Hi Lorraine - seems you cant do right for doing wrong! here's hoping for good result on Monday.

Shirl/Jenni, Bill has likened this whole 'event' to being at war. He sees it as : "they tell you a certain length of time because if you were in the army and you had to get to a certain point and they didn't have transport, they would tell you it was 2 miles, then when you got there, they would say it will be just another 2, then just another 2 and so on till you actually got there".

Deborah, will have a go with the zinc

hi all
went for my appt today clinic was running so late my appt was 11.20 got in at 2pm nearly lost the will to live.never saw my consultant but everything is still looking good no sign of the tumour returning.spoke to my dietician about zinc she thought it wouldn't hurt to try so i will be off to holland and barrett this weekend to get some.hope you have all had a good day love shirl xxx

Angie,

You are so right about the way the NHS gives out information. It seems to be on a need to know basis, but don't we need to know at the very start.

Shirl,

Wonderful news about your check-up, you'll probably find that you get a little anxious and down just before every one, I know I do.
I have been taking some supplements, as my diet is not very well balanced. I don't drink any milk, or eat a lot of cheese, so I take a calcium supplement. I started taking this because my nails were flaking, and if my nails were lacking calcium, I was worried about my bones. I also take a multi-vitamin, which includes zinc, as well as Glucosamine + Chondroitin, whic is great for the connective tissue in joints. I recently stopped taking this because my knee joints were not hurting as much, and now I have hurt a ligament under my foot, so I'm back to taking the supplements again. I never used to believe in taking supplements because I thought you should be able to get all you need from a balanced diet, but after chemo I think you need to take extra vitamins and minerals to repair the damage that the chemo has caused. Also with the problems with eating caused by radio/chemo/surgery for head and neck cancer I think we need to be extra careful about making sure we get all the nutrition we need.

Try the zinc, I hope it works, but also think about what else you might be missing out on.

Jenni

hi jenni
good point about what else i might be missing i have some sanatagen gold vits i could take,love shirl xxx