Daring to plan

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I have been "terminal" now for around 18 months and my last scan in December showed stability so my consultant thinks I'll be around for a while but I'm now struggling to book things in advance like theatre tickets, I don't want to push my luck or jinx anything. How do you get past that?

  • My wife is taken care of. We downsized our bungalow to a smaller one so we have money to live on. I retired she retired. I have life insurance for her live on when I’m gone and I have taken out some over 50’s cover since diagnoses as they don’t ask medical questions. I think I may just poke fate in the eye lol


    Richard

    be safe, be nice, be you 

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember in reply to Remoh

    You do that, I am so pleased for you. Both you and your wife start enjoying yourselves. You don't have to spend money, just have some fun. You think you cannot but you can. Report back once your fun starts. ( not the marital bit obvs)

  • Tickets booked for anything for love the meatloaf story at the end of October. F**k it if I make it I’ll enjoy it thanks all for the kick up the pants I needed


    Richard

    be safe, be nice, be you 

  • That's it...go for it. See i was only give around 12 months left...well that was in October 2015!!!! ..You just never know and now up you go with your lovely wife and enjoy life!!!!

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember in reply to Remoh

    Meatloaf, brilliant. Of course you will make it, we have all proved them wrong. They gave me .  8 months to a year in 2017. What do they know?

    Say hi to Pet1968, she's probably in her pool now in 40 degrees. Sometimes she says she feels sorry for us, I have never believed her.

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember in reply to FormerMember

    My husband and I had to cancel a 3 day trip to Amsterdam to celebrate 30 years together last year.

    I'm tempted to book a trip to Athens in August to see Joe Bonamassa in concert, we saw him in Blackpool in 2018.

    Actually ballocks to tempted, I'm going to go for it!!!!

    xx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember in reply to FormerMember

    Blimey Remoh, you have caused a bit of activity with your original post.

    Tinalay is known as a sensible type of person but she seems to have caught the 'bugger it' bug.

    Athens, Tina, that will be quite some catch up holiday. and utterly deserved. X

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember in reply to Remoh

    Now - That's the way to do it!!!

    Funnily enough my first prognosis did little to kick me up the ass but then I was given only 2-4 weeks without treatment and anyway, I was still in the CRAZY rollercoaster phase - to be honest, it really didn't sink in!!!

    It was the 3-6 months prog I got this January after the BM's were discovered that gave me my epiphany and it's now all about ME!!! Hahahaha!!! (Actually, it always was... hehehe...)

  • Why should i feel sorry??? Aren't you off on the pink bike with ? And it's Autumn here now by the way...very very cold only 25 degrees Slight smile...but as i am nice, i will give you some more bikkies for the tour ( de England?)

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember in reply to FormerMember

       thanks for the encouragement, and 
    totally with you, if not now, when....?

    My true goals are closer to home with family & friends but I actually feel a buzz thinking about a couple of off the scale ones xx