good news, bad news

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hi everyone

here i am nearly a year ago i was standing on the platform of normal life when the cancer train arrived, boarded hope on a short journey lumpectomy and radiation where the planned stop ,but i was  unlucky and was diverted to chemo town then on to radiation but i weather it well and now i'm feeling back to my normal self back at work for now factory might close due to a bad fire but time will tell on that one .On one hurt everyone out safely so that good .

Now for my bad news i had a phone call from my cousin she didn't want to even tell me with everything i have gone through last year but she has just found out she is standing on the same platform as i did last year looking at the same stops.

I did say all the words you'll be ok look at me i'm doing great but sometime it just doesn't seen enough i have said i'm at the end of the phone if she needs to chat about anything at anytime she lives over 300 miles away so no coffee morning for us .

i bloody hate this disease and hearing she is where i was is heartbreaking and just sort of brought it all back not that i could ever forget but i'm sure you know what i mean

rant over thanks for reading

jackie

 

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi Jackie,

    Ta for your earlier comments, sorry for your bad news about your cousin. The hardest part is coming to terms with the shock of being told, but at least you are living proof that there is hope and treatment works. Maybe suggest, when she feels up to it, she joins the Mac Family? Take care and keep going

    Love and Hugs

    J xx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Looking at your case reminds me of ours, Jean found out a couple of months before she left me that her paternal grandmother died of breast cancer way back when but also her 2 cousins (sisters)  have both had it , they are children of her  fathers sister so there is a definite genetic link there , also with diabetes in the same line. Sometimes I feel glad ( not often and not for long) that I have no grandchildren nor prospect of any. I do feel sad very often that such a wonderful marriage as we had will not produce another generation .  BIll.

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi Jackie, I've been on that b.c. train too, yes it really sucks and, no you can't really help your cousin as much as you empathise with her, this is her journey.  Thanks for writing and, yes, it really is sh.. ! Ann x