Thread: Embarrassment

Originally Posted by banjo

What did they say to me nothing is done or seen without a camera..

Haha I'll try to remember to take my camera one morning. Camera isn't usually the first thing on my mind to take when I leave at about 5.30am

hey sean what do you do for a living.

Ahh... well I go out the back of Morpeth at ungodly hours to coach rowing for Hunter Valley Grammar School, as well as Newcastle University.

I also work at Woolworths in the Liquor Shop.

But... I have a degree in Nuclear Medicine and will hopefully get a job in that field soon .

During winter, I will usually go work for my parents in Falls Creek here and there - they manage apartments there. Tough life for them - ski in the morning, work the arvo!

Originally Posted by seano87

Ahh... well I go out the back of Morpeth at ungodly hours to coach rowing for Hunter Valley Grammar School, as well as Newcastle University.

I also work at Woolworths in the Liquor Shop.

But... I have a degree in Nuclear Medicine and will hopefully get a job in that field soon .

During winter, I will usually go work for my parents in Falls Creek here and there - they manage apartments there. Tough life for them - ski in the morning, work the arvo!

Daft question but is nuclear medicine keemo theropy or am i way off..
Bloody woolies there causing all the conjestion down here at cardiff taken up half the main road....

Nah, not a daft question at all, and you're not totally way off.

Nuc med does more diagnostic stuff - we can track, and see where some cancers are. We do some therapy stuff, but chemo uses special drugs that cause cells to die, whereas with nuc med, we use drugs that go to the specific sites of cancer, that are bound to a radiactive particle that destroys the cell. So, similar in some ways - chemo works well for some things, nuc med is better for others.

We also deal with non-cancer stuff too - like thyroid function, and heart tests to look for heart disease, and nuc med is very good at looking for bone trauma (breaks and inflammations), much more sensitive than x-rays but it is more invasive and time consuming!

I hope that wasn't too confusing!!

And yes, bloody woolies don't get me started on them!!

Originally Posted by seano87

Nah, not a daft question at all, and you're not totally way off.

Nuc med does more diagnostic stuff - we can track, and see where some cancers are. We do some therapy stuff, but chemo uses special drugs that cause cells to die, whereas with nuc med, we use drugs that go to the specific sites of cancer, that are bound to a radiactive particle that destroys the cell. So, similar in some ways - chemo works well for some things, nuc med is better for others.

We also deal with non-cancer stuff too - like thyroid function, and heart tests to look for heart disease, and nuc med is very good at looking for bone trauma (breaks and inflammations), much more sensitive than x-rays but it is more invasive and time consuming!

I hope that wasn't too confusing!!

Thanks for that not to confusing..interesting though..

Originally Posted by MickS

You need to change the title of the thread to "Guts and Courage"...mate, only those that have really been in a position such as yourself can empathise with what you are going through. I am one of those, and still am suffering from the same things you do and more. Only problem is, I have no support from my ex- spouse - she walked out on the kids and I.

I can offer no advice....panic attacks are one of the most debilitating things that can happen to someone...just surround yourself with those that love you, communicate through forums such as this, trust your medical team and continue on your treatment plan - be it CBT, desensitization etc...good luck mate.

hi would just like to know if you are a member here yet we would both like to know how you are getting on as you suffer the same.
It's banjos wife here what you said really touched me i know how hard life is and must be for you to but to take the time to post ...must have took a lot .

Hope you are doing ok and i hope you might become a regular visiter here.