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What a rocky ride it has been so far, it all started when my lovely man started to have blackouts.
Friday the 28th January was the day he and I started the journey, this was the day he frightened me half to death with a seizure. He said he thought he had blacked out a few times previously but nobody had witnessed them...
Since that date after numerous tests on the 1st March 2011 he was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour. He then went on to have further tests which resulted in brain surgery on...
Now that my husband's treatment for leukemia is completed and we have been told he is in remission, my next hurdle is dealing with my mum who has dementia which is getting worse by the day.
Sometimes I wonder if physical problems are easier to cope with - there is treatment, it works or it doesn't but the person is still there - with dementia the person you love is no longer there in mind although the body is.
This is going to be a much more painful and harder struggle than Paul's AML and...
hi everyone just a little update to say my ronay ran the race for life yesterday it was so emotional and i felt everyone there was running for all of us i just burst into floods of tears when we were waiting at the finishing line im so proud of her and now im determined im going to do it as well next year and hopefully will be well enough to do the midnight walk in october as well so would be glad to know if anyone else would be willing to do it with me id be so glad to meet you all there unfortunately...
morning all
I woke early this morning yet again can't get past 5.00 oclock for some reason. thinking about lots of things today. The results of my mom's scan on thursday every time I think about it I feel sick . Not sure if I should ask my sisiter to come with us or just to leave it to me and mom, My sister husband had some test for cancer too so she really is going though it at the moment.so I think it might just make things worse I will only end up worring about them both.
I'v got...
So it is 10 months today since Dad left us.I can't believe it has been that long since i last spoke to him.
Last night i had a dream, it was a lovely dream for the most of it. I was in a field full of poppys a beautiful red field and in this field were lots of horses. My Dad was there with me and it was normal as if he hadn't been gone for 10 months. Dad and i rode the horses. I got off mine to have a sit down and at that point Dad rode away on his horse right into the distance and as i shouted...
My Dad passed away a few months after being diagnosed with cancer. I helped looked after him until the end and now don`t know what to do without him. He was my rock, whenever i needed him he was there, and now i`m so lost without him. I just can`t get used to the fact that i`m not going to see him again. It hurts so much....
well not a bad day today for my mom she's had her hair done and had somrthing to eat which is a big bonus. I think she even looks a bit better today
Yesterday went well I took her for her routine CT scan, and yesterday morning I managed to buy a wheelchair for her at our local mobility shop, it turns out I knew the chap who own's it I went to school with him
It was a stroke of luck really I didn't order it till thursday lunch time and he delivered 11.00am yesterday morning what a knight...
I've just posted a new blog post: http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/other-people.html
The reason why I've written it is because I'm upset because I feel my housemate is rubbing it in my face that he has an alive girlfriend who can still come and visit him at weekends. Not intentionally I hope, but he didn't even think to ask me if it was ok for her to be here. Honestly I probably would have said no because it hurts to see it; we loved our weekends together and I keep thinking of how...
Hi Im new to this site and my dad has stomach/pancratic cancer. He is 74 and I have to say this is the worst experience of my life. I would just like to hear from other people who are going through the same.
I feel so angry at times which is so out of character. They have just advised us at Christies that the tumour has only shrunk 1cm - therefore they stopped the treatment on Monday. They have said it is time and to watch for signs. What is it we are looking for. We are so confused as a family.
...MM check up this morning. told there is an atypical mole on my back. here is the photo. she said they can cut it out if i wish but not to stress over it and just keep an eye on it for now....why is it when a doctor or consulant say "dont owrry or dont stress" you do anyway....surely cutting the thing out isnt my decision to make... its either melanoma or it isnt... the A B C D E signs are all there...the consultant told me they are but...dont stress?? what would you do?
PETER
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