My Dad's story so far

  • The Oncologist

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Its been a while since I updated but here we go.

    Oncologist was last week , he put it all in black and white .

    Hard to hear but not anything we didn't know , said things like " I don't know if giving you chemo will do you any good and I will probably never know"

    "We are trying to give you time " etc so was pretty hard on us . We knew it all but there it was , irrefutable in it's cruelty .…

  • Appts

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    8th of March for the Oncology thank god , Doc to ring today about liver scan results.

    Fingers crossed for that result!

     

     

    Am going to take part in the mesothelioma book review and when I go back to work after my hols I am going to try and volunteer depending on my shifts . I really do want to give a little back and hopefully help people in the same situation.

    Mind you I think my stress levels are right up there with…

  • My Dad

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Like all daughters ( or most!!) my Dad is my superhero so needless to say this came as a total shock to us.

    There are no words to convey just how awful it feels .

    I have some blog entries I made on another site that I will copy and paste here , I suppose to show the harsh effect its had so far.

    Dad was a joiner by trade at 18 and contracted the mesothelioma from the asbestos they worked with at the time, for a number…