Hi Tom thanks your good wishes keep me going . Funny you like the heat now I am still not happy in very hot weather and have to stay in the shade But heres to many more sunny days to cheer us up love Bridget x

Hi Min lovely to hear from you and it sounds as if your visit to your daughter has helped restore your spirits Yes I will be starting Bendamustine as soon as each member of the team has agreed to it . I am not eligible for a trial as my pps are immeasurable Fingers crossed it will put the beast back in its box for a while longer !! Have a safe…[Read more]

Hi Roz
I have only just seen this post,and as you know I am not in your position,so in truth cannot begin to understand,loosing my partner through death,although i do know that this will happen in the future.:-( I always thought it was that I would go first.because Slim until now was the healthy one with good genes,just shows how wrong one can…[Read more]

Hi min
Who,s ears?if big Slims if small mine,having trouble reducing size of photo,tried putting one of Slim and me on,so thats the ears and fence LOL,my dog is better looking.Love Eve

Hi Terry
First may i give you a welcome to this site,I am a carer to my husband but you will find lots of different people on here who can give you advice and boost you up when you need it.
I can only tell you about Velcade but others on here have been on a journey with similar problems,
may I say Velcade is not the last resort,My husband was…[Read more]

Hi everyone how about this word TENACITY –something we all need! Sorry but it still leaves ITY Bridget x

Good Morning Tom well the pain has definitely gone !! Thank goodness for wonderful radiotherapy and the lovely Professor Tobias , a man who keeps his promises Now all I have to wait for is the tiredness to ease up but that may be due to my myeloma levels rising as well ,so soon as new treatment starts the better Hope things are good for you and…[Read more]

Hi Gina how is mum feeling? I hope this lovely spell of sunny weather has lifted her spirits a bit. Please say hi for me love Bridget x

Hi Shirl
Just seen your post ,do not know how I missed it.
Well stuck in hospital with the weather so lovely out side,no fun and tired up to oxygen ,you don,t have one of those massive tanks do you,or can you get about with a portable one?
I take it the info day was at your own hospital?
anyway at least your home now,this weather is going to…[Read more]

My word is

QUESTIONABLY

Leaving BLY

To me this is what life is about at the moment:-) Eve

Hi Min
Lovely to hear you are posting again,so worried for you at one time,knowing daughter lived away and son at sea.
I have thought about starting a support group,but it would not be practical for me personally.For a start no way would Slim go!!:-P,Have been trying to get him to go to London,but no go!!!!!
He is a very self contained…[Read more]

Thank you for considering adding a special section for posts around the topic of grieving and the end of life.

I think it wil be useful for people to know there is somewhere they can post without fearing they are "ambushing" anyone's feelings of not wanting to think about the subject.

Hoping you start to feel better soon, Shirls!

Love
Eliz
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Wishing you a wonderful experience tomorrow Nettie!!

I shall be thinking of you tomorrow.

It is great that you have found a new friend through the newspaper article too. 🙂

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Hi Peter
Thanks for replying,its just interesting the different ways Velcade is given,and with different drug combinations,and how effective it is on different MM,:-S
You are the first person I have heard from who was on Velcade and 3 years on is alive and kicking,half the problem is I am 80 miles away from a support group and this is a life…[Read more]

Hi Ellen
I have been posting on here since February this year,and found some thing I believed did not exist(cyber friends),so yes I mourn their loss,it also brings it home,this is going to happen to me.:-(
I would have loved my husband to have sailed through this horribly treatment,and come out the other side,like Jet,who only wants positive…[Read more]

Dear Sarah I just wanted to say here is where you can moan , weep or rant against the unfairness of having Gordon taken from you too soon so please never apologise we are all here for you in any way we can be to help. I could not believe anyone could be so insensitive as your cousin !! I bet you felt like punching her right on the nose I know I…[Read more]

Hi David great news you have certainly got those pesky little blighters on the run!! Heres to even lower numbers and longer times between clinics so you can both forget about mm for a good long while love Bridget x

Hi Shirley its good to hear from you but I am sorry you are having problems Mind you you are such a determined person I cant see it holding you back for too long!! Hers hoping you wont need that oxygen for much longer and you can get your dancing shoes on again lots of love Bridget x