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  • Dad - 05.12.42 - .-05.10.10

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    I lost my darling Dad early Tuesday morning and am utterly heart broken.

    He went for RT and the Marsden, anhour later was being rushed to St Georges, luckily we were able to get there and have have eye contact and he squeezed my hand, I told him I loved him. He quickly became unconcious, had a scan and he'd had a catastrphic stroke with major bleeds from the tumours.

    He fought for 12 hours, through some things that…

  • 24.09.10 - Absolutely gutted

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    So, yesterday afternoon Dad was told that the cancer has spread to his lungs, chest, edge of the heart and liver and he will not survive.

    He's going to have RT next week and chemo in 3 weeks to try and ease it and give him a bit longer.

    It feels very surreal writing this

  • 14th Sept 10

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Ok so it's now been 10 days since we found out about Dad's brain mets and done what seems a lifetime of waiting although I know that that is only a drop in the ocean.

    Haven't got much further forward altho Dad does have a really nice Mac nurse and we know that he is going to have a weeks RT to try and shrink the tumours.

    CT scan was put back by a week so is now on Friday so we will find out soon I hope the…