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Don't miss out on the value in this moment by wishing that it had somehow been different. Live it for all that it can be.
Don't let this beautiful day slip uselessly through your fingers while consumed with worry about what tomorrow will bring. Make full use of the time you now have, and that will put you in the best position to face anything that may come.
Whatever your age, there is something positive and valuable you can do right now. Consider all the beautiful choices that life makes...
Well folks we are nearly home now. Done the Italian bit, Pisa, Florence, Siena etc and managed to walk round all of them, but these chemo hands and feet do make life so difficult. Anybody got any ideas for controlling the sensitivity. It's all very well the doctor saying it will get worse before it gest better, but that doesn't help when you can't wear shoes, and don't know whether your feet are hot or cold! I could just about manage 4 hours sightseeing, (with breaks) before we had...
september 29th - back to darlington hospital today...trev was having his trachy tubes changes. his mac nurse was really pleased to see how well he looks after his first chemo cycle!!! she said how she can visibly see the tumour and tonsil are shrinkin back!! over the moon!!!! well we were only in there about half an hour so we had ourselves a look into town.....and had the most lush day!! didnt talk about cancer or treatment!!! just shoppin and fashion etc etc!!! was brilliant! he bought himself some...
Claudette spent the day resting in her armchair with her soft cushion watching TV. We reinstated the cookie jar when she said she was hungry.
I attempted to obtain some dressings, padded plasters, for her sores, but the system doesn't appear apple to provide them. Hopefully the district nurse will provide something similar today, if not I'll buy some. This caused sleeping problems overnight, which I suspect resulted in the higher than usual use of the morphine.
I have just shouted at my daughter and now I feel so guilty......
My mum has terminal ovarian cancer. She is not strong enough for any more chemo, and we have been told that how she is now may be as good as she gets. Dad is her primary carer, but at 73 is finding it very difficult to cope both emotionally and physically. They have been married 48 years and she is his sole mate.
Her meds have been upped twice in two days and even now she is still having pain.
Our main problem is that mum has never...
Ive got to a point in my life when yes, I accept death and accept that my elders are going to die, but in my head i had this rosy picture that my Grandma at her ripe old age would just fall asleep when it was time, not suffer or feel any pain, but as always it seems that my heads in the clouds and there never is a right time or a right way to go.
My grandma is a inspiration to me, she has had a humble up bringing, lived and worked hard throughout the war, and my: my she has got loads of tales to...
Hey everyone...I havent blogged for a while but not much has been happening with me so I havent really got alot to write about. Treatment going well and I'm feeling well so thats great!! I am blogging about an issue which has been playing on my mind for a while. Its not directly to do with my cancer although its a factor, if I wasnt ill then it probably wouldnt be something we would be considering. But seeing as I am never going to get better I need to make sure things stay as they are.
When...
Hi, I don't know where i am going with this but i guess i just need to 'type it out'
I have had a really tough day today.
Mum and I met with the lady from the fund-raising fund for the leukaemia ward that dad was treated on throughout his cancer journey. We raised £1095 for them from donations at dads funeral. It was a fantastic amount and the woman (pauline) was delighted, the money goes straight back into the ward not into the hospital funds.
They also have a charity shop for the...
Well i am shattered but i feel so good ,i knew this job had been given to me for a reason, it just feels so right, like its meant to be,
I started on surgical ward today ,apparantly one of the hardest wards ,but i dont dont care i love hard work, most of patients are post mastectomy, reconstruction ect, lots having chemo and radiotherapy , and i loved it, they were all quite happy to let me do their obs ect and care even though im not actually allowed till ive completed next 2 weeks
I think for...
Claudette dressed herself and got ready to go the the hospice for the day, but was too tired to walk to the van which took her, and was pushed into the van and the wheelchair anchored down. This gave me a chance to go out and do some shopping. She returned at 3.30, absolutely exhausted, she said she had done too much, but had really enjoyed it. We'll have to think about her spending a shorter time next week. They also took care of the sores.
She slightly recovered later in the day but had to...
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