[elizabethmooreParticipant]

What a rotten hand to be dealt. Each a horrible illness on its own.All your emotions are perfectly understandable and justified .Feeling cheated of years of “normal”life with your husband and family is so very hard to bear.You are not old which is yet another insult to you.

Doctors are not always good when faced with such bad news and struggle to be sufficiently kind and comforting to you. What about a Maggies centre? Do you have one of those? they are excellent at providing support for the carer. You must look after yourself as you must be strong to help your dear husband to pass through this dark period. Music can help people and take up offers of help  with visiting.shopping and transport.I shall be thinking of you both Liz

[elizabethmooreParticipant]

Hi,I am liz moore. Do youmean Andy godfrey? if so he has been very ill with pneumonia andhas been in Icu.If this is the Andy, Tom knows more.Hope you   are well yourself

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Itis difficult to live with the knowledge of your life threatened by this lousy form of cancer. i try to use and practise mindfulness Rebecca is correct andI thank her for her splendid posting.Does your husband take any anti depressant therapy? Id,I take Sertraline 100mg.daily and that helped me to stop being so anxious andvery reluctant to socialise, low in mood. I had been  sitting ruminating about my past and all the mistakes I had made. Negativity was my middle name.Now I go out with my Primary school girl group approx.12 of us ,we have been friends for 65 years.Some travel35 miles to cometo Glasgow using their Free Bus Pas and we have lunch and an outing eachyear  e.g.London to see a show etc. and The Tower of london remembrance Poppies and I felt so excited to be seated at the jersey Boys show,in October its the Races at Kelso in the Scottish Borders. I thought I would not see the Scottish Referendum and so upset  that No did not win and the General Election was a great dis appoint ment to me 56SNPseats and the feeling of nobody representing me at westminster.

Hope I have not ranted on too much.Go for it.I only saw the posting today  Regards Liz Moore

 

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