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If you don't laught you would cry

2011-03-18T10:01:06Z

Just thought I would share my morning, I decided to catch up on some phone calls today, I needed to ring my life insurance provider as I had made a claim under the terminal illness clause in the insurance and was promised weekly updates, well its been 5 weeks and nothing. Rang this morning and had a nice conversation with a lady who said various things like waiting for GP report, also that they had sent various update emails, none of which I had recieved. Well I was just sitting down to a cuppa when she called me back, her words were "sorry Helen I have just told you a load of rubbish". I am confident now that they will process my claim correctly, I think not. Ah well will just have to wait and see what becomes of this disaster.

Gentle hugs, helen x

One year on :-)

2010-06-10T10:50:56Z

Hi everyone, I read post regularly but am a bit shy in writing myself, however today I feel I must. It is a year today that I recieved the worst news that I had NSCLC, inoperable and terminal. I remember feeling that I would not see Christmas with my gorgeous girls 8 and 12. However one year on I have just returned from a huge family holiday in Spain and also took my hubby and girls to Cyprus in May and I feel on top of the world and my cancer is stable. I feel like doing a dance today and sticking my two fingers up at the grave faces that greeted my 365 days ago, ha ha ha I am still here. To all of you out there in MAC land never give up, I rememeber thinking when my consultant delivered his verdict "bollocks to that" and that had been my moto every since.

" Lifes to short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the people that treat you right, forgive the ones that dont, and believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance take it, if it changes you life let it. Nobody said life would be easy they just promised it would be worth it"

This is my oldest daughters fav quote.

Hugs and Strength to you all

Helen

NEW TO THIS SORT OF THING ...HELLO

2009-10-09T09:58:57Z

Hello all, I have been reading a lot on this site for a while and have decided to bite the bullet and join in. I am 36 and in July after a chest infection which turned to phnemonia was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. I am still cant believe this has happened to me, I lost my mum to lung cancer 9 years ago so have some idea of how this will pan out. Having said that I have had 4 cycles of chemo and feel great so at the moment feel like a bit of a fraud. I have a fab husband who is my rock and two daughters 8 and 12 who are riding this adventure with me.

I decided in the summer that I would cope with this horrible disease the only way I know how, lots of humour and to take it as it comes. I would love to hear from anyone, I have threaterned to return to work in the near future as I am no domestic godess and I am making the house look untidy sitting around all day.

Bye for now

Helen