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Just can't seem to write on this site anymore. When i joined just after mum was told she had kung cancer i was on site all the time i spoke to some lovely people and got such great support but since mum died i come on but can't seem to write.
I read the posts and want to reply but when i start i just can't. Tonight i just felt the need to write to myself
mum i miss you every day i have so much i need to tell you - my head is all messed up and i can't seem to function properly
...Thursday of this week I learned that ive got lung cancer also in the lymph glands, possibly because I live alone and through my job have no close friends, I am finding it hard to bear , how do folk cope , im not alone witgh this disese I know.
I am curious to know whether anyone else has transferred to a different hospital within the UK whilst undergoing cancer treatment, and whether they have been taken aback by the difference in the treatment environments; whether indeed they think that it might affect our prospects for a successful treatement.
For the record, I have Stage IV incurable breast cancer with bone metastases. Luckily (ha ha) I currently have no pain or other symptoms. I'm now receiving Herceptin for "life" which is a piece...
I am holding a tea party in bishopbriggs - glasgow! saturday 11th april, to raise money for smantha dickson brain tumour trust in memory of my mum!
if anyone is around this area please feel free to drop by!
cadder church north hall!
Well the day came upon me and it was the most awful of days. Everything I had read to prepare me for the eventual end of my dear father's life did not prepare me for what I saw.
I was twenty minutes late and sadly was not with him when God called for him. I hate myself for this. I cant begin to understand or even get over the fact that he is now gone and I'll never see him again. This is what hurts the most.
I loved him so dearly and feel very empty inside. I know people tell me that he...
Oh dear,
went to Addenbrookes to see my Dr Gorgeous has i had another sore patch so had a biopsy taken will get results on Wednesday. But things feel different this time around, not terrified,not upset perhaps a little numb about it all, No way am i going to let it scare me has much has it did last time,Beat it once i can beat it again . So once again its the waiting game, will let you guys know has soon has i know
xxxx
Hi -I am Judith's mum. I would just like to thank everyone who gave her support and friendship on this site during her illness. As you may know she died on Feb 5th. We are all devastated but trying to acceipt that for her it was a blessed relief.
Just to say I wish you all the very best and hope everything goes well for you.
With love
Diane
Well in 1 week I will be having my hysterectomy.
Mixed feelings about it all really. On one hand I just want it to hurry up, get it over and done with. One the other hand I just wish I could run away and not ave to go through with it. Will remove any hope of having a family. Am I ready to give that up?
Guess I have no choice so lets just get it over with so that we can try and find a way to start healing emotionally. I think thats the hardest part to all this. Sure I will be fixed physically in...
well tommorow is dads funeral he died on the 25th january, dont know how im feeling right now about the funeral, i have cried so much in the last couple of weeks feel numb now, dreading tommorow as i know its our last goodbye, its been one hell of a year, didnt realise how depressed and sressed i have actualy been until now,now that its all over, i think you just go into auto pilot and not live but function, i have gone from someone outgoing, bubbly and game for anything to someone who dreads leaving...
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