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hi ya everyone
My nan is 74 n has bladder cancer. in a few weeks she has 2 go for a weekly dose of chemo for 6 weeks My nan is finding this very stressful as she looks after my great nan who is 94 she has tried looking 4 help but seems 2 have had all the doors shut n doest quiet no where 2 turn she also dosnt know what to expect from the chemo
.if anyone has any iformation that may help her in any way i would be very greatfull
many thanks
Donna
Legal position with respect to partial seizures. These do not present a danger to others and I will work in non-hazardous environment but do require about 24 hours before I'm over it. Has anybody had anything similar and made proposals around sick day/ holiday trading?
All bloody day...it was shouting and in a really bad mood..........
and everyone was round as well...macmillan nurse...district nurse.....shopping delivery....mum and dad.......uncle Tom cobbly and all.............!!
My lads came and sat with me last night with a brew....for the first time in months I asked them to leave me sat alone for a bit.....i really didn't want to say stuff i didn't mean....cos it was all there in my head....nasty comments.......
half an hour later, I was feeling...
The day before yesterday, the oncologist told us the biopsy on the "suspicious" spot in M's hip shows cancer cells from his primary bowel tumour. The curse of being a nurse is that she doesn't have to say any more. I know immediately: I'm going to lose him.
I've lived with this fear for over a year. I knew it was coming - have done since I realised that damned doctors had missed the diagnosis for at least three years, and that by then he was too unwell for chemo..
But...
I don't know where to start this blog really or even why i've joined this community. We lost our darling granddaughter on Christmas morning and it all still seems so surreal. I know she's gone but somtimes I can't comprehend that we will never see her again. She was only 11 - so much potentiial....................
What is wrong with some people? How can some get things so terribly wrong? With all the shit I've been through, I still find people who, even though I've turned my back on them (LONG AGO), think that I have any feelings at all for them other than deep deep hatred? Reviled, loathed and close to wishing they were dead. Certainly wishing they'd been diagnosed with Cancer and not me. Yes, it's a terrible thing to think or wish on someone... but to me you're not even human.
If you...
Hi There!
I've never been a great talker. If something is on my mind I can sit for hours telling you what's wrong in my head when you ask, but I can't find the words to verbalise it. I find it easier to write things down, my mum jokes it would be easier to get answers out of me if she just text me even when she's sat in the room with me. I find writing things down easier to do, I can think about what I want to say, I don't miss anything out. I joined this community last week...
Case Scenario 1
Employee has worked for same company for over 21 years. The company is a small family run business in the Service Sector. The company operates legally within the SSP system and does not have an Occupational Sickness system in place. The employee is classed as a key worker within the business. The company has one other employee working in the office as an administrator.
On my own personal experience I half expected from reading up on the signs and symptoms of my own illness...
Equal rights for employee’s is based upon employee’s who are working for employers who do not operate an Occupational Sickness Scheme and only work within the United Kingdom Statutory Sick Pay Scheme.
What SSP means is that the employee’s sick absence must fit within the laid down qualifying criteria to qualify and if they do not fit into the laid down criteria then they have no redress for pay during the period that they are off.
It is also aimed at equalising the legislation...
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