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My wife is a hairdresser and has had many clients going through cancer treatment, with varying degrees of success. Every experienced hairdresser will have dealt with this before and will know what’s just the right amount of TLC for their client. Some want everything shaved off before they endure lumps falling out, while others do better with changing hairstyles appropriately as time goes on. Leaving the salon with a new ‘do’ is the encouragement and boost that very many cancer patients thrive on.I can understand that, my Wife also spends loads on keeping her hair nice. For her, the worst aspect of lockdown was not being able to go to the hairdresser as much being able to go to the pub!
But in all seriousness, your wife's health is what matters above everything else. Wealth, Cars, even Hair, are not important.
Thinking of you...
Will send you my number and emailThanks gollom. Means a lot
You will not be walking into that tunnel alone. You have many friends here and in your normal life that will be there with you on the journey.Deb says thank you all for your messages of support and the useful bits of info.
Im just more angry than anything, not at deb, but at death. He took my parents and a cousin last year, and now he is lurking again taunting me if you know what i mean. I will stay strong for all of us somehow, and i know the coming months arent going to be easy.
I will be disaster planning with our finances this week, as we will both be having time off work, and as we didnt take a 3 month payment break on credit cards etc last year, that will be an option i will also look at to keep us above water. We both know that we have to stop smoking this week and the cash saved from that will go a long way, plus it reduces any further cancer risk for deb.
Babe, we will go into this tunnel together, and we WILL walk out the other end together xxx
Amen to this one. Was about to write the same. It's vital to keep a systematic note of interactions - preferably in a physical notebook or diary. Start it now, by summarising what's happened so far.Cancer the dreaded C word. Here's a few more- care compassion companionship communication continuity. The first three can be helped by the many online communities concerned with this condition. The Macmillan site is very good as already mentioned but there will be other groups dealing with the condition and these may help to combat the feelings of isolation your wife may be experiencing. The last two concern your wife's interaction with the treatment she will receive from the NHS. I would suggest that she keeps a brief record of all her interactions with the system be it dates appointments consultations treatments in a diary. Things that seem fresh in her mind at the moment may fade with the passage of time, and it may help recall consultant/registrar/nurse names, what precisely was discussed, her prognosis , what drugs are prescribed, scan results etc etc. this often ensures continuity of care when you may not see the same NHS members of staff every time and who may only have their previous NHS notes to go by when they see you for the first time. This aids communication and continuity of care- it's a good self-help habit to develop. My advice go out and buy that desk diary now and detail what's happened so far. Wishing you both all best. G
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