The first post! How exciting! So, back in 2017, I was enjoying my new life in France, I had moved in with my boyfriend and was settling in to a routine with my new job and lifestyle. I had noticed a couple of times that if I bent a certain way I’d get awful pain …
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So many appointments
Following on from my last post, lets continue the story of those first two weeks. Every day I had an appointment for one thing or another. This post will be an overview of the procedures and tests, I will add other posts to go into details of some of it to help answer any questions …
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The Liver Biopsy
Trigger Warnings Needles / Invasive techniques Pain Drug References (legal) So, here we are with the details of the Liver Biopsy procedure. This is done under local anaesthetic and very light sedation, I’m not sure what drug they used but I was told that “its ok if you sleep” (unfortunately for me, it seemed to …
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Colonoscopies
Or in french, “Coloscopie” Trigger Warnings Invasive procedures Vomit So this is primarily the story of my first colonoscopy however at the end I will add some tips I’ve learned to help in case anyone is here looking for advice! Before a scope you have to clean your bowels so they can actually see what …
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Scans
Just a simple informative list of the different scans that could be used during treatment. Since there’s nothing too exciting about my experience with these I’ve left my stories in the main chronological posts. This post is purely informational to help you understand the difference. Ultrasound (Echographie in French) Possibly the most common and most …
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Chemo Cycles
There’s a lot of terminology when it comes to cancer treatments, chemo “cycles” is one of the ones that cause a lot of confusion amongst new patients. A cycle can contain multiple chemotherapy sessions and it can vary in number of days or weeks. There are multiple chemo cycles in one treatment plan. Let’s take …
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First Chemotherapy
Chimiothérapie en français Greetings, friends! In this post we’ll talk about that first Chemo session back in 2017! I had been diagnosed 11 days earlier and gone through a whole host of procedures and appointments in that time. *Disclaimer* Please remember this is simply an account of my experience, everyone reacts to Chemotherapy differently, some …
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It’s an emergency!.. I think..
“Emergency Department” est Urgences en français Welcome back! This time we’re going to discuss what happens when you think you might be sick while on Chemo.. Or, what happened to me at least! When you start treatment you’re informed of things to look out for, infection can be very dangerous to us cancer patients. The …
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Hair Loss
Hair – “cheveux“ Hair loss is possibly the most famous side effect from Chemotherapy, much in line with nausea, vomiting and weight loss however for women especially it can also be very traumatic. Remember, this is my personal experience, everyone reacts to chemotherapy differently, some don’t lose any hair, others just thin a little, it’s …
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