I was admitted to Hospital on saturday night with vomitting, high temperture, difficult breathing, and a cough. They did an x-ray but didn’t say anything about it, the next morning a consultant said I had a cackle in the bottom of my left lung. They started treating me for pneumonia. I stayed in for six days, had IV antibiotics, a blood transfusion. My inflammatory markers were done everyday and they started coming down after a few days.
On my discharge papers it mentions on my xray I had a shadow on the bottom of my left lung! in the same place the cackle was. Nobody told me this while I was in the hospital. It could just be the pneumonia but what are the chances of that? (I have lung mets but in the right lung!) now I am just spooked out thinking it has gone to my left lung :-(
Oh Mrs Wright, sorry to read you have been in hospital and so ill. Glad you are out now, but with the worry going through your mind of possibilities. Can you get an appointment with your Onc to explain things for you?
Hugs and wishing you all the best. Barton.x
Hello Sarah
So very sorry you have been in hospital, I was a little worried about you when you said you had been on sofa for three weeks after the chemo.
I think you need to have an urgent oncologist chat and get some more information what’s going on.
In the meantime …hope those gorgeous children are helping you through it all and hubby is still being very supportive.
Hugs xx
Yes,
I agree…get an urgent appointment asap…to set your mind at rest…but pneumona can put shadows in the lung on xrays etc, so hopefully it could turn out to be nothing
anyway, hope things work out…let us know how it goes…
Moijanxx
I spoke to the breast nurse on the phone yesterday and mentioned it and she said that the radiographers know what they are looking at etc and if it was the cancer they wouldn’t of treated me for pneumonia with all the antbiotics, they know what an infection looks like, I feel a bit better but im not going to get to happy over that, I have a CT scan coming up the next week anyway so we will find out for sure then.
Hiya Sarah
That news from bcn was a little reassuring so hopefully you are tolerating the chemo a bit better …must b so miserable for you being so immobile .
Hugs xxx
I have had two delays with Chemo now so I haven’t had any since my last lot. I am due some on Friday which will have been nearly 5 weeks since my last lot! they have reduced the dose to 80% though so i really hope that it will help 
i am nervous about having this next lot, just beacuse of how unwell i have been recently 
Hiya Sarah
It’s not good having to face another dose but hopefully you will tolerate the lesser amount.
It must b tiring too having the kids all at home as its summer hols and by now will b getting bored ! At least I expect you have a park nearby for them to enjoy as they are all young and still enjoy the free pleasure of them !
Hugs xxx
We are lucky we have parks near by, they spent the week in haven last week with their dad, I was meant to be there too but was in the hospital instead, gutted I missed my weeks holiday but glad the kids still got to enjoy themself, they have done quite alot of fun things with their dad this summer holidays :)
Hi Sarah, know how that feels having anther health worry hanging over me…I started my chemo this time with lots of bits and peices whch worried me, but they still gave it…and a lot of it went away…i think stress can play a part. I know pneumonia isnt a stress thingy, tho, and its sooo hard not to worry…we all do it. I think the bcn is likely correct tho. Good you have an mri…they are so helpful…i have one tomorrow…
good luck anyway, keep us posted.
Moijanxx
I had my chemo today and also had my CT scan which I get the results for on wednesday. They said from the blood point of view everything looked good, my inflamatory markers have gone down to 40 and they were in the hundreds when I was in with pneumonia last week. My breast nurse came and spoke to me and said she read the x-ray report after our phone call and it did say that it was pneumonia and did not mention the shadow being a possible lung cancer - however I explained to the doc I still have no appetite, a horrid cough and struggle to breath at times, it could be because I am still getting over the pneumonia but they said they will see what the CT scan shows today and will change my chemo if need be, so now I just have to wait till wednesday and see what is said, I am going in there expecting my lungs to be worse so atleast I am not going in there expecting it all to be fine… won’t be such a big hit in the teeth then if it isn’t!
Hi there, so very pleased and, that all sounds very positive. Hopefully the scan will show an improvement. Seems like they are on the ball. I know what you mean tho, i often think when will the other shoe drop? I guess we are made that way…weve been taught to protect ourselves, just in case…fingers crossed xxx
do let us know whatever tho, as we are all here for each other.
love Moijanxx
I went for my results on wednesday but an hour before my appointment my temp went to 38.4 and i started vomitting… i rang the hospital and we agreed for me to go to oncologist appointment first then head over to the chemo ward… so results shows things are worse… the cancer in the lung has multiplied and spread to the lining and i now have cancerous nodes going into my abdomen… we are swapping chemo to taxtore the one beginning with D, after that I went to the chemo ward and had bloods done and was admitted for infection… had 2 days on IV antibiotics before coming home yesterday on oral antibiotics for 7 days … carboplatin really didnt like me lol!
Hiya Sarah
When I read your post …I was going to read and run as I am so upset that the first chemo hadent stopped things for u and then I thought …no I must reply although I dont know what to say as I have only had one chemo FEC back in 2004 and don’t know much about the newer stuff.
Fingers crossed the new one will start to show improvements very quick and you will get some good quality time with the kids with it as I know you have been very poorly on the last one.
I will send loads of hugs xxx
Hi Sarah, so sorry to hear you are having a rubbish time at the moment. I’ve got everything crossed that this new chemo they are going to switch to zaps the little uggers!!
Stay strong cyber (((((())))) Hugs Janette xxxx
Thank you all xx
I had FEC last year and lost my hair with that… i dont mind losing my hair again, i tried the cold cap before and couldnt stand the pain! my children are a bit upset i will lose my hair again but at the end of the day its only hair and they adapted really quickly last time… i did have a really tough time on FEC and i have heard the T part can be just as bad so i am preparing to feel horrid but hopefully i wont keep getting thrown back in hospital like with the carboplatin… the oncologist said carboplatin isnt a very nice one.
I just hope we can slow it down a bit as its progressed a fair bit in just 12 weeks and I am so not ready to say goodbye yet! I love christmas and I am badly wanting to be here for it.
Dear Sarah
What an awful time you have had. I do admire your courage keep it up girl we are with you and wish you all good wishes with your new treatment.
Sending you loads of cyber ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) and love xxx
Hi Sarah,
yes, I hope things settle down a bit and that you feel much better soon.
i am nearly hairless again too…thats one of the things I hated the first time I lost it, ( this is my third) I also tried the cold cap and found it too cold and painful. It also lengthened my stay in the chemo suite by about 90 minutes! So now, (when they get a vein early!) im in and out in about 20 mins, which I prefer.
i wish you all the very best…hoping your side effects are minimal…you never know, as we are all different!
if you do get some, remember, the nasty intruder is likely getting its head kicked in? ? ?
Huggy thoughts,
Moijan?
Hi Sarah,
I’m so sorry to read you’ve had such a hard time of things recently. My first treatment after my secondary diagnosis didn’t work and I had quite a bit of progression and I was very downhearted but my second treatment has been working well. I hope Taxotere works for you.
(((big hugs))) xxx
Thank you everyone Here is hoping that the taxtore does its thing! I get my first lot on friday, they are doing 75% dose to start so we will see how that goes.