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After a brief but brave fight with secondary liver failure, Dal's brother Mark passed away at 5am on 15/05/2021 I am so grateful that his fight enabled all of the my children to attend their Grandad's funeral on the 13th, Mark battled hard and made that possible.
Only two dedicated people had been allowed in to see him at the hospice, my mother in law and my second youngest daughter, sadly on the morning of his passing they arrived 15 minutes too late. Maybe that is how Mark would have wanted...
I had my blood test Monday, haven't heard anything yet so I'm assuming that's good news or the doctor would have called me. I can't ring up for the results because that's tempting fate. This just sounds so stupid now I'm typing it out, but it's how I feel.
I have a transvaginal ultrasound booked for Wednesday. I've had this before when I had a cyst on my ovary. Thing is they never found anything. It was only when I got a CT scan that my cyst was discovered. I believe this...

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