How are we all doing ?

We do need one  

rily, could you ask MacMillan to add a laughing emoji button, please?

Hi Denny. I know this has been requested before to no avail but I will message admin again. I agree it would be useful. Best wishes. 

You are a laugh Garviv.xx

We all need to laugh more even when times are difficult.

Hi Denby . I have had a reply from admin saying they will look in to the smiley react button. Best wishes.

Hi Jane, I am sorry to hear you are not feeling great. I hope the counselling helps you, having been through so much, it will be good for you to talk it all through . Grief hits hard at times, I think I was a good 2 years after my mum died before I felt like i had accepted it. We are here for you Jane ,wish we were all closer and could meet up, then i could hug you in person.  you are always supporting me and everyone on here, cant thank you enough . Take care friend 

Thanks Angela.I’ll see what the dr says on Monday but I’ll be contacting urology.I need to find out why I haven’t been referred back to gastroenterology and to find out about the bone pain.Hope all is well with you and Mr Halofan ? It’s a lovely sunny day here.Trying to tidy up a bit in case Aunt Formidable (aunt Helene) turns up on Sunday.She always notices the things I haven’t done ! Reminds me of a friend who had spent a week scrubbing and cleaning his flat ready for his mothers visit.It looked spotless but his mother had only just stepped into the hall when she said ‘ Phillip what is that spiders web doing up there kindly remove it’ Love Jane xx

I do hope you can move in together soon. That sounds like a really great goal. I wonder if I could encourage you to do it ASAP?

On leaving hospital after my RC 2 people said 'if there's something you really want to do, get on and do it now'. 2 years later I have almost completed a couple of  projects. And am pushing hard on a third - decluttering. We can't downsize, which would force the issue as flats are more expensive than houses here, but in clearing things out that we don't need I'm at least avoiding some trouble for our daughter in future.

Luckily we have lost all sentimental feelings for most things (having moved countries a couple of times), our main problem is energy to dispose of stuff to charity shops (or the dump). But there's a book I found online called 'Nobody Wants Your Sh*t' which is very funny and full of suggestions on how to do it. I've been recommending it to all my friends in our situation.

I realise you have had a bad experience with your Mother's possessions and this is probably not the time to start anything major. But maybe the thought of moving in will help you through this bad patch.

All the best and hoping you feel better soon.

Latestart x

Hi all,

Not been around a lot recently. My youngest daughter has just bought a house with our assistance, so I've been very busy. She's moved into a house about ten minutes walk away and cost me a fortune.