Admission to hospital & 13 years since diagnosis

[Di16]

Last week I was admitted to our local hospital with severe shortness of breath. Dr thought I probably had mild heart failure & also suspected some ascites in my abdomen. Scary time. By Monday they had done a number of checks, & could not tell why my breathing had been so bad on admission - no heart failure, heart attack or clot in my lungs etc. I was anaemic, which could have contributed, & they have started treatment for that & modified other medication. They did a scan on Saturday, but couldn't get it formally reported because it needed to be compared with scans at Addenbrookes where I'm normally treated, but were contacting my oncologists there. Rather than sit around in hospital waiting for that, when the breathing problems had been sorted, I asked if I could go home & get the scan result as an outpatient. The drs eventually agreed. I came home late Monday afternoon. I already had a telephone appointment booked with Addenbrookes for next week, & that has been changed to a face to face appointment to get scan result & hopefully a plan. Although it was scary, it did at least get me a scan. Because of pressures of covid, Addenbrookes are not being able to fit everyone in for routine scans every time, & they had told me they weren't able to give me a routine scan this time. Sorry this is such a long post. I am waiting now to see what is happening with my cancer. I know I have been fortunate so far. It will be 13 years tomorrow since my initial debulking operation. Since then, I have had further operations & spent a lot of time on various treatments, but I'm still here so far! Di

[Lyndy]

What a scary time for you Di. Fingers crossed that this is a minor blip and that it will get sorted out very soon. xx

[Mammi]

13years,wow Di that is amazing and sounds like your hospital visit ,although very scary,was hopefully a blip! Horrible waiting but hoping you soon get the results you are hoping for.wise going home, much safer place to be at present .Take care.X

[Irisisme]

Hello Di,Here’s hoping you get good news. It must be very worrying for you as it’s even hard to speculate what might have caused tour problems, let alone have a diagnosis and treatment plan.

It’s often the waiting that is the worst. I’m wishing you well and send hugs.

Iris🤗🤗🤗

[Katmal-UK]

Hi Scary for you indeed. Everything crossed that they will get to the bottom of this and it turn out to be something easily remedied. Do let us know how you get on. Kathy xx

[Mumsie13]

Hello Di. How scary for you after all this time. Hope scan results show nothing untoward. Wishing all the best for you. 🤗 Jackie

[Riverflo]

Hi Di, thanks for sharing. Your 13 years so far, although I'm sure not plain sailing, gives hope that it's possible. I know the waiting is tough and I hope that good news awaits you. xx

[Ruebacelle]

Well congrats on making it this far you are an inspiration to us all. Stay calm wait for scan analysis it could be anything. Hugs from france

[Madmarilyn]

Hope you get good news soon!