Wonderful news Alana. It's great to be able to share good news isn't it. S ... View more

I have a 20 year old son and cannot imagine how he would cope. My thoughts are with you and perhaps keep thinking of how resilient kids/young adults are. Take care, Samex ... View more

My God Alana, does it never end!! perhaps you could wrte a book. S ... View more

They're the ones Alana. Hope you are doing Ok by the way! S ... View more

Joanna you seem to have an enormaous amount to deal with at the moment. As cliched as it sounds, you must look after yourself so that on your good days you can really enjoy your baby.If your family has seen this all before then I know that they will understand. "Why me " days ar more than Ok to have at times and this is a good place to vent these thoughts. Hang in there, Samex ... View more

Perhaps the new facility to be built as proposed by the late Chris O'Brien will be similar to this one. Not really sure. S ... View more

Glad that you are feeling better Cats. I had a facial after my 6th round of treatment at the half way mark. My friend is a beauty therapist person and she was lovely. She is so kind that she even treated me to a pedicure after the facial. A wonderful friend! The yucky part was that I had it all booked in but had to postpone it a week because my white cell count was too low and I couldn't have treatment that week! I had to wait another week but I was determined that it was my half way treat. Take it easy, S PS I did Yoga with a wonderful teacher who had 3 cancer patients in the class. It was my saviour. ... View more

Just a quick one. I actually found that a bicarb mix with water was really good. Didn't taste great and tou had to make sure that you didn't swallow it, but it was cheap and worked really well for the ulcers and general sensitivity. Hope all is going OK. S ... View more

My problem was the weight that I gained while on treatment, but when I first started and they thought that I might lose weight the dietician suggested things like baked custards. My mum made these and I found these really easy to eat and yummy! Not meaning to be trivial as my experience was quite different and I am still trying to lose the weight from the steroids but those old fashioned goodies that may be highly calorific (which is what your husband needs I guess) are often fairly easy to digest and may be easy for him to come at. Another friend who lost wieght found smoothies good particularly in this hot weather, possibly with an egg in it if he can stomach that. Samex ... View more