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It is with much sadness that I have to inform you that, Kate2003 (Catherine Waldren) lost her battle with cancer on the evening of Nov 5th. I know she had many friends on this site, who will be greatly saddened by her passing. A wonderful  lady, a fantastic friend,  who will never be forgotten.

I am posting this at the request of her family.

Steffy

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We went to meet with the PCT and our MP yesterday, what a waste of time. They had already made a decision last Friday, Medical Director of the PCT thought he was doing us a big favour by meeting with us. He also said that he had had an hour telephone conversation with our Oncologist and had corresponded with the consultant, and he doesn't usually do that !!!! Well it's about time he got off his throne and met with…

I have just looked at the BBC Homepage and it has under' News 'on the top left of the page an article about, DRUG APPROVAL FOR THE NHS TO SPEED UP. worth a read, talks about NICE and Postcode Lottery and at the end of the article it said, Have You Been Refused a Drug, How will these changes affect you, Have you had to wait for approval of a certain drug. So Tomdog and I emailed them and told them his sorry tale…

I have had breast cancer and survived it, I think I suffered more mental anguish than physical , it was caught early and I had no spread, so I just have a very large scar and some scar tissue , so I know I was extremely lucky, it was found when I had a check up on the mobile screening unit. I have had 3 lumps removed from my breast prior to the real deal, and my mother also died of breast cancer. My husband (Tomdog)…