, while i have not suffered Cancer myself i had to sit and watch both my wife and mother fight it at the same time. All i will say is take all the support you can get from everywhere. 

When my wife had hers we found out about a lot of support you can get through therapy sessions for you and your family ( i dont know your personal circumstances) which helped us tremendously.

https://cavcare.org.uk/about-us/our-therapies/

There are also other groups out there that offer therapies.

 

I hate to be practical but if you have critical illness cover on any loan or mortgage (again i dont know your circumstances) then speak to your medical team about it. We didnt think we were covered (my wife had Breast cancer) but the nurse asked if we had it and helped us with the paperwork to get it claimed. Since then we have had friends go through the same situation and helped them with it. 

 

I' work in sheff centre near the courts. If you are ever in the area squire and need an ear drop me a line and i'll stick the kettle on.

 

Good luck, you will smash this

Will keep that in mind , thank you .

[Kidorry 189]

Called into the HUB today and as you say the lady in there is very nice and helpful. We talked about opening a Cancer hub in a library for people to come in and discuss and talk about their cancer. A good idea I think.

[Leo Tomlinson 51]

And so the second instalment  has began today ,. Up to the Hallamshire  hospital bright and early this morning . floor B entrance 10  Uro  Oncology dept.  

Sat in waiting and observed men  of varying  ages  entering , some looking worried , but most nice and chatty .

As we waited  watching the large TV screen for our names to appear I realised that there was a constant stream of blokes of all ages taking up seats , as one left for treatment  another seemed to arrive . (Get tested chaps age is not the major factor in the dreaded Prostrate symptoms  are ) 

 

So after waiting around half hour or so I was  called into my cubicle to be met by Rachel   a member of the support team as well as being a  top nurse specialising in problems below the belt .

 

This woman is a star , She took me through every aspect of what to expect in the following months of my treatment , I have never felt so relaxed talking to some one who up to just a few minutes before I had never met  ,Thanks Rachel M .

 

So  after half an hour explaining things Rachel stuck a great big needle int my belly  , this was my injection of for hormone therapy that works in line with the tablets i have already been taking for nearly a month , The injection was painless so no probs there .

 

Rachel told me I am now going to turn into a woman (LOL) as these injections that last three months will give me the syptome of the change that lasses go through in menopause , Hot flushes , bad temper , tiredness , weeping as well as putting on weight ,  So our lass can now get ready its pay back time ,

 

 

After three months I will be called back for the next injection th

at will last another three months,  by this time the bloody prostrate should have shrunk so as to allow the radio therapy to begin . By that time i will be wearing my favourite pencil skirt, frilly blouses  and four inch heels , Watch out Eddy Izzard Leo is on the prowl .

Hope this helps if you are starting on the same journey .

Will update after the first hot flush .,

 

Edited September 7, 2022 by Leo Tomlinson

[Kidorry 189]

Well done Leo. You will soon be ringing the bell.

[Thirsty Relic 217]

1 hour ago, Leo Tomlinson said:

And so the second instalment  has began today ,. Up to the Hallamshire  hospital bright and early this morning . floor B entrance 10  Uro  Oncology dept.  

Sat in waiting and observed men  of varying  ages  entering , some looking worried , but most nice and chatty .

As we waited  watching the large TV screen for our names to appear I realised that there was a constant stream of blokes of all ages taking up seats , as one left for treatment  another seemed to arrive . (Get tested chaps age is not the major factor in the dreaded Prostrate symptoms  are )

 

 

With you pal - let us know the progress

[Leo Tomlinson 51]

Finished Bicalutamide tablet course tonight , no adverse effects just a tired feeling now and then , so tablets followed by injections , See what happens now .