Hello again everybody. I’m in bed and it won’t be long before I nod off.. ive been sewing up some of my knitted dolls today. Our friend who has been working on our long sloping driveway thinks he’s finished, but is waiting to see how it goes if and when we get a bit of rain. 🤞
Thank you @Busy-Lizzie ... he's been rushed to A&E twice in the last four weeks with hemorrhages ... he's had a colonoscopy and two PET scans ... bowel cancer has been the scourge of Ma's side of the family ... it's what saw off her father and all his siblings, and it was the loss of blood from a bleeding tumour that caused Ma's end ... a blessing as it turned out as her Alzheimer's was worsening. She had several pre-cancerous polyps removed in the previous 25 years or so, and since reaching 60 my brother and I have both had colonoscopies to check ... I had a small polyp removed ten years ago and the doctors advise that the regular Poo Stick tests are sufficient ... brother has private health care and has had several colonoscopies, each time he's had several polyps removed but they appear to regrow each time ... now this ...
I imagine they'll be looking at radio therapy and/or chemo and an op to remove the bowel tumour and see what happens then ... but I don't know ... brother said he's getting his head around things before he talks about it ... I'm just waiting to hear from him ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That's a big worry @Dovefromabove but why have they found it so late? I'm a great believer in eating plenty of fibre and, funnily enough, we've just received the papers for our 2 yearly poo test.
Not watching much news at the mo @Fairygirl cos even switching to BBC Northwest and thus getting views of the Lakes occasionally and the gorgeous Owai with the weather it's too depressing but I did see that about the crash. Heartbreaking, even if he and his reaining child come out of it OK.
As for my ladies, they're all happy to be prudent anyway and especially for the next 7 days waiting for anyone else to have symptoms. There's just the one "glass half full" colleague on the committee who's likely to be flakey as a result so I'll keep in touch.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
@Obelixx his last colonoscopy was less than 12 months ago ... some polyps were removed at that time ... it doesn't appear to be something that could've been overlooked at that time ... if it were there then ...
Our family have always eaten a high fibre diet and done all the things we're supposed to because we're aware of the genetic link in our family ... sometimes there's no avoiding it ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thinking of you too @Dovefromabove, as you know. I hope he gets a satisfactory outcome. x I rarely watch it now too @Obelixx, but it was on the radio, and I have that on most of the day. Dreadful. A life sentence for that man, no matter whose fault it is.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks folks for your kind thoughts ... I am hopeful that the specialists will come up with a way forward ... times are difficult in the NHS but they continue to work wonders
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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ive been sewing up some of my knitted dolls today. Our friend who has been working on our long sloping driveway thinks he’s finished, but is waiting to see how it goes if and when we get a bit of rain. 🤞
night all.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I imagine they'll be looking at radio therapy and/or chemo and an op to remove the bowel tumour and see what happens then ... but I don't know ... brother said he's getting his head around things before he talks about it ... I'm just waiting to hear from him ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Not watching much news at the mo @Fairygirl cos even switching to BBC Northwest and thus getting views of the Lakes occasionally and the gorgeous Owai with the weather it's too depressing but I did see that about the crash. Heartbreaking, even if he and his reaining child come out of it OK.
As for my ladies, they're all happy to be prudent anyway and especially for the next 7 days waiting for anyone else to have symptoms. There's just the one "glass half full" colleague on the committee who's likely to be flakey as a result so I'll keep in touch.
Our family have always eaten a high fibre diet and done all the things we're supposed to because we're aware of the genetic link in our family ... sometimes there's no avoiding it ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I rarely watch it now too @Obelixx, but it was on the radio, and I have that on most of the day. Dreadful. A life sentence for that man, no matter whose fault it is.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.