Trying to remember the whole one step at a time mantra
The last few weeks I have had to tell myself to take a breath and take one step at a time. My 50th birthday was a complete bust. Ended up in an ambulance with a trip to hospital and not from anything fun. Missed out on having any bubbly, due to severe stomach pain after a few weeks of having problems swallowing foods and liquids - something I had initially put down to reflux. But the pain was unbearable, worse than childbirth. So tests, tests, and more tests and lots of pain meds. Then biopsies of the duodenum (small intestine) after CT scan picked up significant thickening in sections 1, 3 and 4. Problems with the procedure meant the doctor could only get biopsy from section 1 of the duodenum. So now MRI, Barium swallow and other tests this Friday and next Monday.
Gastro doc suggested that having HER2 positive breast cancer meant there was an increased risk of bowel cancer. Has anyone else heard this? Fingers crossed the thickening is something like inflammatory bowel disease instead of the big C. On the upside, I've lost 4.5 kgs in 2 weeks. Pathology from the first sample won't be ready until Friday, so now I'm playing the waiting game while enjoying a liquid only diet. Forgot how horrible the waiting game is.
Hope everyone is doing ok.
Nadine
Gastro doc suggested that having HER2 positive breast cancer meant there was an increased risk of bowel cancer. Has anyone else heard this? Fingers crossed the thickening is something like inflammatory bowel disease instead of the big C. On the upside, I've lost 4.5 kgs in 2 weeks. Pathology from the first sample won't be ready until Friday, so now I'm playing the waiting game while enjoying a liquid only diet. Forgot how horrible the waiting game is.
Hope everyone is doing ok.
Nadine
