allan downes Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 More delightful news. Just found out I've also got emphysema as well as cancer. So I suppose each will be competing to see who kills me first. Charming, I'm sure. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 At 06.43 on the 28th Feb my wife passed away after a long fight with cancer, she stayed at home with me and her cats. I stayed with her to the very end and watched her slip away from this life, it was the hardest thing i have ever done caring for my dying wife, and my best friend. Goodbye my love. XXXXXXXXXX EMMA HUTSON-POPE REES. 19TH MAY 1975-28TH OF FEB 2018. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Condolences Darren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) At 06.43 on the 28th Feb my wife passed away after a long fight with cancer, she stayed at home with me and her cats. I stayed with her to the very end and watched her slip away from this life, it was the hardest thing i have ever done caring for my dying wife, and my best friend. Goodbye my love. XXXXXXXXXX EMMA HUTSON-POPE REES. 19TH MAY 1975-28TH OF FEB 2018. Sincere condolences, I doubt I could survive such a thing. Rgds.....Mike Edited March 2, 2018 by ikks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Darren, I am so sorry to hear this. You are in my thoughts. Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) More delightful news. Just found out I've also got emphysema as well as cancer. So I suppose each will be competing to see who kills me first. Charming, I'm sure. Allan I am so very sorry to hear this Allan, I have always loved your inspirational modelling and sense of humour, I hope that your future and painlessness stay as long as possible. I too was a smoker for over 50 years, the last number of which were a 50 a day habit, I gave up in 2004 but still fear the possible consequences. All the best and good luck mate. Rgds.Mike Edited March 2, 2018 by ikks 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2018 Darren - our sincere condolences. However hard, it was the right decision for the two of you. Please be assured of our ongoing support here and via PM at any time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2018 Allan - I am sorry to read that. As with everyone else who visits here please be assured of our support at all times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 Morning Darren, I'm really sorry to read this, you are in my thoughts, at this very tough time. Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 More delightful news. Just found out I've also got emphysema as well as cancer. So I suppose each will be competing to see who kills me first. Charming, I'm sure. Allan Allan, Really bad news, I do hope you can get all the support you need. Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2018 At 06.43 on the 28th Feb my wife passed away after a long fight with cancer, she stayed at home with me and her cats. I stayed with her to the very end and watched her slip away from this life, it was the hardest thing i have ever done caring for my dying wife, and my best friend. Goodbye my love. XXXXXXXXXX EMMA HUTSON-POPE REES. 19TH MAY 1975-28TH OF FEB 2018. Sorry for your lose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Deeply sorry, Darren, my condolences to you and yours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2018 So sorry to hear this news Darren , my thoughts are with you at this sad time . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PeterBB Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2018 Darren, thinking of you and yours at this sad time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purley Oaks Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 The NHS gets seriously ripped off by supply companies to the tune of millions a year if not billions. When I left Basingstoke following my HIPEC op last month, they apologised for not being able to give me any paracetamol to take home. Apparently the NHS is charged considerably more by drugs companies for paracetamol than the same ones we can purchase in our local supermarkets for 2p each (30p for 16). I'm not complaining about buying my own paracetamol at all, just wonder why the NHS has got such a bad deal. Mal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purley Oaks Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Darren, I'm so sorry to read of the loss of your wife. My condolences. I'm also sorry to be late but had not got around to reading this thread until a few minutes ago. Mal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Been in and out of the hospital so much lately with my naughty lung tumor I'm thinking about having a penthouse built on top of the hospital. Off to Hull tomorrow for initial 'Mark Up' then it's 10 sessions of Radiotherapy. That should be fun... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 Been in and out of the hospital so much lately with my naughty lung tumor I'm thinking about having a penthouse built on top of the hospital. Off to Hull tomorrow for initial 'Mark Up' then it's 10 sessions of Radiotherapy. That should be fun... All the best for tomorrow the Allan, I hope it goes as best it can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 When I left Basingstoke following my HIPEC op last month, they apologised for not being able to give me any paracetamol to take home. Apparently the NHS is charged considerably more by drugs companies for paracetamol than the same ones we can purchase in our local supermarkets for 2p each (30p for 16). I'm not complaining about buying my own paracetamol at all, just wonder why the NHS has got such a bad deal. Mal Same everywhere, Mal. Where company policies that provide to the NHS are concerned it's - If the public is paying for it, double the price .After all, who's gonna know, who's gonna care? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6, 2018 Same everywhere, Mal. Where company policies that provide to the NHS are concerned it's - If the public is paying for it, double the price .After all, who's gonna know, who's gonna care? There was an item in the paper a few days ago about a woman who as a NHS manager was supplying goods and services to the NHS from a company that she and her husband operated. They had bought goods and services from a legitimate supplier and added up to 30% mark up. They were eventually caught and imprisoned. Now it has been discovered she was back again working for the NHS through an agency using a false name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PeterBB Posted March 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2018 Hope its not too traumatic Allan - agree with your other premiss on a lot of the items purchased. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purley Oaks Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 My histology has finally come through following my op four weeks ago. The op took 6 1/2 hours in total. They removed a bowel cancer from the join of my previous operation in September 2015 - above this cancer on the outside of the bowel they found peritoneal cancer. They removed 7 lymph nodes in all and, good news, there was no sign of cancer cells in any of them. They also discovered signet-ring cells in the removed cancer(s) which can be nasty, but they think they've dealt with them with the hot chemotherapy wash during the op. There are also some tiny grain-like cancer cells called miliary disease that they also think should be dealt with by the hot chemotherapy was during the op. Remember that none of this would have been found had I not mentioned HIPEC to my oncologist last September, who then referred me to Basingstoke. My oncologist's treatment of choice was palliative care. I will still have to see my oncologist soon for post-op chemotherapy (which I'm not looking forward to) to deal with any remaining cancer cells, signet-ring cells and miliary. Am improving every day following the op, feeling less tired, doing more exercises and eating more. Mal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PeterBB Posted March 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2018 Hi Mal, You have been through the mill. Both SRCC and miliary disease are not nice but thank goodness you were referred to Basingstoke for HIPEC and no wonder your operation took so long. Hope the chemo goes well - got to be better than palliative care at this time. Keep cheerful, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted March 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2018 When I left Basingstoke following my HIPEC op last month, they apologised for not being able to give me any paracetamol to take home. Apparently the NHS is charged considerably more by drugs companies for paracetamol than the same ones we can purchase in our local supermarkets for 2p each (30p for 16). I'm not complaining about buying my own paracetamol at all, just wonder why the NHS has got such a bad deal. Mal Back when I was an NHS manager, I got carpeted by a more senior manager (they were nearly ALL senior to me!) for buying office supplies from petty cash, not via central stores in Normanton. The commodity in question (the one I got caught with anyway) was sellotape, sorry, self adhesive polypropylene tape as it was described, which was ten rolls for a quid down the high street. I don't recall the NHS Stores price, but it was about ten times the amount. A blazing argument ensued, which of course as a mere underling manager I lost, despite being 'right'. It went something like 'if everyone did that then we would lose the bulk buying power' - to which my response was 'I don't see much evidence of it in office supplies'! End result? More creative accounting in my petty cash returns henceforth. No wonder I walked out of that job a year later. Hope your chemo goes OK Mal and Allan, and everyone else with this cruel disease - as the saying goes, live with it not suffer from it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted March 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2018 It went something like 'if everyone did that then we would lose the bulk buying power'..... - Which equals Senior Managers missing out on "perks" from suppliers. Cynical? Moi? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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