Hi vinouche, Sorry, not a lung cancer patient, just wanted to say, glad that you are feeling a little better for now. Although that in it self has brought you a new lot of feelings and emotions to deal with. Stay strong. Nicole ... View more

Sorry Teach cant think of a joke either, but will laugh with you like those laughing groups you see on a Current Affair etc that a meant to be good for your health and then everyone starts laughing ok here we go - he he he , ha ha ha, hooo hooo hooo, chortle chortle chortle, whoop whoop whoop etc etc etc - you are now in fits of deep belly laughter that you wetting your pants and even the orderlies have joined in - lets just hope it doesnt extend to the anaesthetists or the surgeons!!! heheheh hooo hooo hooo haaa haaaa Nicole (aka the crazy one) ... View more

Hi Joanna, Just letting you know my thoughts are with you - there is no right or wrong in this situation. What is right for you and your little girl is the right way. Thinking of you, Nicole ... View more

Thinking of you Jules (and Sailor) Nicole xoxox ... View more

Hi Jill, Nothing much to say except that I am thinking of you and your boys - having just passed the 'one year since my life changed' mark myself - I feel a different kind of grief for what I have lost in that time myself, thinking of you, cyber hugs, Nicole xoxoxo ... View more

Hi Alana - WOW!!! I have been off the site for a while as I have been having tests etc (Qld country patient) and then had a laptop meltdown! I will go right now and look it up on fb! I also feel like a kid in a lolly shop. Feeling really low lately - if only such a plce already existed!!!! Would love to help with fundraising etc.....Let me know if there is anything I could do!! Nicole ... View more

Wow just catching up on your thread... hang in there. Sending you strength... Still see you have a wicked sense of humour :D Hugs, Nicole ... View more

Hi Helen, I would encourage you to live your life to the full and follow your heart on this one - if finances allow. I unfortunately, had to return to work. Having a brain based tumour myself - I have found that I would keep quite as to exactly what type of cancer you suffer(depending on the nature of work that you do) - I currently am experiencing a large amount of outward discrimination against myself since word has spread in the small country community in which I live that I have a brain tumour - I work in a professional field and voluntarily undergo neruopsychiatric assessments to ensure that I am upto my current line of work - believe me if I could sell my practice and take off I would right now. I see other members of the same small community with tumours that are more 'publically acceptable' and have slick marketing campaigns receive huge amounts of support from the locals, yet I have been ostracised - I am a veterinarian and have been very involved in the past in community events etc and own the only practice in town. One elderly lady, who I have been very close to over the years, and even bought her flowers on her birthday had a heart attack last week. She has quite a few cats and sent a friend in to get the 'low down' on what medications her cats are on etc - this lady was determined that her friend said I would not be able to adequately remember - or just print off the medication list from the computer and waited 45 minutes for another 'new graduate' veterinarian to return from a farm call. After I first returned to work I wore a bandanna and had put on a bit of weight from steroids etc - and of course I couldnt drive because of having had a craniotomy and epilepsy - one elderly gentlemen stopped me on my way home from work while he was out in his garden to ask me if the rumour was true that I had joined a bikie gang and lost a baby!!!! Sorry for the rant.....Completely off track, but I face some sort of brain tumour discrimination everyday - it seems to get worse as more people tend to find out about my condition - especially as now that I have had some public seizures........ I also blame the dramatised versions of brain tumours.....Paul Robinson evil deeds being caused by a brain tumour on Neighbours, apparently according to the girls at work it is a favourite story line amongst the Bold and the Beautiful as well , but my favourite would have to be ....Grey's Anatomy and Izzy's hallucinations of her ex...wish my hallucinations were that good......So in a very long winded and ranting kind of way....unless you have an extreme passion for what you do or need to due to financial circumstances, would definately think long and hard about going back to work...life's to short :D Nicole ... View more

Sending positive vibes to your friend - and to you - Hugs, Nicole ... View more

Hi Helen, Sending you and your partner good vibes and strength for the journey ahead, Nicole ... View more