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The Storm It's been four weeks tomorrow since I took my husband to the A&E after a week where he was so ill. Twice that week prior to admission my husband went to see our GP. The first time he was given Lactose and the second cream for his rectum. The doctor noticed my husbands rather large swollen stomach and commented on it, yet did nothing. To watch throughout five days your loved one deteriorate so fast was like living in a nightmare. Twice I called 111 and it was hard to stand by while no one...
This morning I was woken up ridiculously early by the blackbird singing his heart out in the rowan tree outside our bedroom window. I didn't mind at all: at least he's a bit quieter than the song thrush who has occupied the topmost branch of the tree for the last several mornings, and all day long too, but who now seems to have been usurped by the blackbird. The thrush has a huge variety of musical phrases that he sings twice or three times each. To quote Robert Browning: 'That's the wise...
My Dad died on 7th March 2012 after a long battle against cancer. It was a very difficult time when he died. I was 17 at the time and I was studying my A Levels to get into University. We had been told that it was expected that he wouldn't live very long, but that didn't mean that his death wasn't a shock because it really was. I was very close to my Dad, even if we didn't always see eye to eye. My biggest regret is that I didn't visit him very much when he was in the care home where he died, or...
I have no one who i can turn too as my life as turned upside down, our dreams and future are so uncertain now ......We was hopin' to grow old together as he's my soulmate , best friend my everything and without him i don't know what i will do :( ....We never in a million years thought this could happen and now that it has it's our worst nightmare we just can't wake up from .....i am strong on the outside and everyone thinks i'm doing brilliant but on the inside this is killing me watchin...
9/33 Monday 7 April: Weight 73.8 kilos. Fairly straightforward today although I didn’t get to have my weekly ‘chat’, which was to be done Tuesday. The usual routine but including a full scan. I was told to try and drink more every day outside of the routine as my bladder was a little smaller today than usual. Still, the R/T was completed, so I went straight home.
10/33 Tuesday 8 April: Weight 73.6 kilos. Today, I was seen by one of the advisers, to see how I was feeling. She...
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