MY MOTHER'S SCHOOL MOTTO WAS "NILS DESPERANDUM" (NEVER DESPAIR), WHICH ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS A SOMEHOW CURIOUSLY DEFEATIST AND DISTINCTLY DOWNBEAT MOTTO,
Hello all, hope you don't mind me using this page but I'm simply too tired to bother with multiple PM's.
Just wanted to update (those who know) and inform (those who don't) about my absence from the forum this past week.
My aunt who was critically ill last week has pulled through following the second operation and is now out of ICU. Now that the immediate crisis is over, the family who were gathering in Manchester (expecting the worst) have started to return to their homes around the UK and abroad. I'm round the corner from the hospital so still bussing it up daily (sometimes twice) to the hospital.
We have a long road ahead but at least there is talk now of treatment and not just of keeping her pain free and comfortable.
Thanks again to those who sent kind words via pm (only just read notifications).
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That's a good one hogweed. The one that has brought me through the grim bits is "this too will pass".
Hogweed. That was a new one to me too
like PP I have gone by my grannies saying, "this too will pass"
A A Milne
Sending you positive vibes Hogweed, 'ever onwards', all we can do, and yes it will pass.
Ooh, spooky,
never heard that expression before (backbone/wishbone) and then flicked onto a support page I follow and there it was in front of me.
Hello Verdun, nice to see you.
Mm. Friend of mine was wont to say "Things are never so bad that they couldn't get worse". And he's often right. I've never found that helpful really.
Strength to those who are fighting to survive just now
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Hello all, hope you don't mind me using this page but I'm simply too tired to bother with multiple PM's.
Just wanted to update (those who know) and inform (those who don't) about my absence from the forum this past week.
My aunt who was critically ill last week has pulled through following the second operation and is now out of ICU. Now that the immediate crisis is over, the family who were gathering in Manchester (expecting the worst) have started to return to their homes around the UK and abroad. I'm round the corner from the hospital so still bussing it up daily (sometimes twice) to the hospital.
We have a long road ahead but at least there is talk now of treatment and not just of keeping her pain free and comfortable.
Thanks again to those who sent kind words via pm (only just read notifications).
From a tired but positive Kitty x.
Kitty (((hugs)))
Kitty you will be exhausted. Try to rest a bit. big hugs So many of us here have been in your shoes X xx
A A Milne