Recent Events and Update
23 September 2015
Hi guys my apologies for the lack of posts. Over the last month I've undergone serious stress with our son's accident, he fell from his balcony in Bali while on holiday. I cried and cried and have never felt so useless and hopeless because I couldn't be with him. I'm happy to report he is doing well and recuperating at our cousins with lots of loving support.
As for me my MRI scan results showed I had ascites again, the cause being fluid retention in what they call the peritoneum space. It is a very uncomfortable condition because it feels as if my stomach's always full. My appetite suffers because it becomes difficult to eat, cause there's no room for anymore food, and to top it all off my back was causing me a lot of pain. As patients we laugh because we look pregnant and the joke becomes when are our babies due and even funnier imagine if you are a male hahaha. Got to have a sense of humor, keep on laughing. I'm always anxious prior to having the drainage, because who likes needles stuck in them. Ultimately I always feel better after it. I can breathe, talk again without having laboured breathing, I'm more flexible, moving around is easier, my mood is elevated and I can really laugh again, and that relieves my family's anxieties. I can see it written on their faces, their worry, strain and stress, particularly when my appetite goes down, they worry if the cancer has progressed. Sometimes it's hard to deal with them because when my energy is down I struggle with staying strong for my family and laughing it off, or needing to leave them to deal with their emotions, because I need what energy I've got to deal with the problem.
Check this website out for info on ascites: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/…/fluid-in-the-abdomen-asc…/