Title : As time moves on.............
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As time moves on.............
So here we are well into 2018 and a lot has happened since my last entry.I felt a lump in my (other) left breast towards the end of October (2017) and naturally was worried. After seeing my gynecologist who confirmed that , yes, there was a lump, I had a breast scan, which was inconclusive. They confirmed that the lump I had identified was a cyst, but that I had another lump on my other breast. The one which had breast cancer. But, they could not confirm if it was a cyst or tumor unless I agreed to a biopsy. Not again!!
Strangely , that same week I had dreamed that my German 85 year old gynecologist had died, which freaked me out, as I love him like a grand father and had struck up a lovely friendship with him and his wife over the years. I decided that I did not want to go to his funeral but much rather see him whilst he is still fighting fit and called him to see if I could visit him in Hamburg. He was delighted to hear from me, and I duly booked my flights and a cute little cottage on the edge of a beautiful park in Hamburg.
How naive of me to think that we would not talk about my breast cancer! Over lots of lovely Kaffee and Kuchen ( German homemade cakes), he proceeded to ask me about the last 18 months of my cancer journey. He was surprised to hear that I did not have a mastectomy. According to German 'Protocol' ( My favourite word : Protocol), with the size of tumor I had ( 3 cm) and the type of aggressive breast cancer ( Hormone negative), I would have had a mastectomy in Germany. That shocked me. He was not surprised that I had the second cancer 10 months after the breast tumor was removed in my lymph nodes and urged me to see a Professor who specialises in Breast cancer in Berlin in the Charite hopsital. ( the largest hospital in Europe apparently). I agreed. I needed to find out if I was riddled with cancer and had only weeks or months to live or if I was cancer free.
I figured that it was fine to live the life style I did, no sugar, no diary, only red wine every now and then, fresh ginger, fresh tumeric every day, black seed oil, lots of natural supplements including Q10 and of course my Cannabis oil, a mainly plant based diet and my daily fruit / vegetable juices............, but the end of the day, now would be a good time to find out what is going on inside my body after treating myself for all this time.
I needed to know if the lump the hospital in Malaga had detected was cancer or not.
Having been put in touch with Professor Dr. med Blohmer in Berlin, it was recommended that I would undergo various tests whilst in Berlin. I booked my flights and flew over for 2 weeks last month. I would add that visiting Berlin in January is not to be recommended. For 2 weeks, I did not see a ray of sunshine, no blue sky, only rain, sleet, snow, grey and more grey and freezing temperatures which resulted in m wrapping up and looking like a 'Michelin man'. It did make me appreciate living in the South of Spain.
I had a breast scan, which gave me the all clear. Both lumps on each side turned out to be cysts. No Breast Cancer! The Professor was surprised. According to him, with my type of aggressive cancer, it would normally come back with a vengeance within 24 months of first diagnosis. If it doesn't, the chances of it coming back reduce month by month. Well that was good news.
A bone scan followed, which I was not keen on , as I am totally against having nuclear die injected into my body, particularly as my immune system is still so weak, but this was the only way to check if the cancer had spread to my bones, which is according to the Professor was a definite possibility.
The results were great, no trace of cancer. The doctor who carried out the scan was surprised. it only showed inflammation in my knee, which I knew about and certainly was reminded of, every time I went skiing. I was happy.
Then next scan was a liver scan. Now was the time to find out if my mother was right. For years she has been telling me that I am drinking too much and damaging my liver. ( I do like my wine with a meal!). The doctor who carried out the scan and produced the report, informed me that my liver was a 'clean as that of a new born baby'. What can I say, I was over the moon.
Has my self treatment really achieved all this?
The last test was a lung x-ray. Annoyingly, it showed 'something'. I was not surprised, as I was told that I had 'something' on my lung, last April, when I had a CT scan in Malaga. At the time I was told that I needed to keep an eye on it. Whatever that means. I guess I have, by having the x-ray in January.
The Professor recommended that I should have another CT scan, which I had 30 min later. Unfortunately this happened the last afternoon before flying back to Spain.
I am waiting for the official report, but have spoken to a Lung-specialist ( referred to by the Professor), who will send me the report, but recommends that I have a PET/CT scan to find out if this 'something which should not be there' is in fact cancer or something else.
He said a biopsy would not make much sense, because of where this 'something' was located. in an awkward position.......... he might as well cut it out if he opens me up.
Needless to say, until I know that it is cancer, nobody will cut me open. I am now booking a PET/CT scan in Berlin and aim to be flying over later this months..........
I am not concerned, which is strange , and imagine that most people in my position would be very worried.
I figure that with the excellent results I have had after all other tests, this can't be cancer. Let's hope I am right as I don't want a third operation in less than 2 years. I would have a real sense of humor failure.
We are still waiting for the Charity to be registered here in Spain, everything moves in a slow way here and there is nothing we can do until we receive confirmation that it has been registered. After that we will be able to start fund raising.
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