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  • cjj_2
    cjj_2 Posts: 6,588 Forumite
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    Snap-ant wrote: »
    I'll just off load my dreadful news

    My sister has lumps in her neck.
    Over a 3 month period starting with Drs, then hospital scan, biopsy, another scan booked for this Friday... no results...
    Yesterday she was called out of the blue into see Consultant - she has cancerous lymph glands.
    He is pretty certain it is secondary cancer.
    She has to go to Cardiff on Monday for a full body scan to see where (or hopefully not) the primary cancer is ..
    Going forward is an op to remove glands, then chemo or radio therapy.
    It has been sinking in all day, Poor Mum & Dad are floundering... I know Dad has blood cancer but that seems in a different league to this.
    This is my little sister...

    I know others here have suffered & are suffering, and it is all new to us as a family, I hope you won't mind me asking stuff I don't understand?

    apologies xxx

    So sorry to hear this snap. My friend's son had a lump in his neck which turned out to be nothing to worry about. It still worried everyone until he got the diagnosis. Wishing you all the best and sending love and hugs xxx
    Cherish those you have in your life because you never know when they won't be there anymore.

    No matter how you feel, get up, dress up & never give up.
  • tweets
    tweets Posts: 35,946 Forumite
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    Good Morning :wave:

    Snap sorry to hear about your little sis positive thoughts and (((X))) sent down your way.

    AJ I know how it feels when DS leaves the nest mine was bank of nan lol bank of mum didn't have much :o But DS did find loads stuff I had stashed :D

    I also lost my darling Chloe dog :A around the same time DS left so no wonder I was a mess and bro took me Manchester Dogs Home and there was our Poppy (N209) waiting for her forever home and to cheer her new mum up :D
  • mhoc
    mhoc Posts: 19,312 Forumite
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    A question please.

    I had an email from Body Shop to say I've got my birthday £5 adding to my bodyshop card - assume I need to print the email off and take it with me, it wont be automatically on the card?

    pondering now as to what I can buy with £5 in bodyshop that I actually need ...

    I used OHs DOB as mine had passed :D

    OH got his Greggs free cake added on - it wasn't there on Saturday when he got his free coke so they must add it on actually on your birthday
    “Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to diminish something of their pains.”
  • Serendipitious
    Serendipitious Posts: 6,453 Forumite
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    Good morning all

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    “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”




  • Enterprise_1701C
    Enterprise_1701C Posts: 23,414 Forumite
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    Good morning all, cloudy one here but fine.

    Have to scan in the wedding photos today, DD wants a picture of my wedding dress as she is considering wearing it :D
    Snap-ant wrote: »
    I'll just off load my dreadful news

    My sister has lumps in her neck.
    Over a 3 month period starting with Drs, then hospital scan, biopsy, another scan booked for this Friday... no results...
    Yesterday she was called out of the blue into see Consultant - she has cancerous lymph glands.
    He is pretty certain it is secondary cancer.
    She has to go to Cardiff on Monday for a full body scan to see where (or hopefully not) the primary cancer is ..
    Going forward is an op to remove glands, then chemo or radio therapy.
    It has been sinking in all day, Poor Mum & Dad are floundering... I know Dad has blood cancer but that seems in a different league to this.
    This is my little sister...

    I know others here have suffered & are suffering, and it is all new to us as a family, I hope you won't mind me asking stuff I don't understand?

    apologies xxx

    So sorry about this Snap, but at least your sister didn't just keep hoping it would go away. You know you can come on here and have a moan, we are all here for you xx

    Have to admit to being in tears here, think the wound is rather raw still, and thanks to you I am actually managing to cry, I sincerely hope you can give in and do the same xx
    altojack wrote: »
    Good morning Elite :hello:

    So life has changed, never to be the same again. My baby at the age of 27 has fledged. My stash has depleated :eek: the freezer looks slimmer :eek: and the Bank of M&D took a pounding :cool: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    I can't remember a week like it, I'm sure my other three fledged much easier than this but there again the Bank of M&D took poundings then too :o.

    So our weekend was quiet during the early hours of Saturday and Sunday, no drunken feet stumbled up the stairs :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: we slept right through if I remember rightly :D

    It is so nice to have the house to yourself, even if we do have a lot of DD and DS's stuff as DD is between homes and DS just doesn't seem to have collected all of his.

    It's a strange thing but I take a lot of pleasure in putting something in the fridge that I WANT, and coming home to it and finding it still there :rotfl::rotfl:
    What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare
  • Hi Enterprise,

    I have been catching up on the thread, and am so sorry to read the news of your Dear Father-In-Law's passing :cry:

    My sincere condolences to you and your Family :heart:
    Fighting Recurring Cancer
  • mhoc
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    altojack wrote: »
    Good morning Elite :hello:

    So life has changed, never to be the same again. My baby at the age of 27 has fledged. My stash has depleated :eek: the freezer looks slimmer :eek: and the Bank of M&D took a pounding :cool: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    I can't remember a week like it, I'm sure my other three fledged much easier than this but there again the Bank of M&D took poundings then too :o.

    So our weekend was quiet during the early hours of Saturday and Sunday, no drunken feet stumbled up the stairs :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: we slept right through if I remember rightly :D

    Time to start decorating, this was the only way we could reclaim our offsprings bedrooms, massive painting and decorating overhaul - they have to know they are still loved and wanted desperately and their visits are much appreciated but they are guests now, not residents.

    We have a massive double bedroom at the front of the house which was split into a small boxroom and a bedroom about 20 years ago - the box room was a cot room to start with and then later it was errant sons bedroom, just about room for a cabin bed, eldest son had the bigger half and he had bunks so there was always a spare bed for sleep overs. Both were very crampt but at least they had their own spaces.

    When eldest son was on a black ops and away for 6 months we had the builder in, removed the stud walls, replastered all the way through, refloored, painted, decorated and the room was made back into one room again.
    “Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to diminish something of their pains.”
  • Enterprise_1701C
    Enterprise_1701C Posts: 23,414 Forumite
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    edited 16 March 2017 at 9:33AM
    Thank you JTS, that means a lot coming from you, with all you are having to go through xx

    And thank you to everyone that has passed on their thoughts.

    Have to admit to being in tears more than once reading through some comments, but he is at peace now, he had lost all dignity and almost entirely the ability to move, he wanted to go as he was refusing to eat, we have to believe that he is happier now.
    What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare
  • altojack wrote: »
    That's a bit heavy for any day of the week at that time of the morning :rotfl: :rotfl:

    Things certainly do change Di, but FC never will. She's the most honest and straight talking person I'm met in a lot of years. A wonderful lass indeed :T

    I might go back to bed for an hour as I misread my clock :eek: I thought it was 7.30am, an hour early I was :mad:

    Enjoy work Di, don't overdoit, oh that's right, you never do :p :rotfl:




    Ah, marmie, coffee, thank you very much. I've missed this of a morning :D xx
    Cheeky but true :rotfl:
    I just got an email from SD with title

    This Thursday = Great Hair Day

    Nope, not for me :rotfl:

    10% off hair colourants for our more hirsute crew :)
    And that is the correct attitude , good on you :rotfl:
    F##k cancer, sorry it had to be said :o
  • mhoc
    mhoc Posts: 19,312 Forumite
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    It is so nice to have the house to yourself, even if we do have a lot of DD and DS's stuff as DD is between homes and DS just doesn't seem to have collected all of his.

    It's a strange thing but I take a lot of pleasure in putting something in the fridge that I WANT, and coming home to it and finding it still there :rotfl::rotfl:

    The going in the fridge bit and going in the cupboard bit and finding things still there is still a novelty, even now.

    We still have quite a lot of both boys stuff here, most of it corralled into their bedrooms. But I've started going through and totally reclaiming spaces in all bits of the house - Errant son still had 2 deep drawers of scouting/outdoor stuff which I boxed and put upstairs in their bedroom plus another 4 thin drawers of various paperwork, all now boxed and in the wardrobe.

    At some stage I want to totally reclaim the boys room but they could be bouncing back and to for a long while yet ...
    “Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to diminish something of their pains.”
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