I had an email from Linda today, poor lass is having to bear so much, I wish she was nearer so we could give her our support and a huge hug. Life isn't being kind to her and her family right now.
Maz did you send her the link for here love cos she said she couldn't get on RR and I wasn't sure if you told her.
Here's what she sent me as she would like you all to know.
Hi Babs,
Thank you for thinking of us both, sorry not to have got back to you before now, but life has been such a nightmare this last month.
Got home late Thursday evening and am still playing catch-up.
John's operation went very well, he was able to have keyhole surgery for his lung and so recovery has been very much quicker
than if they'd had to cut him right open. As he says now he's firing on three cylinders instead of four ! We had an appointment at Aintree
the day before we came home, and they want to operate on his thyroid asap, we think he will be back under the knife within the month.
This next op will be 7-8 hours and really is fraught with difficulties and danger, but we have no option other than to be positive and
hope for the best.
My mum died while we were away, John was in hospital and she died on Friday 13th April. I went over at very short notice a week
before John went into hospital to look after her, she was just 3 weeks from being diagnosed with bowel cancer to dying from it.
It has been an absolute nightmare, she suffered so much and we felt so helpless, but my sister and I did all we could for her. I'd always
believed that no matter what, symptoms and pain could be controlled but that just wasn't the case with Mum, and she just did not
deserve to suffer the way she did. The only blessing was that it was quite quick, but believe me, not really quick enough. It was such
a nightmare as John was in hospital, and when I was with him I was fretting over not being with Mum and vive versa, just felt as if I was being
torn in two. The travelling was difficult too, about an hour by car from Mum's to the hospital and then an hour back again, sleeping on
an airbed on the floor at night. I don't think I've let go yet at all, am still in coping mode and trying to get on with things, but I know at some
stage I will have to let go and start grieving.
Anyhow, that's it all in a nutshell, can't seem to get onto RR is there something wrong with it or has the plug been pulled ? Please feel free
to let everyone know whats been happening, and thanks once again for thinking of us,
Much love,
Linda xxx
Maz did you send her the link for here love cos she said she couldn't get on RR and I wasn't sure if you told her.
Here's what she sent me as she would like you all to know.
Hi Babs,
Thank you for thinking of us both, sorry not to have got back to you before now, but life has been such a nightmare this last month.
Got home late Thursday evening and am still playing catch-up.
John's operation went very well, he was able to have keyhole surgery for his lung and so recovery has been very much quicker
than if they'd had to cut him right open. As he says now he's firing on three cylinders instead of four ! We had an appointment at Aintree
the day before we came home, and they want to operate on his thyroid asap, we think he will be back under the knife within the month.
This next op will be 7-8 hours and really is fraught with difficulties and danger, but we have no option other than to be positive and
hope for the best.
My mum died while we were away, John was in hospital and she died on Friday 13th April. I went over at very short notice a week
before John went into hospital to look after her, she was just 3 weeks from being diagnosed with bowel cancer to dying from it.
It has been an absolute nightmare, she suffered so much and we felt so helpless, but my sister and I did all we could for her. I'd always
believed that no matter what, symptoms and pain could be controlled but that just wasn't the case with Mum, and she just did not
deserve to suffer the way she did. The only blessing was that it was quite quick, but believe me, not really quick enough. It was such
a nightmare as John was in hospital, and when I was with him I was fretting over not being with Mum and vive versa, just felt as if I was being
torn in two. The travelling was difficult too, about an hour by car from Mum's to the hospital and then an hour back again, sleeping on
an airbed on the floor at night. I don't think I've let go yet at all, am still in coping mode and trying to get on with things, but I know at some
stage I will have to let go and start grieving.
Anyhow, that's it all in a nutshell, can't seem to get onto RR is there something wrong with it or has the plug been pulled ? Please feel free
to let everyone know whats been happening, and thanks once again for thinking of us,
Much love,
Linda xxx
