Before I was diagnosed, I experienced increased abdominal size and piercing pain which was diagnosed initially with an inflamed appendix. It took about four months and another doctor for me to get the correct diagnosis at the end of January 2014.
You may have seen posts on our Facebook page from the Yorkshire Yaks and wondered about the association with Pseudomyxoma Survivor.
Adam is quite simply one of the most amazing people we know – you might have seen his story in the newspapers or on tv recently.
I was 35 and had only just embarked on what should have been the most exciting chapter of my life so far. I was living in Australia with my girlfriend Laura, and whilst working on making the most of the hospitality and weather.
But the care-free life we were just starting to enjoy wasn’t to last, and in a devastating turn of fortunes we were faced with a choice that no one should have to consider; life or death.
Cancer52 is an alliance of 90 organisations, within the UK, working to address inequality and improve outcomes for patients with highly challenging disease, such as pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). 52 percent of UK cancer deaths have been determined to be from the less common cancers (although recent statistics show a likely increase to 54%).
Have we told you about Audrey the PMP Unicorn? As you know, pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is a rare disease and unicorns are extremely rare. Audrey is travelling around the PMP community sharing pictures of her travels, raising awareness and some money in aid of Pseudomxyoma Survivor as she goes.
My 10-year-old son has recently been to pioneer week where he goes to his new secondary school for a week to experience life there. He was asked to write about someone who inspires them.
As patients, we want to be as best informed as possible. Here are some of the most commonly encountered medical prefixes and postfixes, from Rasmussen College
With increasingly limited Government resources (and the impact within the UK of Brexit), we must all be aware that healthcare may not continue to be a national priority in each of our own countries, this is really worrying for rarer diseases like ours as we could be pushed further and further down the priority list.
Initially, I had flu-like symptoms with pain in all the joints in my body followed by bad abdominal pain that did not go away. I was admitted to Gosford Hospital on February 11th, 2014 as they couldn’t diagnose what was causing the severe discomfort I was having. After being in hospital for eight days, it was discovered that I had pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP).
Pseudomyxoma Survivor is supporting Rare Disease UK’s Pledge for Patients in the run-up to the UK General Elections. Are you?
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