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his first appointment tomorrow in birmingham, we dont know what to expect, does anyone know if they do chemo or radiotherapy or lazer beam in outpatient appointments or could this be to give him a date to come in, for those that dont know he has a rare penile cancer , wish him some luck please or a prayer thankyou xxxx

some chemo sessions are done in a clinic on a day basis. When our daughter had Hodgkins 4 years ago she went every 2nd Friday to the Clinic In the Hospital that did all the chemo sessions and I sat with her as she was given the drugs, She had a cocktail of 4 so it took about 2 hours for her to have them given one after the other with the last one being drip fed in as this was the radioactive one.
Sometimes we were at the hospital for going on 6 hours plus as they were very busy in the clinic with chemos being given to around 15 people at a time.The atmosphere though was always very upbeat and lots of laughs used to be heard wasnt a doom & gloom time ever.The staff were absolutley lovely.
Wishing your dad well
Shirley

I used to take my sil to her chemo sessions. It can be quite a long, drawn out day and the hospital she went to was a very busy one anyway. Good luck to your step-dad, sending positive thoughts for him. x

thanks for that shirley xx thanks whirley and carol, its the not knowing , he looked very tired today but could be worry i guess xxx

well just waiting for them to arrive i have to stop worrying now and be strong for them both, for some reason i feel something bad is going to happen hope not xxxxx

Thinking of your step dad and your mom and you too.
Love Mary xx

good look to you Sdad hun, will be thinking of you all xxx

I hope that everything goes well today and that your step-dad gets to start treatment. Love and hugs to you all, xxxx

doc is hopefull the tumour hasnt spread, they will remove most off his penis in 2 weeks then reconstruct it with skin from his thigh , he will have his lymph nodes removed and a scan t5o see if it has spread, thankyou all of you for your thoughts xxxx

Puss will keep my fingers x'd for you all, although drastic measures it does sound hopeful. Good luck


I know how much a step-dad can mean

sounds positive Puss....although am sure he must be feeling very daunted by it all. Let him know he has people on here thinking of him at this tough time...and your Mum and all. xx

Keep us posted hun. x

He really is a brave man to allow all that to be done to him. Chemo 27yrs ago, I went in for the weekend and was back at work on the Monday. Wasnt eligible for sick pay, so had to do it in my time off.

i will let him know thankyou , and thanks for caring xxxx