Hi eve

I love Joe,s sword of damacles! Think i will take that with me when i go to the hospital today!!
I am always pesamistic it makes the weenist scrap of good news mega fantastic. Gordons hb went from 7 to 7.5 and his neut from .5 to .7 after blood platlets gcsf etc i was thrilled, the results are trully pathetic after all that…[Read more]

Hi Dai

Poor you i agree with eve and min i wam a ex district nurse and the d dimmer test takes a few mins it is not conclusive and if poss you will a scan to confirm all very easy to have Can you phone you gp surgery today they should be able to do a d dimmer. It really is scarry reading other posts at the total incompidence of some, not all,…[Read more]

Hi Dai and Min
This is the same with Slim.Pain in heel then calf.I took him straight to Ashford hos.it was Sunday,new DVT clinic had opened.A&E.had stupid nurse telling me there was no clinic,made her go and check,agreed with me but kept us waiting 4 hours by then DVT clinic closed.started treatment injections had to come back next day for…[Read more]

Hi To You All
I am awake at this stupid hour,so I thought I would pop in,have been awake for awhile so gave in ,up made a cup of tea and here I am,wish i could get in to a good book,but my prolific reading days went out the window when mm started,Slims happy about that,as he could not get a word out of me when my head was stuck in a…[Read more]

Hi Joe

we went on the train up snowden a couple of years ago, it is very steep and very beatiful!! did you have a drink at the top? we could not see a thing when we got there so much mist. glad you had a good time in wales such lovley sceanary. hope all the new kitchens are great, such an upheaval when they are being fitted, but worth it :-D…[Read more]

Hi all you lovley cyber friends

Gordon hopefully home tomorrow, i think it is his call i can give his meds etc as well as the hospital, then 2-3 x weekly blood tests + blood and platlets as and when + revlamid and the rest!! I hope the treatment works, you have all been there and beyond. Have used the blue badge to deliver him to hospital and…[Read more]

Hi Everybody
Jo that is a lovely part of Wales you went to,only problem to many scousers,LOLthey have all emigrated from Liverpool.surprised about the weather you must have just been lucky.:-P
Bridget you seem to be going through a bad time,I know when Slims legs were swollen the more time he spent on his feet,then rested them,it helped the…[Read more]

Hi Jean,
So glad you managed a good holiday,good to get away from everything,are you sure you just have not holiday blues,specially as you had such a wonderful time,it must hit home coming back,When we go away,coming back is hard,Lovely to see the kids,but then I want to go off again in motorhome.:-S

In theory I have no reason not to be…[Read more]

Sorry your original post past me by somehow. I am so pleased that you seem to be managing a little better now. Belated birthday wishes

Gillxx

Oh Sarah

I do hope everything turns out OK. Stephen was admitted on the quick with an infection and is starting to feel better. I really hope it is the same for Gordon.

I am sure you know that everybody on here is rooting for you both

Love from Gill xxx

Hi Eve

Thank for your posting how do i sleep? seeing the mac nurse tomorrow maybe she has a magic wand!x

hope all is okay slim

sarah x

Hi Sarah
Just putting the same message on here in case you miss the one on b badge. Hang in there Sarah it is 3 am when you sitting there wondering how this will turn out,worst time, Awful time,thinking of you.Eve

Hi Sarah
They can do so much these days,I am thinking about both of you,i try to hang on to the believe that were there is life there is hope.
Sarah,be strong for Gordon,He has to believe he is going to make it.
I look at Slim now and think about those days in ITU.my heart goes out to you. love Eve

Hi Gill

fingers and toes crossed 🙂

best wishes sarah

Hi all
gordon has now a blue badge, our macmillan nurse got one for us it arrived within 24 hours! used it for the 1st time today, to take gordon to hospital for emergency admission, not too sure if he will get to ever use it again.

best wishes sarah

My daughter has been known to say, within earshot of people that take up children's spaces, "OOH look kids there are some of those invisible babies again." She no longer needs childrens' spaces for her 2 as they are long out of the pushchair stage. But she has said to me that it is in the interest of others for mums getting prams etc out of cars…[Read more]

Hi Martin
Know one can answer your question,!!! it would not matter if your dad was young or old,the fact is how much fight has he in him,I would agree with Min,we do not give enough credit to older people.Do not write them off!!!!

Jo is a fine example of having Myeloma,with kidney damage,and she seems to have a good quality of life.
At the…[Read more]

Is it just in our area that people take up disabled bays without disabled badges? The other week there was a very large car parked sideways across 2 disabled bays at our cottage hospital. This is a small hospital with no A & E facility tucked away down country lanes. So I cannot believe the person that parked there was an A & E casualty.

I have…[Read more]