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Mum left us at 03:25,10th Feb 2014. I am still in a stage of fuzziness. I don’t know this is due to lack of sleep or too much going on last few days.
After received my sister’s phone call, couldn’t go to sleep. Stayed awake whole night. Around 3 clock, made another call to my sister, said mum seems stable. Arrived airport at 4, my daughter went with me. She’s very close to my mum, but cannot make the trip. Its hard on her too. Good job she came back last year for the whole summer holiday....
I've mentioned mindfulness over on the anal cancer forum a few times, and thought it was about time I said something about it in my blog.
I was advised late last summer to try mindfulness by the doctor at Penny Brohn Cancer Care, to help me cope with having a cancer that could no longer be cured. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't really know at that point what she was talking about, but I got hold of a couple of books, and did a bit of googling to get myself up to speed. I started by...
I am 25 and have recently been diagnosed with ET. Hematologist was very supportive, and reasured me that I did not have much if anything to wory about (and at the moment only have to go and see him every 6 months)
Trying to understand my diagnosis, and whether it is a primary cause of my sometimes very sleepy day, aches and pains.
Any information - or just to talk would be appreciated.
Chelle :)
Well, I'm not feeling hungry or that I'm missing out on anything.
Creature of habit, I had coffee and banana and, now that I've had a couple of days to work up to it, I'm off out to post a couple of letters and to hunt down lunch for the next few days in the co-op. I'm going to look at their "free-from" range.
Later.
The shopping trip was a reasonable success. That Co-op didn't stock much in the way of "free-from" but I got grapes, plums, salad and cherry tomatoes, and...
Last night I went to bed feeling hungry but this morning I feel okay which means, I hope, that my massive stomach is shrinking. :-P
I started the day looking for my datastick - no luck yet - so now it's 10.30 and I've not had breakfast yet. Sugars are okay - 5.4 - so I'll get it in a moment. I may have my usual banana and coffee.
Today's dilemmia is whether I can still have Heinz tomato soup. It has milk powder in it, but it comes after the salt and the amount of that is pretty small. ...
A little less pain in the right hip region each day, hand-on-hip not the joint itself. That was checked by xrays and scans and has no mets in it. So I set out to a little more each day.
Today I walked up and down the stairs, quickly, without using the hand rail. Soon I shall feel steady enough to climb the stairs holding two cups of tea, one in each hand, instead of the one plus the handrail as I do at present. When I go out, without my crutches, I try to walk upright, looking ahead and suppressing...
Weekend not too good as sickness in mornings resumed along with lack of sleep and nightmares, This was replaced this monday morning and feeling best I have felt post op, managed to drink a pint of medication via mouth and am now going to force myself to gout for a short walk wih the dog. I just hope this positive blog doesnt see me knocked back again tomorrow. Sign fo my garden pub arrived today (Stanhope and Star), the interior design is getting there with carpet fitted and bar nicely varnished...
Hi everyone.
Before I start I'll introduce myself.
I'm 49 years old/young - you decide!
In 1987 my mum noticed a lump on the left side of my throat. My GP referred me to St Thomas's Hospital in London and I had two lumps removed (so I thought) for an over-active thyroid. At the same time the doctors discovered I had diabetes. No-one was ever sure if it was the thyroid that triggered the diabetes or the other way around.
Anyway, in December 2012 I noticed I had an identical lump, again...
I start this blog with a quote and I will end with one from the same song.
When you mix music and lyrics sometime the meaning gets lost in translation.
The song I am quoting from is very fast paced but full of amazing words that you might have missed.
“Don’t damn me when I speak a piece of mind, cos silence isn’t golden when I’m holding it inside.
I’ve been where I have been and I’ve seen what I have seen, I put the pen to the paper cos it’s all a part of me”....
This morning on the news it has been revealed that Angelina Jolie has had a double
mastectomy due to an 80% chance of her developing breast cancer.
If you know me well enough you will remember how much I idolised this lady over the years.
Not for her choice of partner or sex, drugs and rock and roll lifestyle but because she seems
fearless. Devastatingly beautiful, intelligent, confident, with a heart of gold and a yearning to
encourage peace in the world. Basically, there is a lot more to this woman...
