minerva's blog

  • The Waiting Game

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    In april this year my partner Bob was given the all clear from Lung Cancer and everything was "rosy" again.  Now, he has lumps in his neck which came up in the last 5 weeks, he has had the CT scan and now the waiting begins. 

    We waited before when he first had the whole problem but now the waiting is more horrendous as we had the all clear once and now it seems we are waiting to hear if its all gone pear shaped…

  • Hillingdon & Hayes Chat & Share

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hello all - I did start a group called Hillingdon & Hayes Chat & Share a while ago and notice I got some members - I just wanted to say thanks for joining but I was a bit "tied" up with my own health getting myself back on track after Bob's treatment and didnt do much with the group for which I am very sorry.  If there are any out there who want to join me and have a chat about our problems, carers…

  • Carers private time

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    I wanted to respond to every one who wrote to me after my blog with my thanks to them all - in particular the lady called Sally who said "I feel like I've lost him already" and wow did that hit home - that's how I felt every day that he was already gone, already shrivelling away infront of me especially after the radiotherapy which was agony for him.  My Counsellors said to me something that put it all…

  • When the Rock crumbles (by a carer)

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    FormerMember

    I am writing this Blog page to all of you out there caring for a loved one to pass on my message about how important it is to take care of yourself.  Amongst all the things that go on in that process of care, we tend to forget ourselves.  I know I did… 

     

    My partner Robert diagnosed with lung cancer Summer 2008 and our worlds were blown apart. 

     

    There were hospital appointments, websites, books, leaflets, brochures…

  • Painful Eating After Radical Radiotherapy

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    Hello, my name is Helen and I am fiance to Bob who has Lung Cancer and has just come through the side effects of radical radiotherapy. During that time eating was absolute agony for him and in his words "like swallowing razor blades". I am going to post on here all the tips, information and recipes I found out to help him eat 2200 calories a day when on some days he couldnt even swallow his own spit. Am off to work…