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Avoidence
This is an amazing word which suits me down to the ground.
I spend so long looking after everyone, I am too tired to think of me. Don't get me wrong, I shower each day, wash, blowdry and straighten my hair every second day, make sure my children are clean pressed and smiling for the day ahead...but all the time I spend doing that I am avoiding the grief.
This morning a teacher at my daughters school, who has said three words to me this term, told me that I was such and inspiration...
Surgical Spirit - for cleaning around injured area and removing plaster adhesives
Hydrogen Peroxide - for discharging infections - to draw out the Pus
Micropore Tape (Anti-Allergenic) Surgical Tape - for dressing the wound
Cotton Wool Buds - or other absorbent means of cleaning and applying the Hydrogen Peroxide
- - - But since...
As further tests revealed the prognosis to be more serious, I revised my original plan not to tell my parents about my illness for now, and Irene and I went for a flying visit to see them.
As they live on a European island, it was a pretty lengthy trip by train, bus, two ferries, bus, walk - a day to get there, a day there, a day back - but I can’t imagine why I thought it was anything but the right thing to do. Quite apart from the effort of travel, it was far better that they see me while I’m...
P.1 DAN'S 2 X "BIG C" DIARY ( Cancer & Chemo FYI ) I HAVE A STRANGE WAY OF WRITING, WHICH SOME PEOPLE CAN'T IDENTIFY WITH. SORRY ABOUT THAT - - I SUPPOSE I'M A BIT LIKE MARMITE This is a sort of "Diary" of events during my time with Prostate Cancer. I got the "brilliant" idea of putting it down in writing, and sending to all and sundry, and anybody who might be interested. My reasoning is that Cancer hasn't been brought out in the open...
my mums original diagnosis was in dec 2011 and treatment for that finished in may, she was then told it responded well and looked like she was on the right track, until she woke up one morn couple of wks ago with a lump on her neck which they initially said could b an infection, turned out after it was cancer again and that it had spread.
we r all devastated and i have been trawling the internet for something, a breakthrough anything that may give a glimmer of hope, but everything is non small...
Well Friday was the CT scan, nothing unusual there. Had one before a few years ago, same old horrible tasting stuff to drink....
The weekend just flew past, shopping and visiting family.
Yesterday’s day care operation wasn’t as I expected, we turned up early as always and shown through to award of 11 beds. Everyone having something different done by the sounds of it. I had my observations done and was seen by an anaesthetist and the surgeons registrar who explained all they needed to. I tried...
