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  • Blog Post: The start of the nightmare journey

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    Posted 4 months ago
    2012 I have always thought that Christmas updates had little use from our point of view. Most years are similar, we work, we rest, we go on holiday (sometimes to exciting places), our health is sometimes a problem, but we get by. Who wants to know about our side of things when we are all having...

  • Blog Post: Hardest day of my life

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    Yesterday was the hardest day of my life. The past week has not been good. Thursday - Mick attended the Hospice Day Care, I went to pick up 9 year old grandaughter (70 miles away). On arriving home I received a call to say he was coming home on the ambulance bus instead of the normal volunteer's...

  • Blog Post: at last someones listeningx

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    well after all the let downs weve finally got the message across about mumxafter being told she was going in the hospice for 2 weeks then being told they hadnt got a bed ,we have got a full day at the hospice tomorrow so that mum can be properly assessed.the macmillan nurse finally came out and spent...

  • Blog Post: Dad has gone

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    Dad passed away at 5am this morning. We were with him from noon yesterday and he was comfortable the whole time having been given diamorphine and midazolam among other things. He spent his last days in St Cuthbert's Hospice in Durham who have been absolutely fantastic - the Hospice is beautiful...

  • Blog Post: The day hospice

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    Posted over 3 years ago
    Claudette dressed herself and got ready to go the the hospice for the day, but was too tired to walk to the van which took her, and was pushed into the van and the wheelchair anchored down. This gave me a chance to go out and do some shopping. She returned at 3.30, absolutely exhausted, she said she...

  • Blog Post: Background

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    Posted over 3 years ago
    My wife, Claudette, was diagnosed with endometrial cancer four years ago, she had a hysterectomy and radiotherapy, and we thought she was in remission. Unfortunately, it re-occurred in the neck (which caused her a considerable amount of pain as it was not diagnosed for a considerable time) and was again...

  • Blog Post: Short film

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    Posted over 3 years ago
    0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Hey, My name is Nikolai Deaves and my mum was diagnosed with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer last year. This is a very rare and aggressive form of cancer, which took her from us only weeks...

  • Blog Post: Balances

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    Posted over 3 years ago
    I've just come back from the hospice where I had an appointment for complementary therapy assessment. The lady I saw was lovely and recommended I have aromatherapy massage and Indian head massages. She's booked me in for one a week starting next Tuesday. I can have 6 treatments then it's...

  • Blog Post: Trying times

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    Posted over 4 years ago
    Dad seems to have taken a turn for the worst, he took ill on Sunday and went to his bed early and didnt want visitors that night. Yesterday he was sleeping again when I was in, he just wasnt himself and we left early to let him settle in bed and sleep. I called the hospice this morning as usual and they...

  • Blog Post: Apologies

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    Posted over 4 years ago
    My apologies to people who have been following my blog. Dad is still bumbling along in the hospice slowly getting worse, there is a chance he may get home for christmas. He is basically stopping eating just now, he is like my 3 year old grandson when I ask him why he didnt eat his veg. Its the highlight...
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