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Anyone who knows me in real life knows I& #39;m a & #39;in ya face& #39; type of fella who doesn& #39;t suffer fools gladly.
I& #39;ve been dealt a few shite cards in my life, the worst being; my son diagnosed with a brain tumour at 7 years old & him having to undergo 18 months of treatment
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I& #39;ve been dealt a few shite cards in my life, the worst being; my son diagnosed with a brain tumour at 7 years old & him having to undergo 18 months of treatment
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I took the diagnosis by crying for 20 minutes with my ex father in law in a side room, then facing my new & #39;job& #39; head on not missing a beat till he finished treatment a year and a half later... as predicted by the hospital social workers I then had a mental breakdown
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All thorough my son& #39;s treatment and my subsequent mental health treatment the @NHS #NHS were 99% of what you would wish for in a civilised society and neither of us would be here today without their help.
All this started in December 2002 & I& #39;ve not spoken to my ex wife in 15 yrs
All this started in December 2002 & I& #39;ve not spoken to my ex wife in 15 yrs
Weds at 4.30pm the phone rang & for the 1st time in 15 years her name appeared..
I knew straight away it was one of those & #39;3am how long will it take you to get to the hospital& #39; calls that you come to expect as you get older and expected to hear my son had had an accident
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I knew straight away it was one of those & #39;3am how long will it take you to get to the hospital& #39; calls that you come to expect as you get older and expected to hear my son had had an accident
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She told me through tears that she was at the hospital and he& #39;d just been diagnosed with Leukaemia at 24
I now find myself walking the same shite path and trying to fight the same invisible ghosts I& #39;d been able to fight nose to nose previously.....
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I now find myself walking the same shite path and trying to fight the same invisible ghosts I& #39;d been able to fight nose to nose previously.....
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Unfortunately, now I& #39;m in the same boat as 1,000& #39;s of you (incl close friends who& #39;ve lost parents recently) who& #39;ve been relegated to distant bystanders unable to even visit loved ones going through their own personal battles some of whom didn& #39;t emerge victorious
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Wednesday night was stage one of another shite and unknown journey.
Your sorrow and comments will be appreciated but they& #39;ll be nowhere near as useful as you making an appointment with @GiveBloodNHS or registering with @AnthonyNolan
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Your sorrow and comments will be appreciated but they& #39;ll be nowhere near as useful as you making an appointment with @GiveBloodNHS or registering with @AnthonyNolan
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My son has had 50+ blood/platelets transfusions but last night was the 1st he& #39;s had without me there
It& #39;s the 1st few days, I& #39;ve no idea where this & #39;trip& #39; is going to end but please donate blood it costs you nothing AND you get & #39;free& #39; biscuits and refreshments
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@GiveBloodNHS
It& #39;s the 1st few days, I& #39;ve no idea where this & #39;trip& #39; is going to end but please donate blood it costs you nothing AND you get & #39;free& #39; biscuits and refreshments
@GiveBloodNHS
Latest news, transferred to @TeenageCancer Y.O.U. full body MRI tomorrow (Tuesday) and theatre booked for bone marrow biopsy on Friday..........
