Another date for the diary

I will be attending the Mesothelioma meeting in Plymouth on 1st October 2007 in Plymouth.
Another meeting that is happening is

MESOTHELIOMA PATIENT AND CARER DAY

Which will be held on Saturday 13th October 2007 in The novotel, Euston, London.

I am going to attend this meeting also (family commitments pending!) as it looks interesting and I feel it is a good idea to get as much info as possible.
The link below takes you to Mesothelioma UK which as more information.

http://www.mesothelioma.uk.com/

http://www.junehancockfund.org/news25.htm

Any more diary days, I will post here.

Cancer loves Sugar

Since I found out I had cancer I have been looking into foods and what they contain. Also a lot of sites have information about what is good and what is bad.

One thig that is not good is refined sugar. Cancer feeds on sugar and a lot of foods these days contain it. I am adding a link with more information about this statement.

www.ndmnutrition.com/cancer%20loves%20sugar

Hopefuly it will be of use. Another thing that is not good is hydroginated fats/oils. It is suprising how many foods contain these things.

Anything that is discovered would be gratefully recieved on this site.

I can't forget Theo : )

I am experiencing something that I haven’t had for 10 months, Pain.

I had a lot of pain last year before my operation and it went away after about 2 litres of fluid had been removed from my left lung.
It is now making a return and I think it is because I had a slight infection about a week ago. It may be that I have built up fluid again. I will see my doctor next Monday if it gets worse as I am back to work tomorrow.

Theo (my cancer) has been very quiet and is probably wanting to be heard. It was so good to be pain free for so long and I am sure it will happen again soon. I forgot just how painful and breathless it is when Theo calls.
It gives me a reality check as I have been living my life without pain for those few months, this brings me back to what is happening to me. I will not be beaten by this disease and I hope Theo can settle down again very soon.

Public Meeting Monday 1st october 2007

I will be supporting Jackie Lowe on Monday 1st October at the meeting she has organised to highlight legal issues and bring awareness about Mesothelioma to all those people who do not get to discuss it with any one whether they have it or know someone who has it or are just interested in the subject.

Jackie Lost her father, Roger, to this disease and works tirelessly with her family to bring Mesothelioma into the public arena and strives to bring awareness about a disease that is so easily preventable.

She has many experts attending the meeting, Linda Gilroy MP in Plymouth, Dennis Yiannakis (Consultant Oncologist, Derriford Hospital), Sean McPhail (South West Public Health Observatory) and a representative from the family.

I have added a link below for more information about the campaign, Meeting and Roger Lowe.

www.prospect.org.uk/healthandsafety/rogerlowecampaign

Hopefully, it will be well attended. I will post information later next week.

Harvest Festival Assembly

I went to see my son at his school Harvest assembly today and he made me so proud. He sang with his class and at the end he said a prayer on his own with the vicar. His headmaster said he picked his prayer as he had wriitten it well and the content was good. The children collect food for the old peoples estate near us and for the Shekina mission in Plymouth, a charity for homeless people.

He was wonderful. It is coming up to a year now that I had my diagnosis and a lot of what is happening now are things that I never thought I would see.

It makes me enjoy it and appreciate it a lot more than I probably would have if I hadn’t had the diagnosis.

Massage

Two friends and I went for a massage today. I had booked a full body massage and a facial.

The facial was wonderful and I am sure I fell asleep twice!

When it came to the full body massage I was told I could not have it as I needed a note from my doctor saying I am well enough.

I was dissappointed but could understand the reason why.

Tomorrow I have my youngest son’s harvest festival to look forward to.

got it sussed?

I am not sure if I have worked it out but the pain and and sickness I have been getting recently I think are down to too much Iron. I have been taking Iron tablets and also having my occassional drink of Guiness when I have come home from work. I have stopped taking the Iron tablets (these are tablets I buy from the shop) and stopped the Guiness and it seems to have cleared up.
I hope it stays that way as it was very uncomfortable.