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Hi Everyone...
Its been a bloody long time since i last came on here, I think i was trying to bury my head in the sand!!
Well, I can say im back.... and ready to go.... It's been 14 months since Mum was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer and a secondry brain tumour and at the begininging all seemed bleak, It was last August that the Doctors were saying she wouldnt see in Christmas 2009... Well, Guess what, She did and she is her with me fighting this bloody thing all the way..
Mum never...
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 will haunt me forever, and then the breathing calmed and he looked more comfortable...
I am really angry at my self
I have just realised it has been 3 months today since i lost my dad. 8th July-8th Oct
I can't believe it has been so long already and it still doesn't feel real. I am so angry that i hadn't realised til now, i know it's not a year or something but oh i don't know difficult to explain.
In a way maybe that means it does get easier.....at one point i could have told you how many days and hours:(
Where has the time gone?
I feel so sad now:(
Hi Guys Hope you are all doing well,
Well I have finished week 1 and although i haven't had any direct patient contact yet i have really enjoyed it. I have learnt how to do ob's and SAT's, oxygen, test for blood glucose, match for transfusions and lots more.
I nearly had a moment yesterday as during a conflict resolution lecture i had to do a role play exercise where my lecturer asked me to go up to the front infront of everyone and basically read through the notes and act out the senario...
Hi guys,
Met with colerectal nurse this morning and they have decided on an MRI scan and then p robability is 5 days a week radiotherapy for 5 weeks and then surgery to remove back passage and give me a stoma. Wish I could be more positive but s**t happens. Stay good all of you,
Jim
I went up to the hospital on Wednesday to be checked over as I'd had a scare with my glands up in my throat and a tightness in my breathing, this was diagnosed as probably being an infection which I was fighting off. While I was there the doctor had my CT scan results from Monday, I was fairly confident that they would be good but was thrilled to hear that my lungs now appear clear apart from some scarring, (the last scan showed spots of secondary cancer). My secondary cancer in my bones is improving...
Our fantastic mum passed away on Thursday 30th Sep it was a hard 6 month fight but mum and all of the family fought it bravely , We are all so proud of mum for how she dealt with everything that this cruel decease threw at her .
We are sorry to people who had replied or commented on our post's but we really didnt have time what with being mum's main carers and constantly looking for advice and information on Glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 .
We were always on The Brain Hospice site checking...
G is still poorly, even though the operation was a sucess, and he is home again. His breathing is as bad as ever, he seems to be losing the will to fight anymore. Yesterday, our 43rd wedding anniversary, he told me he thinks this may be the end. I seem to be in some sort of trance, its as though its all happpening to someone else.
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