AWAKE.........

Thanks Shellian, I'm hoping you are now sound asleep. Looks like you had a rough night! :-( on the subject of sleep. I'm going to try and have a few more hours. Last Chance for a lie in until thursday xxxxxx

Congratulations on your 1st year anniversary xx

 i had the same problem and googled it!! Someone said to upload onto Facebook and then it resizes and you can then save that new one to your pc and fits on here. 

 did it and it worked, not sure if you have a Facebook page as you can delete the photo afterwards

hope it helps

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Very sad to hear about Tessa Jowell. Xx

Not a lot I can add to the lovely words others have written except to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to Sal for starting this thread on the night I just happened to go looking at the site. It was so lucky and I’m so glad that I plucked up the courage to start posting.i have laughed so much at the stories and pics and cried sometimes too but  there is nowhere else I can be me on good days and bad instead of pretending everything is fine as ido with friends and family.Thank you Sal and all you lovely people 

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Xx

Someone's invited friends round to CELEBRATE............

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Hi All, the AWAKE thread, started by the amazing, wonderful, caring Sal!! I looked back and read around 180 pages yesterday. I found my first post on this thread, at 4am on the day of my diagnosis. The pics posted by Sal and Karen had made me smile for the first time in a week. I had read and posted on other threads, but this one had something different, this thread wasn’t focussed on the illness, it was focussed on us, the people behind the illness. It was a couple of weeks before I posted again, no doubt I was distracted by all the appts and scans etc. I felt so welcomed, so ‘in with the crowd’, so understood. I desperately needed some form of escape from all this and the AWAKE thread gave me that, with giggles, fun, wisdom, kindness and a depth of understanding and care that I could get nowhere else. LondonLass and toxophilite, you brought me back from a very dark place and I will never ever forget what you both mean to me, what you did for me and others. Many other friends have joined us, some wise, some funny, some just fruit loops, some furry and we all fit so well. I am so lucky to have found you all and no matter how busy I get with life again, I will always be here if you need me. Xxxxx

Tessa ...a force to be reckoned with and may her momentum carry us forward.

Thanks for all her insight, understanding and hard work for us while enduring her own challenge

Take care

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LondonLass  Sal, I agree with all the lovely words said so far and thank you so much for starting this thread.

Not only is it an Awake thread it's also an All Day one too. I know for a fact I wouldn't have coped without it. I have been so low at times and you and all the gorgeous and brave people on here have brought me back from the brink. I open my heart and soul on here anytime I need someone and that's something I never have done before but I know I won't be judged or told I'm being stupid .It's also not just the bad times, I've laughed at some of the stories and pictures, I have never met anyone on here but will call you all my friends. The bond we've all got is incredible, how we miss and think about people when we don't see them for a while, the pain we've all had is shared and that's what makes this thread the best thing ever. I hope it goes on for a long time for all those who will need it in the future.

I can't miss out our furry friends too...LP has been squeezed so many times, the lovely Snowy and Scooter and now Graham and the very bad Uncle Paddy Wiggle Ears all brought a smile to everyone.

Thank you all so much for making this thread what it is. Thank you all for being Fruit Loops.

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