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« Reply #1005 on: January 04, 2012, 01:28:02 PM »
I will have to convince the surgeon to do the knee replacement, but assuming I am successful in that, the waiting time is just fifteen weeks from referral by GP, so it could be done really quite soon.
I don't know whether to look forward to it or not!

Thank you all for your thoughts anyway. I don't know what I would do without my Brokie friends.
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« Reply #1006 on: January 05, 2012, 11:51:37 AM »
All the best, Jess. A number of my friends have new knees - they're going forward so fast they haven't looked back!
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« Reply #1007 on: January 06, 2012, 08:53:03 AM »
Good luck, Jess, with the procedure.
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« Reply #1008 on: January 06, 2012, 11:44:31 AM »
Good luck, Jess, my b-i-l had one knee done a couple of years ago, and now that he's retired will get the other knee done.
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« Reply #1009 on: January 06, 2012, 11:44:37 AM »
Thank you guys. That is very encouraging to hear. I really appreciate your thoughts.
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« Reply #1010 on: January 09, 2012, 03:46:02 PM »
Quote from: Miaisland on December 07, 2011, 06:03:26 AM
Thank you dearest ((((((((((Sue)))))))))

Thank you from us both. It means a lot.

 Kiss Kiss Kiss

You're welcome dearest (((((((((((Mia)))))))))

I really hope she's on the mend now and getting better. 

 Kiss Kiss Kiss
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« Reply #1011 on: January 09, 2012, 03:51:07 PM »
Quote from: dahlia on December 10, 2011, 01:10:41 AM
My father suffered from an acute pancreatitis on December 1st, he was brought to hospital in an ambulance. They really feared for the worst, it was such a bad infection.

Thankfully, he recovered quite quickly. He had his first light lunch yesterday, and he is not feeling bad now. We still don't know when they will send him home.

Being 81, of course, the risks are many. And a prolonged hospital stay is not the best thing for his mood and his energy in general. He spends almost the entire day dozing off.

Let's hope he will be able to return to his usual daily life at home soon.

(((((((((Daniela))))))))))

I am so sorry your father and you are going through this now, but glad to hear that he recovered quickly and hope that he's home by now.  My thoughts are with you.
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« Reply #1012 on: January 09, 2012, 03:51:48 PM »
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For all our moms and dads.....(((((((hugs))))))))))

Dear Lord with all your Grace,please keep our parents safe and healthy...keep them strong!




so hard to have aging parents... Undecided

Yes...  Here's to our parents and to ((((((((hugs)))))) for them all!
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« Reply #1013 on: January 09, 2012, 03:53:57 PM »
Quote from: Sason on December 10, 2011, 01:26:03 PM
Thank you, Sara.

The extreme stress of their move and my mum's first weeks at home is over, and if nothing takes a turn for the worse, it's sort of manageable the way it is right now.

But my dad has caused several crisis already, since he doesn't always know what my mum needs, or his own limitations. He's trying to do things he can't, or shouldn't, and I'm afraid it will happen again.

Yes, it is hard. In a way it's like having responsibility for children, only much harder.

(((((((((Sonja))))))))) 

My thoughts are with you!  I know how difficult this must be.

Take care of youself too.
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« Reply #1014 on: January 09, 2012, 03:56:37 PM »
Quote from: Cally on December 31, 2011, 02:40:45 AM
Good news for a new year for our family. At his recent (every 6 weeks) appointments with the haemotologist, my husband was still doing well with his multiple myeloma, but the ratio of A to B - never quite sure what these are - were very slowly drifting upwards, not enough yet to need further treatment, but heading that way.  But yesterday they were quite a bit down again - it's all apparently quite difficult to measure accurately, but the doctor was very pleased, and wrote down 'asymptomatic myeloma'. So my faint worries (Michael just doesn't seem to worry at all!) have been switched off again.

It's now 2 years since his diagnosis, and I have heard of several people recently who have died with in a few months.  It's a very variable, unpredictable cancer - we thank God that he is doing so well. In spite of his 3 times a day dialysis he feels perfectly normal and fits his life around it without frustration.

Perhaps this isn't quite the right thread at the moment - I am not a carer - but 'vicissitude' doesn't seem the word either...

So I'll put it in the Happy News thread too Smiley

(((((((Sara)))))))

This is very good news.
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« Reply #1015 on: January 09, 2012, 03:57:37 PM »
Quote from: janjo on January 06, 2012, 11:44:37 AM
Thank you guys. That is very encouraging to hear. I really appreciate your thoughts.

Good luck with all of this ((((((Jess))))) !
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« Reply #1016 on: January 10, 2012, 10:36:53 AM »
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(((((((((Sonja))))))))) 

My thoughts are with you!  I know how difficult this must be.

Take care of youself too.



Thanks, (((Sue))), I'm trying to.
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« Reply #1017 on: July 05, 2012, 05:17:12 AM »
As some of you know, my mum has had a blood clot in her leg for a few months now, and has been having weekly blood tests and scans. She even spent a night in hospital with pneumonia Sad She had a scan last week and she and my dad got the results yesterday - she's got lung cancer Cry It was absolutely awful when I found out and I was hoping to talk to somebody on here...
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« Reply #1018 on: July 05, 2012, 05:22:51 AM »
Dear Kathryn - thoughts and prayers for you and your family.  I have experience of what you're probably feeling Kiss.
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« Reply #1019 on: July 05, 2012, 06:16:58 AM »
Dear Kat, I am so sorry to hear about your Mum. My thoughts are with you.
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