OT, Medical Advice Please

[jak]

all the best to you mate, the best advice i can give you is to stay positive throughout your treatment.

 

[blacksafake]

All the best mate, best wishes to you on this journey, just stay positive, you will beat this.

Thanks AY
I am

 

[blacksafake]

All the best, blacksafake. No doubt in the world that you'll come out of this stronger than ever, mate. Live up to that name!

Thanks KG.
I will

 

[Adolf_Spritzer]

Best of luck mate, treatment for this kind of thing has come so far and I know you’ll be back to full health in no time. You’ve got plenty of support here, here’s hoping the mighties give you something to take your mind off things a bit.

 

[Crush]

All the best for the treatment mate, you got this.

 

[kit66]

I have no experience or advice mate sorry but I wish you all the best.

 

[jeffdragon]

Wishing you all the best.

 

[SnowDragon]

Definitely add my best wishes for getting thru this in the best possible shape. Try to keep the mood up as much as possible, mental strength does make a difference. Fingers crossed mate.

 

[RedVee]

No advice, but I wish you all the best and a speedy recovery

 

[Hound of Dracula]

Can't give any advice but wish u a speedy recovery and see ya back on-line Asap.

 

[Old Timer]

Very sad to hear your news blacksafake and my very best wishes for a speedy and full recovery

Having been on the medical merry go round for more than a decade I can offer the following advice

Listen to and trust your specialist they are the experts

Don’t do Dr Google

You will get tired and cranky so get plenty of rest

Remember you are not alone as your family will be on this journey with you

Stay positive and don’t let depression set in. Medical science is amazing and new and better treatments are found every day.

So good luck to you buddy stay strong

 

[The Word]

We're lucky to have some of the best medical practitioners in the world here mate, so as others have noted, trust your doctors but make informed decisions. Stay strong and positive. Stay close to your friends and family, they will help you through this. This is going to sound stupid, but try to keep a sense of humour where you can, you'll be amazed at the difference it makes. My wife is going through treatment for breast cancer at the moment, and if it wasn't for her humour I'd be struggling. Take care.

 

[Dragon David]

We're lucky to have some of the best medical practitioners in the world here mate, so as others have noted, trust your doctors but make informed decisions. Stay strong and positive. Stay close to your friends and family, they will help you through this. This is going to sound stupid, but try to keep a sense of humour where you can, you'll be amazed at the difference it makes. My wife is going through treatment for breast cancer at the moment, and if it wasn't for her humour I'd be struggling. Take care.

All the best to your wife and yourself TW.

 

[Victoire]

All the best blacksafake

 

[Gomarchin]

All the best blacksafake. Stay strong and best wishes for a speedy recovery!

 

[Slippery Morris]

I hope all goes well. Best of luck and speedy recovery Blacksafe.

 

[Mojo]

Hang in there champion. Dragons are about to start a protracted winning streak, so you can go along for the ride. Also reduces the need to yell at the screen, the ref, the bunker, the coach, the board, the other team .....

 

[SEAT 1A]

All the very best Blacksafake.

Stay strong and success with your treatment.

 

[merahputih]

Hi all sorry to bother you but I’m starting Chemo & Radiation tomorrow for my throat & was looking for any advice as far as what to do or not do from anyone who has been through this before & what to expect.
Thanks in advance.

Sorry to hear this BAF. For what it's worth I am just coming to the end of a 5 weeks chemo and radiation treatment to hopefully shrink a tumour in my oesophagus. The plan is to make surgical removal easier and minimise the spread of the cancer to other organs which they say is a feature of this type of cancer. I guess everyone is different but my first week or so was fairly smooth sailing, but by the fourth & fifth week the pain in my digestive tract started to gain momentum and the specialist gave me painkillers. I am now living on yoghurt and Sustagen and of course beer is off the menu.
I wish you all the best.

 

[blacksafake]

Very sad to hear your news blacksafake and my very best wishes for a speedy and full recovery

Having been on the medical merry go round for more than a decade I can offer the following advice

Listen to and trust your specialist they are the experts

Don’t do Dr Google

You will get tired and cranky so get plenty of rest

Remember you are not alone as your family will be on this journey with you

Stay positive and don’t let depression set in. Medical science is amazing and new and better treatments are found every day.

So good luck to you buddy stay strong

Thanks OT.
Have already been banned from Dr Google by my specialist.

Some say I’m old, tired & cranky now so they’ll be used to it lol.

I intend to remain strong.