Help people survive cancer - please sign!!x

columbo_addict

My mum died of cancer - she suffered so much. I don't want anyone to go through what she went through.
Signing the 'Saatchi bill' means making medical history - doctors will be able to find new treatments for cancer and other diseases.


Please sign, lets give everyone a fighting chance to SURVIVE, we owe it to all those we love.
THANK YOU!XX


https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/jeremy-hunt-department-of-health-33-days-to-change-medical-history

columbo_addict

please help - thank you!X

emweaver

I have just signed it and am sharing it

Twiggy_34

My dad passed away a couple of years ago, also the result of treatment of his cancer (he developed pneumonia). I've signed x

columbo_addict

Twiggy_34 wrote: »

My dad passed away a couple of years ago, also the result of treatment of his cancer (he developed pneumonia). I've signed x

sorry to hear about your dad x
cancer is such a horrible disease - words just can't describe the impact it has on the 'patient' and the whole family.....
my mum was given the 'all clear' after chemo and radiotherapy, BUT in a space of two months the cancer had spread aggressively and was then told that it was terminal.....


We all need to give the doctors a chance to see if 'new' treatments can help.......'thank you' to anyone who signs xxxx

Twiggy_34

columbo_addict wrote: »

my mum was given the 'all clear' after chemo and radiotherapy, BUT in a space of two months the cancer had spread aggressively and was then told that it was terminal.....

Aww no, how horrid. xx However I have to confess that this kind of story makes me thankful that dad's suffering was short (only 6 weeks from suspected cancer referral until we lost him and the longest 6 weeks of my life). He spent 4 of those weeks in hospital but thankfully they managed to get him into our local community hospital between chemo treatments which was a godsend for everyone's stress levels as I'm the only driver out of 3 kids (2 of us in our 30's 1 still in her 20's). It meant one of us was able to visit him every day if not a couple of times a day and I think he liked the idea of being in his home town and it being less of a challenge for my sisters to get to him.

There are so many technological developments being made which might help cancer sufferers. In my experience (and I'm an administrator in the NHS) half the battle is due to the destruction of their immune systems from chemo and radiotherapy and destruction of healthy cells as well as the bad ones; even overcoming this would make such a huge difference.

columbo_addict

Thank you to all that have signed the bill - let's hope we can beat cancer !!

creativemieu

Sorry bit late finding your post. But have just signed petition.

nanna_jack

I also have only just seen this. I have signed also, husband just diagnosed with lung cancer this week. Makes you take more notice of these things.

nursemaggie

I too just found this when returning to another part of the forum.
I had a bit of a job signing up. Not sure if it is because I already belong change.org. I have not been asked to sign this one.

littleladybird

Signed...

llb x