Not on my laptop it doesn’t.
On my Mac the link goes to a Log in or Register for free page.
The precis is that MRI is generally superior and is catching up with CT quickly but hospitals use both to have the best imaging possible.
https://www.woosterhospital.org/article/[term-raw]/q-what-difference-between-ct-and-mri
No apology needed Sweetie, hope you get it sorted. x
I had chemo for my first cancer. Oh it made me so very sick. I couldn’t even look at food.
This last cancer, I had the operation and they cut out nearly 1/2 of my bowel and I didn’t need the chemo as they were sure they got it all. It was on the right side, so I didn’t end up with a “bag” and I was sure glad about that…
Now I am just dealing with skin cancer, I am very fair skinned so it is a problem, but I keep on top of it.
All the best to all you cancer survivors. We have to keep fighting…
My oncologist believes that a positive mind leads to positive results…and all his patients have had a form of cancer. Fighting and believing you can beat it means that your brain will help the process… that is why I think that feeling sorry for yourself never helps. We all have down times through the treatments but we need to look ahead of them and believe that we can get better!
DITTO Twink :hug:
I seem to have had very few of the side-effects of chemo this time round - unless that is what is causing my fatigue and being out of breath after a short while. No hair loss although it’s not growing, either.
I have the dosette box, full of steroids and my resolve this time is just to not eat so mindlessly when taking them. It’s a known side effect of steroids but I needn’t give in to it.
Oh I had no idea. So glad you survived and are “Alive & Kickin’”
It sounds like you’ve been through the mill Blue, but you’ve survived! Good luck with controlling the skin cancer, that can’t be easy as we all like a bit of sunshine.
You are so right Twink, keep fighting and stay positive.
I have the fatigue and breathlessness too Ffosse but I have one or two other side effects too including a sore nose, dry skin and splits on my finger ends. My hair has thinned and is slow growing too.
I shouldn’t worry too much about putting a bit of weight on, it’s better than losing weight so long as you eat healthily which I’m sure you do.
You are doing fine Val! I don’t know what type of cancer you are fighting but you seem to have the right attitude so Good Luck.:hug:
Val have you tried soaking your nails in olive oil? It is also good for dry hair.
Thank you Twink. I have bowel cancer and so far the treatment is helping. Support from family and friends including forum members helps to keep a positive attitude. x
I’ve not tried olive oil Sweetie but will give it a go. At the moment I’m using udder cream!
My sisters friend had bowel cancer and ended up with a colostomy bag, but she is determined that it won’t spoil her life. She still goes out with her friends, looks after her home and family and even takes holidays… the most recent was to Mexico.
I know she sometimes feels ill, but she said that is the price she is prepared to pay , for still being alive.
A colostomy bag doesn’t sound nice Twink but if it enables her to get on with her life, it has to be worth it. I wonder what makes her feel ill, is she still having chemo?
No she just has regular check ups. Unfortunately when you have a serious illness you tend to blame it for all the other discomforts you may have, when it is really just something that other people get too. In the early stages of my cancer I would assume it was causing any symptoms that made me feel ill…but it wasn’t! Everybody has headache, earache, tummy upsets and pain, but there is always a fear that it may be the cancer returning.
Eventually we all get to realize that it isn’t!
Or it could be.
Awoke this morning with a temperature of 38.4 (at which point I’m meant to phone the hospital but couldn’t face going there as they would tell me to come in) and a raging headache.
They’ve both gone over the day but I dread them coming back tomorrow morning (I think i picked up a bug from somewhere which can be dangerous for me.) It could have been the chemo yesterday as I had a different drug but I don’t know.
Anyway, today I’ve started my 4 days of prednisolone plus one other drug I can’t remember the name of.