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Happy new year to you all. I wish you all a pain free year too.
I had bad news on Christmas eve as i went to the dermatologist about a lesion on my nose which won't heal and has been there for 20months or so. I assumed it would be removed but i got a big shock when he told me it was a skin cancer. i have to have 6 weeks of cream chemotheraphy on it, 5 days per week and then it will be another 3 months before we know if it's gone.
Christmas morning i fell over and banged my face hard on the wardrobe, bloody legs didn't move when i did!!
I was supposed to be starting enbrel in January but i don't know if i will be allowed to now so i suppose i will have to wait until i see the consultant on the 11th.
Also got a virus, bad stomach last week and now painful ribs from it.
Keep smiling all of you, it's a new year!!
Love Shirley x
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Dear Shirley, What a shock for you on Christmas Eve! I wish you all the best with your treatment and hopefully next Christmas will be much better for you. I'm sending you my very best wishes for a Happy New Year. With warm hugs, from Fiona
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Oh Shirley. What a start for you. I've never heard of cream chemotherapy before. Hopefully you will get through all this with the minimum of discomfort-will be sending up special thoughts for you. YES I'VE CHANGED, PAIN DOES THAT TO PEOPLE.
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Wow, what a blow Shirley. Thinking of you.
Julie
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Oh, what a nasty shock for you, Shirley. I hope the treatment works and you are soon given the all-clear. Kathleen x
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Crikey Shirley, you don't do things by halves! What a dreadful start to the year for you. I hope the treatment for your skin lesion works well and also that you are soon free from your virus. Thinking of you.
Love, Doreen xx
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hi Shirley,
what a shock for you on Christmas Eve,
really hope the treatment is successful for you,
sending hugs your way
Suzanne x
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Hello Shirley gosh what a lot has happenned to you - poor old you.
Things must get better in 2011.
Good luck with your RA appoint
Rose
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Morning Shirley, Sorry to hear your news and hope that the treatment sorts it all out and you are able to start Enbrel, hope all goes well for you on the 11th. Best wishes for the New Year Julia x
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Oh Shirley - what an awful shock for you. Sending you best wishes - hope the cream chtherapy is effective and that you manage to stay well otherwise. No moe close encounters with furniture too XX Ailsa
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Hi Shirley, Just caught up with your post, what awful news to get. I do hope your treatment is successful and you are given the all clear. Did you not get it seen to in the last 20 months, what were they saying about it then. Lots of good wishes for a Happy New Year. Take care Lorna x
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Keeping everything crossed that the treatment is 100% successful.
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how dreadful for you- lets hope it goes to plan for you and you are clear soon.
Are you on the meds still? I hope you are having good support for all the changes in your life right now xxhow to be a velvet bulldoser
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well my husband has it as well . and been called back in .Sun damage he was brought up in Sinopore for a while i bet no sun cream no clothes on as he was little no hat back in the 60s when there where no high buildings and just beaches in fact he never wore shoes untill he was 5 . Well its like this we have just for got about it untill the re call .He has had some wart looking stuff removed . And now going for cream therpy in a few days . i don,t even think we rembemberd to tell our son .We did rembember to say to my inlaws . Don,t worrie we are not .And i see more is coming on his scalp .He starts the cream thing next week . its one of those things It caught quickley may be will be fine will worry if he is not fine only as there are worse things Christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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Hello all Thanks for all the replies. Just to update you all i have been to see the rheumy consultant today and was given the choice of enbrel or humira and i have chosen humira, just because it is an injection every 2 weeks rather then weekly, being the coward i am!! My skin cancer is very red from the chemotheraphy cream and because it is only topical it won't effect my RA treatment apparently. I am very pleased about that!! Love Shirley x
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my hubby has it tomorrow christine the cemo cream The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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Dear Shirley, Great to hear you can have the humira treatment! I hope the skin cream chemo therapy deals with the rest. Thinking of you, best wishes, Fiona
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my hubby went to day and started the treatment he has more skin things growing we nearley forgot to go thats how worryed we are . Christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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my hubby also has very red skin where the cream is going . he asks he is useing Efudix 5% fluorourcil Are youing the same christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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