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Thanks, I’ll take a look. 

Thank you x

Hello Jane,

I’ve been offered no support at all. No support worker, no cns, no help. 

Though the Dr referred me onto social prescribing but that never happened and no one followed up with me.

Thanks for your suggestions, I’ll check them out  

Thanks x

I’ve just emailed the Red Cross. Thank you for your support, Jane. X

Thank you I will write to them

I’m sorry you’re facing this alone too. You totally get this feeling I feel. It’s like a double whammy as you face everything with the cancer as well as at the same time learning you mean nothing at all to those you assumed would support you.  A big virtual hug to you too - stay in touch x

• Thank you for your kind message. I’m not doing great but it is what it is. Some great suggestions and I’ve reached out to these places this morning and so fingers crossed I’ll be offered some support. Xx

It's worth following up the social prescribing. I have had support both via GP (chase up with receptionists not GP) and also through a linked community organisation. In our area there is voluntary community transport service for seniors though I'm not sure whether it's advertised with Age UK. I only found out about this service when I started doing some volunteering at a local community centre and met the person responsible for organising it.

While I was okay when I had my second hysteroscopy, the first time I had one I came out feeling a bit weird and light-headed and kept catching the wrong buses (first one going in wrong direction, then just the wrong bus, then another bus which went in the right direction but had a huge gap in stops (like over a mile) and I missed the one I needed.  I have a taxi phobia and haven't been in one since 2002!  All this on top of the family issues can feel overwhelming. You're doing absolutely the right thing asking all the organisations flagged up in this thread. x

Hi - no idea what is happening with my replies this morning! There were two somehow so I deleted one and both disappeared... Yes, I do get it! You're doing absolutely the right thing reaching out to all these organisations. Sometimes things are not well advertised. I only found out about the seniors community transport in our area when I started doing some volunteering at a local community centre. I'm not yet 60 so wouldn't have asked them for help, but the person who runs it is so lovely they said that they would have helped me because I had other needs. With the GP social prescribing I think it may be a case of chasing things up with the receptionists. I am getting some help via GP and it is the receptionists who organise this not the GP once the initial referral has been made. x

Bless you. Would the taxi not take you right to the hospital door?