Hi Gill and you too Sue,

I came away with another course of 'Enoxaparin': (self-administered – into your tummy – blood thinning injections for those who do not know) a 7-day course this time against a 5-day course previous. That's all they had to offer because the Doppler gang insist that they are full to the gills with patients waiting to be…[Read more]

Hi Lara
Just read your post ,do not know how i missed it,!!!!!
Let me welcome you to this site,and the start of your fathers journey!! it,s not all doom and gloom,treat it like a learning curve.:-)
I cannot help you with your problem,but by replying to your post it will take it back up to the top of the section,and someone who can answer your…[Read more]

Hi Keith good to hear that the first part is out of the way without any problems. I bet it is good to be home , even if you do have to go back . I am sure you will sail through the next stage too and be home again very soon Take it easy and good luck love Bridget

Hi Sarah
I wish I could bottle this!!!,Just think Dai a welsh man saying a scouse is extended family !! LOL.new that would make you laugh Sarah its like comparing Lancashire with Yorkshire LOL.,but Myeloma does not know boundaries:-) .

Be strong Sarah,enjoy this time,not many people have this time,I wish you a good journey,Thinking of you…[Read more]

Hi Keith, its good to hear from you and i do hope you start to feel better very soon, please keep us updated on how you are doing
You take care
Gina xx

Hi eve, yes my mum spent a week in hospital and she had a water infection which turned into a blood infection, she had her bloods checked today and they are a bit lower. she is breathless(her words that walking up the stairs feels like she has walked mt everest) she has lost lots of weight. the consultant said that the antin inflammitories and…[Read more]

Hi Gina
Your mum has been here before,something is not right!!! anti inflamitories i always thought was a no no,don,t quote me ask the nurse.I think you remember what Slim went through,and it started with blood pressure going low,Please get in touch with the hospital.If her gp prescribed blood pressure tablets the hospital do not like to…[Read more]

Hi min, the consultant knows about it but im not sure where it all stands with the gp. I will speak to the doctor tomorrow and on monday let the consultant know. Hopefully we will have more answers then.
Thank you again for your advice it is most appreciated x

Hi Lorraine
Thanks for the help – glad to hear that things will get easier. Hope you are feeling well now. (Our good news hasn´t sunk in quite yet – just hope it lasts)

Best wishes

Love Carol xxxx

Thanks Helen

I seem to be tolerating it a bit better this week – thanks for the info.
Best wishes
Carolxx

Hi Dear friends I too have got so much support from joining this site It took me ages to look it up because I always said I wasnt a joiner-in, but it was the best thing I could have done My lovely cyber friends give me advice , support and make me giggle ( which is just as important!) So I think of you all as my alternate family , I admire your…[Read more]

Hello David

I would just like to wish you a good holiday hope the weather is good to you8-)
Love Jo

Hello Eve and friends

I agree with all the sentiments that have been written this site has helped, encouraged and cheered me up in large measures its true Dia its just like one big family. Keep well everybody;-)

Love Jo

Im so sorry that Gordon is not doing well, i will be thinking of you both god bless you xx

If I recall correctly Amelie you are a friend and work colleague of Johns.

Does he live alone or does he have support network at home.

I was wondering because if he is single then there is a chance that he will be attending these consult meetings on his own… if this is the case could you not offer to attend… as a friend, to take…[Read more]

The thing is we never know, perhaps we will never, ever know just how important we all are to other people on this site.

Life experience has taught me that sometimes the most irritating off the wall comment or observation perceived by most of us… can speak clearly, concisely and directly to someone else…

There are certain people here…[Read more]

Hi Helen,

Have you a date for induction into your SCT? Where are you going for it? 🙂

Try and stay in touch if you feel up to it… quite a few people have tried to keep some sort of blog of their experience… for some reason my blog centred around a series of measured events (e.g. the time it took to get out of bed, unplug and make safe…[Read more]

Sarah,

I am imagining Gordon bringing the harvest home.

I have a small; old black and white photograph of my Grandmother?s Uncle Morris? my Great, Great Uncle. In the photograph he is standing, all five foot one of him, with one foot raised and resting on an upturned log. He has a leather tankard in one hand, stretched out before him, in…[Read more]