wils
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I haven't been about much this year as its been a bit of a 'mare to say the least.
My Mum was diagnosed with cancer (4th time) at the start of last year and although she felt the best she had for ages for much of the year she started to go downhill towards Christmas and then got worse from then on.
She spent 2 weeks in a hospice and then 3 in a care home before passing away on Mother's Day
. We are doing OK, she was so calm and brave through it all and, sad as we are, there is a real sense of relief that she is no longer in pain. It has been a steep learning curve what with choosing care homes, organising the funeral and starting the probate process (the joys of being the only child of seperated parents!)
I just wanted to say thank you to you all for giving me a sense of escape from all the stresses and upset. I didn't want to say anything before as ( especially with the media obsession with Jade Goody - which was hard to avoid!) it was nice to have a place to go to 'relax' and 'forget' for a few moments.
Mum told me to have a Disney holiday after she'd gone and so we are planning for Easter 2010 which is giving me something nice to do amongst all the other unpleasant stuff.
So thanks for all the entertaining threads - I'll stop lurking again now and join in!
Cheers
My Mum was diagnosed with cancer (4th time) at the start of last year and although she felt the best she had for ages for much of the year she started to go downhill towards Christmas and then got worse from then on.
She spent 2 weeks in a hospice and then 3 in a care home before passing away on Mother's Day
. We are doing OK, she was so calm and brave through it all and, sad as we are, there is a real sense of relief that she is no longer in pain. It has been a steep learning curve what with choosing care homes, organising the funeral and starting the probate process (the joys of being the only child of seperated parents!)I just wanted to say thank you to you all for giving me a sense of escape from all the stresses and upset. I didn't want to say anything before as ( especially with the media obsession with Jade Goody - which was hard to avoid!) it was nice to have a place to go to 'relax' and 'forget' for a few moments.
Mum told me to have a Disney holiday after she'd gone and so we are planning for Easter 2010 which is giving me something nice to do amongst all the other unpleasant stuff.
So thanks for all the entertaining threads - I'll stop lurking again now and join in!
Cheers
