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Hi Everyone Well here I am in hospital since last Monday and here for some time while things get sorted. It turns out that I had developed septicaemia due to a pseudomonas infection as well as having the ureteral stent blocking. The only problem was that instead of going up my blood pressure went seriously down, and my temperature remained normal. So I am proposing three suggestions for medical people, particularly nurses. 1. Observe your patient 2. Listen to your patient - they know far more about themselves and their symptoms than you do.

Hi everyone. It has been such a long time since I have written any new blogs. Things have been going pretty good. 2013 has seen a great deal of changes I think you will all agree. And rather than say what a bad year it has been so far, I am just embracing everything. One of my friends who had throat cancer has just been diagnosed with lymphatic cancer and it doesn't look good. I thought I would write about it and how my perspective on it is different considering I have survived TC myself. http://www.thecancerstory.com/2013/06/part-39-no-sacrifice.html

Where to begin... So much has changed in the 10 months since i lost my dad. but its still so heartbreaking to think about and its something i often think of. Im back in the USA, have been here now since November 2012. initially i was only coming back for 3 months to get some relaxation and quality time with Nick after the dramas that came with executing a will and all that.

g'day everyone, I was told four days ago that I have lung cancer. I have a large support group of family and friends but although they are trying to say and do all the right things they are not in our boat. I feel that I have no hope and all I can think of is death and the fact that my mother died at my age, that is 57. I am having a hard time believing that God could be repeating history with me. Mum had just done up her house (I have also) and got it beautiful (me too).

Another restless night . Laying there and the mind seems to go blamk and then the flashes start , i think at times im losing my mind . The flashes are the memories of my beloved Nanna , the last days of tending her needs , i spent every day and nite there with her , and its still like yesterday, the sounds , smells, the smell is what never leaves me, a constant reminder.

At 7.55pm on June 3, With me, his son, mum and dad, sister and brother in law Brent passed away. It was a beautiful good-bye. We had been with him constantly from Saturday, me sleeping in his room overnight listening to his dying breath. I thought I would be scared I worried that I wouldn't be able to support him to the end, I surprised myself.