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Hey there Gran,
I just wanted to talk to you. It's been over a year since you left and I still feel empty inside. A part of me died with you. I miss you, so much. I have spoken to Granddad quite a lot lately. I know he is sad that you're gone too. He misses you, I am sure of it. My daughter is growing up fast, I am sure you already know. I am sure you visit sometimes. I am proud that she says 'please'. I will make sure, when she is old enough to understand, that she knows about you and all the...
I read an entry under Diet this morning in the living with incurable cancer group. It reminded me of a book I read 10 years ago by an Oxford academic called "Living Proof a medical mutiny". Michael Gearing-Tosh was diagnosed with myeloid leukaemia and advised to start on chemotherapy immediately. He refused, changed his diet based on what he read, and survived 11years against medical predictions.
This has given me pause for thought and perhaps I should listen to my body's intuition....
How naive of me to think I would be able to keep a written record of this awful journey. When did I think I would find the time? Do I want to remember this grim and troubling time? Only heaven knows - I am way too busy living in this moment.
Strangely enough cancer itself hasn't been the main focus over the past weeks, it was always about "getting through" THE treatment. Six long weeks already added onto three months of hospital visits and tests and appointments and worry and anxiety...
Hello To All
Well the naw year has arrived and with it the count down to my appointment with the Oncologist and specialist, I do so hope that after this then I will know a lot more then i will know what they are going to do it has been so hard not knowing and every time i cough it hurts my chest but perhaps thats a good thing after all they do say if it hurts then it is not too bad, oh what am i to do the Anti Biotics have stopped working and I use so much pain relief. i will let you know how...
As with most of you out there NY Day will have passed in a haze. Mind did too but this time due to the body trying to fix itself and not due to a hangover (Oh for a hangover!) So I spent 23 hours of the day fast asleep battling against infection and trying to make some marked progress with my recovery. I had a visit from 2 different District doctors who both reassured me I was on track and to be a patient patient. I woke this morning (2nd Jan) an hour earlier than normal got all meds down and then...
I'm still blogging because I'm still here! A blog is supposed to be a peersonal account of each one of us' journey along the cancer path. No two will be the same.
I've joined the group for those living with an incurable or terminal cancer diagnosis and my reading there makes me understand how lucky I am at this stage of the journey. I'm 81 and I've had my wonderful, interesting life. I could reasonably have expected to live for another 5-10 years and die of something anyway...
Woke up positive this morning, not sure how long it will last. I've tried to find the positives out of the last 7 months and the main one is i'm still here!!! the care i've received from the team at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford as been excellent. The support from Mark (the wonderful man in my life) as been out of this world, even when I've just randomly burst into tears for no readily apparent reason, something I do quite a lot!!! Feel like i'm starting to ramble so I'm going for...
