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  • Hi Sarah thankyou Imust admit I am near the end of my tether with it and usually I am pretty tough!! Luckily the Prof is very good and the RT worked well last time and I didnt have to wait too long either This time in a fortnight I will be dancing a jig on my front lawn !! Haha as if Take care Sarah love Bridget x

  • Hi everyone well as they promised I have an appointment to meet the lovely Professor Tobias tomorrow to discuss and hopefully plan a course of RT for this wretched tumour As I had expected I have been told it will be tricky as it is not just in one place but I have every faith in the Prof to make it happen There are no words to describe how good…[Read more]

  • brocho replied to the topic Information Please in the forum General 13 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Tom you are priceless!! I would love to have seen the look on your doctors face when you walked out!! Still professionals need reminding sometimes like the rest of us , a smile as a greeting can make all the difference Onwards Uwards and Sideways too if you can manage it!! love Bridget x

  • Morning Eve haha you have had your knuckles rapped now , join the club , thats how we all learnt to spell the cuss words!!! With that in mind my word is –CUSSEDNESS—-ESS Gill what happens if we have had the 3 letters before? love Bridgetx

  • brocho replied to the topic Peter in the forum General 13 years, 10 months ago

    Dear Min I am glad the children all got home to be with you Together you will be able to celebrate not just Peters life but your lives together. I can only imagine how alone you must feel now Min but Peter will always be with you in your hearts and minds and all the wonderful memories you share I will be thinking of you on Wednesday love Bridget x

  • Hi Jean thank you for that one! My word is — ULTIMATELY The next letters are— ELY love Bridget xxxx

  • Hi John good to hear Cecilia is doing well please pass on my best wishes. There is nothing worse or more painful than people digging around in your arm trying to find a suitable vein !! We have to put up with enough without that too. Ask about a PICC line they are brilliant! They work on the same principle as hickman lines but completely under…[Read more]

  • brocho replied to the topic Macmillan Nurses in the forum Treatment 13 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Tom thanks for the laugh – my wrists are well and truly slapped!! I will go into the hospice but not until I see how much difference the radiotherapy makes, the pain might go completely with the RT love Bridget x

  • Oooh good one Jean next word —- WORTHILY NEXT LETTERS—-ILY XX

  • brocho replied to the topic Macmillan Nurses in the forum Treatment 13 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Debs I hope you get a quick refferal to Macmillan , it wikk be such a relief for you My nurse came round this week and the first thing she arranged was for the District nurses to come out to give me a painkilling injection of morphine if my usual doses fail to ease the pain Tat in itself was such a godsend as this week I have been desperate ,…[Read more]

  • brocho replied to the topic A wonderful event in the forum General 13 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Ameloe what a wonderful achievement for both of you You are right to feel proud of yourselves!! I am sure it helped Johns recovery enormously!! Treasure those memories of your wonderful acheievement Shame you couldnt have recorded it for us to hear Which instruments do you play? I have always envied people with musical talent , I could just…[Read more]

  • brocho replied to the topic Peter in the forum General 13 years, 11 months ago

    Dear dear Min its so hard to believe that Peter has gone and if its hard for me it must be doubly hard for My heat goes out to you Min You shared a love that was special and without your sour support Peter would have been lost Although you didnt have time to prepare Peter knew and he will always be with you, even if its to jinx your computer Like…[Read more]

  • brocho replied to the topic Welcome Paul in the forum Under 50s 13 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Paul I am Revomod too and I have always taken it late evening , usually aor a lttle afrer about 10 pm and there have been no problems , so Would take it when it suiys you . I do get hot sweats quiye often and I think that is due to Revlimid too but you should mention it , and any other side-effects tooo, when you nwxt go to hospital.It made…[Read more]

  • brocho replied to the topic Macmillan Nurses in the forum Treatment 13 years, 11 months ago

    Dear Eve I am so sorry if I upset you and made you cry . Yrs I know I am being a dunce about going into the hospice but I just cant get my head around it yet If I am honest the news about Gaye going whilst in the hospice is still to frsh in my mind .But I have said I will go after radiotherapy if I need to The pain will or should reduce quite…[Read more]

  • I thought I would post this in here tonight after the other days misplacing ! Well after 3 days of sheer torture the pain has eased at last thank goodness!! It was without doubt the worst ever pain , even worse than when mm ate 3 of my vertebrae My instinct tells me it is this wretched tumour getting bigger , maybe only by a small amount , and…[Read more]

  • Hi everyone perfect timing by the BBC, they are running a series on BBC4 called The Story of British Pathe showing lots of the pathe nwes films and outlining some of the background Perfect for bringing back all sorts of memories for us oldies!! love Bridget x

  • Well think I have got it now–eventually ! I will follow Gills word with —-fireman. So man is the next lot Bridget x

  • Hi Liz good to hear Kevin is doing well after his sct . It sounds as if Lady Luck gave a helping hand along the way , especially as they werent considering mm whilst looking for anaemia Heres to lots of luck and a very long remission love Bridget x

  • Hi Gill the site wouldnt let me reply to your thread so I had to post another . I actually read your post late last night but as I was high as a kite on mega doses of morphine I couldnt make sense of it!! However today I havent taken any extra so my brain can t least read. The sun is shining and there is a wonderful breeze bringing a freshness…[Read more]

  • brocho replied to the topic Niggle, Niggle in the forum Side-effects 13 years, 11 months ago

    Dear Dai and Janet have a wonderful holiday If anyone deservrs it you do Hope the red stuff does the trick nd keeps any nasty bugs away love Bridget x

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