Tri morbidity?

Dotty12

Hi, poor Brit here! I joined breastcancer,org discussions board last year when I was hoping to find info from others in the US who had both breast cancer and MS. Blow me if I was then also diagnosed with PE (pulmonary embolism). I thought the tickly cough was just that! And I wanted a sunny holiday in Seville to see my daughter. I had booked the flights and hotel and I wanted out of soggy England. But the doctors said no! So back into the MRI scanner for me. And heparin darts and warfarin. www.everythingsgonetitsup.blogspot.com gives the lo down.

It's great to have discovered some like minded friends across the pond. Anyone else with tri morbidity out there? Actually I hope not, for your sake!

SORRY!! Lost in translation and lack of medical knowledge meant I used the wrong name. Trimorbidity is yet another medical condition (not what I thought it was). And I dont have it. Bet you are glad that I'm not a doctor.

Brendatrue

Hi, Dottie!
It sounds like you have a sense of humor, which I've certainly discovered has helped me a great deal in coping with multiple illnesses: metastatic breast cancer, chronic fatigue, and a rare disorder for which I take warfarin. (There's really no point in discussing my osteoarthritis, osteopenia, mild cataracts, too!) In case you are wondering, I'm only 56! My life feels so absurd some days that the best thing I do to cope is laugh--whether it's about myself and my situation or a funny movie, etc. I have actually scheduled more opportunities for humor into my daily life, just so I can laugh more and hope that laughing has a positive effect on my struggling immune system. What helps you to cope?

SoLinda

Hi Dottie and Brenda!  So glad to see others who cope with not so lovely (understatement!) situations by using humour!!!  Dottie, I am orig. from Lancs., and after living in Canada, I moved across the pond even more and live in the Braz. Amazon. Actually a great place to live, but not for cancer treatment - I have to fly all the way to Sao Paulo for that.  Which is not good after having a pulmonary embolism (mine happened at the tail end of my chemo)!  Are you taking wafarin or the injections?  After over a year of injections, I now take warfarin ...  I may be on it for life as they aren't completely sure why I had the PE - nothing genetic has shown up ...  Anyway, for now they want to keep me on warfarin at least until I finish taking Anastrozole in another 3 years.  Brendatrue, are you managing to keep your INR levels more or less normal coz I am still having to suffer through weekly blood tests and having to eat huuuuge amounts of veggies with Vitamin K - mmmmm, cabbage at breakfast, ha ha!  I don't know what to eat anymore as my cholesterol has skyrocketed and I am showing signs of gout!  Anyway, all the best and huge hugs for you both.