Hi wifeyb, WELL SAID! I think that should become a petition!! I'll happily put my name to it. Your courage, strength and love will serve you well in this journey. Well done, Jill ... View more

Thinking of you today. Kind regards and hugz to you, Jill. ... View more

Totally sucks. Hugz to you, Jill. ... View more

Harker, Your words really touched me. Thank you. Jill. ... View more

Hi Aylaah, My heart goes out to you, your sister and the extended family. You have all had to deal with so much in such a short period of time, it is an unenviable situation. I admire your strength and courage and your love and care for your sister, her family and your Mum. Time is precious, remember to take some time to nurture yourself whilst you are nurturing everyone else. Wishing you strength and courage, Jill ... View more

Julie, I love and admire your desire to make things easier for those who follow behind us, regarding early diagnosis, PATS etc. The Cancer Council will have a force to be reckoned with!! Perhaps you can draw on some of Sailor's wisdom and experience to maximize the benefit whilst minimizing the effort, meaning (cos I'm not sure that's very clear!), work smarter not just harder to achieve. No use re-inventing the wheel and all that! Go get em girl! Jill x ... View more

Hi Julie, You are right on the money with the extra 5 mins in the shower, sometimes that's all it can be! Will keep working on it.........! Jill x ... View more

Hi Julie, Great to hear that Alex was able to go to work, as the other wise Julie said, "it will make things more palatable to be able to do something that is normal"!! I am also glad to hear that you were able to get him into your own Dr, that must be a huge relief for you. (I don't do/have MSN either!!, is it a WA thing Jules2 or are we (you and me)just behind the times!!!??? Take care and hope you and Alex have a good week, Jill x ... View more

Hi Julie, I feel that you can rest assured by the 'lack' of responses that no-one else felt you needed to clarify anything!! So....you were right....it doesn't really matter. I have to say that feeling angry that 6 gps didn't diagnose your cancer seems like a pretty mild response to me, and one that is 100% warranted. Yes, they are human and yes they can't know everything, I just wish it had been different for you. Jill x ... View more

Thanks everyone, Yesterday my Dad took Greg out for the day to give us a 'break' from each other. The boys and I had a playdate organized with 3 other families (not at our place thank God!). I was really looking forward to a day where I could feel like a 'normal' mum doing 'normal' stuff during the holidays. Most of the time we were there it was pretty good, but our youngest son CJ is extremely sensitive at the moment (as is to be expected) and he didn't cope well with even the slightest bump or minor issue resulted in him coming to 'dob' or getting upset. I really feel for him, I know this is part of his 'coping' mechanism, but he was starting to cop a bit from his friends, comments like 'what a sook' etc. I reminded his 'friend' that he wouldn't like it if someone said that about him, so he shouldn't say that about someone else and if he didn't have anything nice to say, he shouldn't say anything at all. Probably a bit rough for a 5 1/2 year old, but that was my 'protecting my son' kicking in! Our eldest son, JK was very 'loud' all day and didn't want any of the 'little' kids around, unfortunately there were 10 kids in total, 7 of which were younger than him!!! Between the two of them, it was a case of constant 'negotiation' and it was very draining. By today, the toll of the last few days has caught up with me and I just didn't have the energy to do much at all. Greg wanted me to do some errands for him and it took me till 3.00pm to leave home to do them. I had a little nanna nap just after 2pm as I felt so tired. I achieved 2 out of the 3 things he wanted done, so thats a 66% success rate! When I got home, it was 'that time of the day', "what am I going to do for dinner??"!! Fortunately, Dad phoned not long after I was home and said he and Mum were on their way out and would pick up fish and chips for dinner. Whoo hoo!! no cooking! Tomorrow we are going to a friend's place for the boys to have a swim, it has been ages since we have seen them and it should be reasonably relaxing, so I am looking forward to it. I really appreciate all your support and cyber hugs, it does lift me and give me strength knowing that I can share here. 'Talk' soon! Jill xx ... View more