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  • Blog Post: Dad will get his biopsy results on Friday morning ...

    Well it is a good thing that I work M/T/W as they wanted to see him a week today! When my mum explained I couldnt get there they said come this Friday... so saved another week of waiting! Not sure what to expect - we know he has cancer in his lung, we know there were several suspect dark patches in...
  • Blog Post: Been a while... lots happening...

    Well where do I start... just before Christmas my Dad starting hospital visits re 'breathlessness and a persistent cough' after many visits these last two months yesterday it was confirmed he has lung cancer. There is also a chance there is some other 'hot spots' from the PET scan to...
  • Blog Post: When It Rains...(Interviews)

    For once a useful piece from our local paper syndicate (the Budleigh Salterton / Exmouth / Sidmouth / Axminster Herald) generating my climb of Mont Blanc this summer; I did get to 'edit' it first which is great as it prevents journalists from writing things that I have never said, or more importantly...
  • Blog Post: I am so scared of the future (Sun 23 Jan 2010)

    I am so scared of the future. My husband David was diagnosed lat April/May that he has lung cancer (2 tumours) and in his lymph nodes. Prognosis was less than 6 months and 9 months later we are still here. Last night (Sat 22 Jan 2010) David had a mini stroke. He was judged by the ambulance crew to...
  • Blog Post: The time I have been dreading is here!!!!

    Hi, its been a while since I blogged or posted, and sorry to all my friends on here for leaving it so long, I had to re-locate to mums bungalow for a while and she didnt have internet, I have missed you all and your kind and comforting words..... Well just an update on my situation, 6 weeks ago mum...
  • Blog Post: The Problem with Cancer…

    …is that it wants to get everywhere, into everything. Horrendous as it is that it takes away life, it seems to invade everything else too, to take away living itself: Every sense of my being and waking moment. A gnawing away of the soul, to leave a husk of what had once been. Living with cancer...
  • Blog Post: What are the options ?

    My Father has been diagnosed with tumours in both lungs and the Dr has stated it is " none curative " please excuse any spelling . He has sqamous cell carcinoma and it is at an early stage. His present illness was discovered as he finished treatment for skin cancer two years ago. This...
  • Blog Post: Where it all begins

    So it seems that I've finally got to put my money where my mouth is and actually start organising my Mont Blanc climb for next year. What had started off as an idle thought had been put down on my media 'biography', and subsequently picked up on by a presenter on a live radio interview...
  • Blog Post: The Joy of Life

    We had a much loved, and now much missed, temporary house guest recently. Answering to the name of Meg, she liked to go walking whatever the weather, especially when the leaves were blowing. Most of the time Meg displayed human qualities, and indeed thinks that she is – but once a rubber pig...
  • Blog Post: Dads back in hospital - so many questions!

    Well dad had the dr out yesterday as his breathing was really bad, the dr called an ambulance to take him in and said he would probably need another chest drain. He's still on EAU but has had an x-ray and they have told him they won't be draining it but not why? Is that normal? I guess we'll...