[jenya1985Participant]

Hello,

My father was recently diagnosed with Myeloma. He had sold his house in the UK and was temporarily visiting Russia when he fractured his spine. As a result he was stuck out there for some time and when we finally managed to get him home he received his diagnosis.

He is in a bit of a tricky situation at the moment as he has no accommodation in the UK and is unable to work at the moment because he is undergoing treatment / has 6 spinal fractures. He has been in the hospital since he arrived back in the UK. He will soon have an operation which will hopefully put him back on his feet and we will be looking for a room for him to rent in London. I imagine it will be really tricky to find an affordable room for a 59 year old cancer patient undergoing chemo. (It’s difficult enough to find a room in London as a healthy 3o year old!)

His treatment is based in UCLH in Euston. if anyone has a spare room for rent anywhere in the vicinity or just generally in London, please get in touch – you will be helping us out a lot :).

Jenny

[SonnyParticipant]

Hi Jenny,

Have you spoken to a social worker at the hospital,they may be able to liase with the housing team at Camden Council, the ward manager would be able to put you and your dad in touch with them ? Get the ball rolling soon so they can start to plan for his discharge after surgery. Also have you considered looking out of London, we live in Bedfordshire and my husband is now in remission following a SCT and is able to travel by train to UCLH (St Pancras is a few mins walk away), but when he was unwell we were able to request hospital transport ( this requires you to have a stressful phone call with the transport office each time as they scrutinise each request and do their best to refuse but this was essential for a while, there was no way he was fit enough to get there under his own steam).
Hope this info is useful, best wishes to you and your dad,

Ann

[jenya1985Participant]

Hi Ann,

Thanks so much for getting back to me / your useful advice. That’s good to know about hospital transport – I didn’t think that being outside of London could be a viable option, even if it does come with a stressful phone call :).

Best wishes to you and your husband.

Jenny

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