RMweb Gold PeterBB Posted April 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2019 Jim, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted April 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) My mum, Vera, passed away this morning at 03:10 with her husband and children at her bedside, there was my stepdad, 2 elder brothers and sister as well as 2 of her grandchildren who had raced over from Stoke and Accrington respectively she wasn't in pain, simply stopped breathing very calmly and slipped away to the next life holding on to my stepdad and sisters hand, I gave her a final kiss goodbye told her I loved her just before she went I originally really didn’t want to be there when it happened but so glad I was there to see her off to know she went with dignity and with no pain, she now looks so peaceful and fragile lay in the bed awaiting further developments regards the doctor and undertakers she certainly lived a full life, born in stoke on Trent in 1945 to the sound of what turned out to be the last ever air raid warning siren sounded in the city during the war! she had 3 brothers, Derek, Alan, Graham and a sister Doreen (derek, Alan and Doreen are still alive) She married her first husband Derek in stoke had 3 children, Wayne, Steven and Lisa before marrying my dad Chris in 1973 and having little old me in 1975 she then went on to re-marry again to my stepdad Derek in 1990 to whom she’d been married for 29 years last month (yes I know 3 Dereks in this story gets confusing!) she moved from stoke to wales when she married my dad in 1970 and lived here ever since, lived all over the place though, stoke with her 1st husband, Llandudno, mold and llwyngwril with my dad and Mold, Anglesey and finally llwyngwril again but with my stepdad! Always a good laugh even if she didn’t get some of our jokes, never took herself seriously, a great mum to us all, tough but fair and we all have lots of fond memories to look back on rest in peace Mum, love you Vera Crump 4-3-45 to 25-4-19 Edited April 28, 2019 by big jim Dad told me off for getting some stuff wrong! 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted April 25, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 25, 2019 Thoughts with you Jim 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) Sorry to read that Jim, but as you say, no signs of final pain. Edited April 25, 2019 by Andrew P speeling mistake 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Condolences Jim 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Thoughts are with you all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28, 2019 Thanks, I’m back in work tomorrow, hopefully cremation for my mum week after next with close family attending then she is having a church service in llwyngwril the week after with an almighty knees up in Tywyn for all her friends and wider members of the family to attend 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross34 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Jim, I really do know how you feel. I lost my dad to lung cancer in March this year aged 82 (and he never smoked a fag in his life!) The cruelty is he stayed very fit until his diagnosis. My wife and I looked after him full time for two years - he lived on his own and luckily we weren't working or I'm not sure how we all would have coped. Not wanting to add to the negativety, but I have to say the support we receieved from various cancer support organisations was pretty minimal - sad but true. He eventually passed whilst in a lovely care home in Leigh (Lancs) with my wife & I at his bedside. I don't know about you Jim but we didn't realise the mental and physical toll it was to put us through - by the end we both were really at rock bottom - exhausted, ill with worry and mentally shot - its going to take a while to recover. He wasn't religious by any stretch so at his funeral we tried to make it more a celebration of his life than mourning his passing - and with good friends and family I think thats how it turned out. All the best to you Jim - and heres raising a glass to you and and your mum. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 So, what do those of us who are/have been affected by breast cancer make of this ... ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-48214053/true-cancer-bodies-adverts-don-t-show-how-traumatic-cancer-is 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 On 11/05/2019 at 07:21, spikey said: So, what do those of us who are/have been affected by breast cancer make of this ... ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-48214053/true-cancer-bodies-adverts-don-t-show-how-traumatic-cancer-is Hmmm. Not a lot, by the look of it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bike2steam Posted May 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2019 Got home after 3 weeks in hospital for a bone-marrow stem-cell transplant, with most of it in isolation as an anti-infection procedure. Feeling better than I have for months, although the procedure has left me somewhat weak, for now, but things will improve or so I'm told. Progress will be under close scrutiny. Life is good. 3 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted May 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21, 2019 3 hours ago, bike2steam said: Got home after 3 weeks in hospital for a bone-marrow stem-cell transplant, with most of it in isolation as an anti-infection procedure. Feeling better than I have for months, although the procedure has left me somewhat weak, for now, but things will improve or so I'm told. Progress will be under close scrutiny. Life is good. Glad to hear from you, Paul. I had been a bit concerned that I hadn't noticed any postings from you recently. I hope your treatment has got you truly on the mend. 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 On 21/05/2019 at 22:44, Ian J. said: Glad to hear from you, Paul. I had been a bit concerned that I hadn't noticed any postings from you recently. I hope your treatment has got you truly on the mend. Thanks Ian, I'm under orders from my specialist to take it easy ( not difficult!) for a fortnight at least, after which my dear wife has arranged a week away (somewhere??), then when I get back, I must get on with my new layout which I desperately want to get finished - so there's plenty to get done. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted May 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2019 I've had my 12 monthly post op colonoscopy today; it's all looking good. No sign of any tumour, not even a polyp in sight. I've got a scan on Saturday just to make sure nothing's spread anywhere else, so a bit of good news for a change. 16 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 14 minutes ago, rab said: I've had my 12 monthly post op colonoscopy today; it's all looking good. No sign of any tumour, not even a polyp in sight. I've got a scan on Saturday just to make sure nothing's spread anywhere else, so a bit of good news for a change. Great news rab. Upwards and onwards from now. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post rab Posted June 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 23/05/2019 at 17:09, rab said: I've had my 12 monthly post op colonoscopy today; it's all looking good. No sign of any tumour, not even a polyp in sight. I've got a scan on Saturday just to make sure nothing's spread anywhere else, so a bit of good news for a change. A follow up from my post a few weeks ago, we had the results of my scan today, and I am now officially cancer free!!! Let the layout building commence!!! 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, rab said: A follow up from my post a few weeks ago, we had the results of my scan today, and I am now officially cancer free!!! Let the layout building commence!!! Cancer treatment has advanced so much in my lifetime. Simply delighted to hear of yet another success! 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Great news Brian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted June 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Oldddudders said: Cancer treatment has advanced so much in my lifetime. Simply delighted to hear of yet another success! I must admit I hesitated about my post. While I have good news I know there are others who are not getting the success I've been fortunate to have. 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Folks need to see it can be beaten. And good news is never a bad thing 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Although any form of cancer is a very serious condition it doesn't mean it's the end of the road. I was treated for testicular cancer in 1985. 3 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted June 13, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 13, 2019 Excellent news Brian It can perhaps be thought of as insensitive to make such statements in a place where not everyone has the same outcome but I firmly believe that we who have been on, or who are still on, that road benefit hugely from positive stories and good news. When I was having daily radiation it was very apparent that not all patients were likely to survive and that a few were very much on palliative treatment managing pain until the inevitable. But the atmosphere in the unit was always up-beat with everyone being welcomed by name by reception and treatment staff and by the consultants. I was told several times, too, that my bright and breezy personality was a ray of light among those who sometimes found themselves in a dark place. All of us who have a good news story to tell should be happy to share it here without being concerned that it may have a negative effect on others. It won't. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted July 9, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2019 This morning I had a phone conversation with one of the trial nurses at ‘The Christie Hospital’ regarding my latest PSA test results. They’ve decided that they’d like to see me again within the next 6 weeks. So hopefully, by the end of the week, I should have received appointments for another PSA test, which will be done the week before my consultation with the urologist. This is a bit of a surprise,but given that the latest readings have jumped considerably (risen from 0.75 to 5.5) I’m hoping it’s just a precautionary measure. However, up until this year, all my previous PSA tests were carried out at The Christie and they were all quite low (less than 1) so it may be that they want to check again to make sure that there isn’t a discrepancy between the 2 different labs. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2019 Various things of a benign, everyday nature, can temporarily augment PSA. Stress is among them. Another test might give a tiny reading right now. 2 2 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted August 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2019 This morning I had my consultation with my urologist/oncologist at ‘The Christie’ following last weeks blood test. It was revealed that my PSA had actually come down a little bit and is now 5.16 instead of last month’s 5.5. So the plan is that they will be to do no further tests, but they will once again be monitoring my PSA levels every 3 months for the next 2 years or so. This is to gauge what my natural PSA level is and to catch anything early, if there is a significant rise, ie. it rises to between 10 and 15. If/when it does reach that level, then they will start carrying out further tests and scans to see why. I’ve now got my next 2 appointments for November, they are a week apart and the first is for a blood test and the second for my next consultation to discuss the blood test. So until then I just carry on as normal. Both Sheila and I are a little relieved, but to be honest, it is what I was expecting and I do think that monitoring the situation and not doing anything invasive at the moment is probably the best outcome at the moment. Brian 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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