A year ago Peter and I were ushered into a small room with a sofa and a box of tissues. we looked at each other and knew.......before the endoscopist, who had just had a squint down Peter's gullet said
There is a large tumour in your oesophagus and it is cancer.
It is our cotton (1st) cancer anniversary tomorrow ........... today we have been ushered into a small room with a couch and a box of tissues....we looked…
I often wonder how other people choose their username's sometimes its easy to see a name spelt backwards, or a joining of two names. for my part Peter has always called me Mushty so I used it.
Our eldest daughter was horrified she said the word has a filthy slang meaning....................... now before you all rush to Google it she was winding us up. it means a warm and cuddly person .... nice eh?
So what are…
Tomorrow morning I will collect our three grandchildren Twin boys age 9 and thier sister age 8 and set off for a fun filled week. First stop will be my two brothers farms on the edge of Ashdown Forest, the children love it there, usually we go and camp during the summer holidays but this year Peter was not well enough to wild camp and I did not want to leave him alone for to long. So we gave haymaking a miss.
Anyway…
No trains tomorrow morning so we will not be going to London for herceptin, bloods and Dr this is not a problem for us as we plan to have a lie in and reappoint for next week.
But I am thinking this travel disruption is going to be so hard on many who may not get carers, district nurses, transport for urgent treatment , pain relief, and so on . The weather will bring further misery to so many who are already suffering…
The purpose of this blog is to highlight that you do need to check and double check you have made your wishes clear. if like us you decide to organise and pay for your own funeral. However I do not wish to offend anyone so if contemplating death and the process following a death is upsetting please stop reading now..........
Peter and myself are very comfortable discussing and dealing with death so it seemed logical…
