Losing two of my 'Family' by Cancer

  • January 2010

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    The month started badly as mum came home and within 2 days was very sick again. She underwent emergency surgery to save her life and it was then the cancer was discovered and the operation turned into a bypass so that she might get some quality of life and live for a while. We were told that it was advanced and that chemotherapy would not benefit here as there was only between three and six months expectancy for her.…

  • December 2009

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Let me start at the beginning of the end , sounds confusing but all will become clear. In the middle of December I invited my mother and step-father with my sister and her husband to have a sort of Christmas meal as i would not be at home during Christmas. This was a great party everyone feeling so happy and looking forward to Christmas and the New Year.  While I was away I phoned my mother and she had not been well ,…