katieloumatt

Dear Cyndi,

Please could I join the others in a warm welcome to ‘our family’. How lucky your sister in law is to have you caring for her and reaching out on here for friendship and support…

Please come back and let us know her progress.

Happy New Year to you all.

Katie

So sorry that you have received the news you never wanted to hear…..

Thinking of you, your sisters and of course your Mum. Treasure every special time you spend together.

{{{Hugs}}}

Katie

Dear Tommyguns56,

I am so sorry to hear of your Dad’s passing. I am a regular on this board but haven’t been around for a couple of weeks.

I send sincere condolences to you and your family. I know just what you are feeling, I lost my Dad to cc 18 months ago. He was just 7 weeks from dianosis to his death.

The days and months ahead will be tough but you will find lots of support and help on here. Think of this board as an extended family, there is usually someone always around.

Thinking of you,

Katie

Dear Lainy,

I read your comments about Teddy’s last few days with tears in my eyes…

I am a children’s nurse and work in a children’s hospice which I know is a very different facility to an adult hospice,but we do look after children in the last few days and hours and sometimes weeks of life. Some suffering from cancer, many others not.

One of our primary aims is pain relief, comfort and creating treasured memories for the children’s parents and families… The dosages and requirements in the terminal phases of life are so much higher than would be deemed ‘safe’ in other areas of nursing practice. Particularly with cancer sufferers the patient can become opiate tolerant meaning it takes much higher doses to achieve pain control….

Like Helen has said I would suggest you arrange to meet the Director of the hospice at a later date. Might it be possible for someone to accompany you to support you? Maybe a hospice doctor may also be invited, just a thought.

Wishing your peace and strength for Friday as you say Goodbye to Teddy.

Thinking of you,

Katie

Kimmie,

How lovely. Your Mum knew just which page to open the book too for you this morning…..

She’s with you forever,

Katie

Dearest Lainy and family,

I am so sorry to hear of Teddy’s passing but know that he is now in paradise, free from pain and suffering. Wishing you strength, love and peace as you face the future…

With love,

Katie

Hi there,

I am so sorry to read your post about your sister Willie. I can relate to some of what you are feeling, last June 2009 my Dad of 72 died within 7 weeks of diagnosis for cc…..

I think what we know about cc is that we DONT know how this terrible disease is going to progress within each and every person who has the diagnosis. The disease is insidious and as we have seen before can take hold so quickly.

I will be thinking of you and your family over the Christmas period. What we did last Christmas for my Dad was to light a candle at the dinner table with his picture at the side of it so that we all felt he was with us…. My young niece even put a hat out of a christmas cracker on Dad’s photo frame.

Katie

Good Luck with your Dad’s referral to Leeds Andie. Hope he maybe can suggest alternative routes for you. Fingers crossed for no snow. I am due back from Florida on Thursday, think it’s going to be a shock weather wise!!!

Katie