I thought I would take the time to introduce myself. Please click on my profile for full information. However, I am 66, retired from NHS - worked as Learning Disability Specialist Nurse, with families of disabled children for most of my career.
I’ve had a strong faith in Jesus since my mid-thirties. I’m an Anglican by heritage but feel part of something much bigger than denominations, which I think have caused more problems than brought people to a full and lasting faith.
anyway, I have been a Licensed Lay Minister for 20 years, love talking about Jesus and am so thankful for his company on my cancer journey. I’m now facing up to the fact that my life will end much sooner than expected. I have advanced womb cancer, spread to peritoneal area and lungs. I had chemo and it was effective but 4 months later it has returned. Looks like I might be having immunotherapy next. Waiting to see my Consultant again on 1st November. I’m hopeful but have gone through the business of being angry and very sad and am still a bit in shock. I’m hanging on to my faith and know that on the bad days, he still hangs on to me.
grateful to find this forum and looking forward to hope-filled conversations.
It will be good to get to know people who are also on a similar pathway.
love to all
bev xx
Hi Bev GreenCliffLady and welcome across to this little corner of the community….. although so am always sorry to read about everyone’s journeys.
There are a few active group members so let’s see if they are looking in….. activity is often limited by how folks are getting on with treatment.
My cancer type is also incurable but I have been on my journey for over 24 years now. My blood cancer is rather rare (see my profile also) as there are only about 7 in a million people diagnosed with this type of cancer every year…… so this brings challenges with regards to research and treatments but at the moment I am doing good.
As a Christian of over 54 years my Faith and Faith community is a foundation as to how my family and I navigated the past years.
Always around to chat.
Hi Linda Lin0506 and a warm welcome to you to our little community
Hi Linda, I have been a Community Champion for 6 and a half years and find it a privilege to be able to support folks into their cancer journey in the New to Community but also in our various Blood Cancer groups plus a few other groups that cover navigating the post treatment world.
We have our 3 granddaughters (they stay in Surrey) staying with us as mum and dad are over on the Isle of Harris for a few days….. so just getting ready to take them to our local Rock climbing/bolder centre……. “and you are doing it as well grandad” I hear them say 
Hi folks, there was an issue with how the new combined group is as set up by the Community team so you may find that some of you may need to join this group again - just click on ‘your’ community name, check your groups and if you don’t see this group in your list do join it again.
Hi process good to hear from you but sorry hear that you have struggled to find the group……
I am going to dig a little deeper to see why this is happening and ask the Mac community team to see if they can make things simpler.
On a mobile I always click on ‘my’ community name and this brings up a link to ‘my’ groups where I can search through the groups I have already joined,
Soooo good to hear your scan was clear. Thank you Father
