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I’m at Sue’s now & she’s gone to bed. It’s so lovely to be here & to hear the TV coming from her room. It feels peaceful & “normal” & that’s such a calming experience for me.
I love the image of your white & red polka-dot pyjamas, Kris. Sue wears similar clothing – plus a multi-coloured silk dressing-gown – & she has all the other patients smiling throughout the day. I’m so proud of her.
Bless you all. Sleep well. Tomorrow is another day. xx
My mother fought breast cancer & won; so did my sister-in-law’s mum; my neighbour is fighting bowel cancer & has a wonderful attitude – my lovely sister is a feisty fighter, too.
… one day at a time …
Thank you, Gavin & Marion – yes she’s in Kings College Hospital, so I am reassured that they’ll do all they can for her. I’ll keep you posted & will keep being as optimistic as I can. Roll on tomorrow, when I go & take her out for her 24 hour pass!!
I woke up feeling so much calmer this morning, knowing I’m not alone any more. My mother, brother & sister-in-law are all being brilliant but we’re all so close to it & it’s all so new that I feel my distress must be overwhelming them at times, too, which isn’t fair when they have their own emotions to deal with, too.
She was in St. Thomas’ but they transferred her to Kings (both in London), which I’ve been told has the best unit in the Country but I will definitely do the research you recommend – in something as rare as this, all the info I can throw their way can only help. It’ll definitely help me anyway.
It had never crossed my mind but my sis & I made out Powers of Attorney in each other’s favour a couple of years ago (or was it last year? – my head can’t cope with concepts of “time” at the moment) – so thank you for that wonderful suggestion. Maybe it’s time for me to use it. I’m a lawyer, too, but I teach it these days & I’m finding it hard to get my head to think like a lawyer when my heart just feels like a “little sister” (albeit 56).
I had hopeful news last night. There’s a chance it might not be inoperable & they’ve suggested she has a 24 hour pass from the hospital so she’ll either be coming here or I’ll be going to her place for 24 hours of gossip & TV (there’s no TV signal in her hospital ward so I’ll have to remind her what a television is!!!)
I’ll go onto the Christie Foundation site & search for those postings. You’ve given me so much focus, which yesterday I’d have said wasn’t possible – thank you.
Good luck to you/us all for a lovely weekend. I’ll be back regularly.
Julia
Thank you all so, so much. I’ve gone through every emotion just reading your messages but the prevailing one I’m left with is “hope”. I, too, did the google search on cc & came up with lots of really depressing stuff – but you didn’t come up on the search. I suspect (although I can’t remember) I was limiting my searches to the UK, which isn’t a good idea on something like this.
I found you through a flyer in the cancer outpatients department of the hospital when my sister & I were going for a walk around the corridors. There was only one flyer there. Now I’ve found you, I’ll take it back so someone else can see it & find you, too. I’ve also sent your URL to my mother & brother so they can find out more too.
Kris, I LOVE your “signature”. I will remember that it’s only a word, not a sentence. In my current state of shock, I’ve been treating it as all-powerful & all-consuming. Now I feel I d*mn well won’t let it win.
