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Nineteen days... Is that all???
Says it all really ninteen days since mums passing.
Does it get any easier? Not if I think of it in that way, to me she is working away. People look at me and wonder... why is she not more upset???
Believe me I would love the freedom to crawl into a corner just to cry, scream or break into a million pieces. Unfortunately mum left a big hole in alot of peoples lives and she always was one for showing a brave face - after all bills have to be paid, shopping has to...
You know you've been ill for too long when even the radiographers know you by name. What really annoys me though, is when people I don't know don't even pretend to not figure I must be me. Because I have an 87 not a 50 or 63 in my date of birth the nurses know to come straight for me. It's almost as annoying as when people presume my mother is the patient.
Anyway, rant over. I got my MRI scan, they got a vein FIRST TIME...but it was in my wrist. Unpleasant. Now I must wait. I do...
If you down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise.... Today was the day of the Poobaggers’ Picnic as Hilary called it. I called it the goody bag bag goody party or otherwise known to sensible people as a...
Stoma Coffee Morning.
So Little My got in her little black car once more and vroomed off to the hospital near Ems to try and find the bit they were hiding in. Took ages and 2 different car parks and nearly ended up in maternity by mistake which is funny on so many levels...
Hi everyone,
Well its Day 2 post transplant. He is doing surprisingly well so far. All the drugs were administered from last Thursday (20th October) Campath and Fluradibine and he coped well, he was pretty much his normal self. We were able to go out and about and do stuff as they didnt make him neutropenic and his blood counts were fine as were his temperature and blood pressure.
Day of transplant was a momentous one for us but not for hospital staff. I wish they could realise how important this...
Bit harsh in this day and age to hear that maybe, ok for some of us, it does and that can be so hard to deal with at times, for others we come to terms and say - well lets live what we have left to the max, live the day.
Went to London and Kent last week, had a fantastic day, went to meet a mate who works there and we had a couple of coffee's, sat, chatted, nothing special to most people, but I spent some time with a mate who I had not seen for ages caught up on mutual friends and families. At...
Hi,
I'm aged 60 and have just been diagnosed with locally advanced prostate cancer following a chance PSA test which revealed my reading to be ten times higher than it should have been - a reading my GP described as "alarmingly high."
So far I've had various bone scans etc which seem to suggest the cancer hasn't yet spread to the rest of my body but my surgeon suggests the chances of this not happening are "dicey."
Anyone else had this high as reading as I'm trying...
Paul's dad and his Uncle Peter were going to come down from Thanet today and visit Mo this evening,not very happy about it at all! Paul had asked me before Mo was admitted to the Hospice about it and he wanted to know how I felt ,I told him I wasn't happy about it as Mo and I have had nothing to do with his dad or uncle,no visits or any contact whatsoever with them for over ten years.The last time Mo had seen Bruce,her ex-husband,since we had been together was when they went to Pauls wedding,yonks...
Our new life started one day in June 2011, when my husband decided to visit his doctor about night sweats and a slight but constant cough. He was sent for a chest x-ray and by the Monday of the next week we were summoned to the surgery and told there was a shadow on his right lung. An appointment would be made to see a Consultant.
Our planned Summer Holiday was put on hold and we spent the next 3 weeks on odd days out visiting the local Hospital for a CT Scan, a Pet Scan and a Biopsy. Photographs...
