What has pissed you off today



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Bastard of a thing, cancer
Try to stay positive about your cousin, Daisy. As you know, my sister has the same diagnosis - she's had her surgery, has finished chemo and is halfway through radio. She's doing great!
Another parallel, my step-Dad has end stage lung cancer. We call him Teflon Man because despite being diagnosed over two years ago, with a whopping great tumour that renders his left lung useless, he's still going! Must say though, he's not looking the best these last few weeks and his breathing is very labored.
Best of luck to your cousin and uncle and while it's very understandable to be sad, keep finding joy in the simple, everyday things. It helps, I promise! xx

Another parallel, my step-Dad has end stage lung cancer. We call him Teflon Man because despite being diagnosed over two years ago, with a whopping great tumour that renders his left lung useless, he's still going! Must say though, he's not looking the best these last few weeks and his breathing is very labored.
Best of luck to your cousin and uncle and while it's very understandable to be sad, keep finding joy in the simple, everyday things. It helps, I promise! xx
That sucks, do you know what's prompted that decision? Hope you can work something out, I'd be screwed if my employer said that to me and I've only got 1 kid.
That also sucks. Fingers crossed for your cousin, hopefully her treatment will be a success. That's terrible about your uncle, we received the same news about my Mum a few years ago, it was a very sad and painful time for us all. Everyone is different though, and although my Mum only lived 4 months following her diagnosis, I know other people who have lived for a couple of years.
That also sucks. Fingers crossed for your cousin, hopefully her treatment will be a success. That's terrible about your uncle, we received the same news about my Mum a few years ago, it was a very sad and painful time for us all. Everyone is different though, and although my Mum only lived 4 months following her diagnosis, I know other people who have lived for a couple of years.
My poor uncle passed away on 22nd March less than two weeks after being diagnosed. He would tell you himself that he had a good innings, he would have been Eighty in June, but that is no consolation for my lovely Aunt and my cousins. RIP uncle Johnny, I shall miss your stories and the old Navy songs you used to sing xxxx


Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts, my cousin is recovering well from her surgery, just awaiting results but things are looking positive.
My poor uncle passed away on 22nd March less than two weeks after being diagnosed. He would tell you himself that he had a good innings, he would have been Eighty in June, but that is no consolation for my lovely Aunt and my cousins. RIP uncle Johnny, I shall miss your stories and the old Navy songs you used to sing xxxx
My poor uncle passed away on 22nd March less than two weeks after being diagnosed. He would tell you himself that he had a good innings, he would have been Eighty in June, but that is no consolation for my lovely Aunt and my cousins. RIP uncle Johnny, I shall miss your stories and the old Navy songs you used to sing xxxx
Great news that your cousin recovering well and the signs look good! Di's finished her radiotherapy now, and is off to Crete in a couple of weeks. It's her second home, she loves it there and has made such good friends. She's even learnt to speak Greek! (it's all Greek to me). Take care and keep your chin up




Apparently solicitors do. I am trying to sell some property from my mams estate and seem to have got absolutely nowhere in the last 5 weeks because the f&*(ing solicitors can't communicate. In the age of phone and email, they insist on writing snailmail to each other - it appears it takes their office systems about 2 weeks to process and reply to letters, by which time the next letters are crossing in the post. I have this image of them sitting in offices like Capt Mainwarings and dictating their replies to secretaries who take them down in shorthand then use typewriters to type them up. All I can say is that its a good job I'm 5000 miles away cos otherwise I'd probably be the subject of the lead story on the 6 o'clock news......


My poor uncle passed away on 22nd March less than two weeks after being diagnosed. He would tell you himself that he had a good innings, he would have been Eighty in June, but that is no consolation for my lovely Aunt and my cousins. RIP uncle Johnny, I shall miss your stories and the old Navy songs you used to sing xxxx



It is the only way that I can communicate with my mother as she refuses to use a telephone and doesn't even know that computers are available for personal use these days. (I know I'm a luddite, but mother is far worse!) We also get a lot of letters for our SMSF and bank things, which often need prompt replies with signatures on them. It helps if the letters are delivered before the cut off date for their return.



Apparently solicitors do. I am trying to sell some property from my mams estate and seem to have got absolutely nowhere in the last 5 weeks because the f&*(ing solicitors can't communicate. In the age of phone and email, they insist on writing snailmail to each other - it appears it takes their office systems about 2 weeks to process and reply to letters, by which time the next letters are crossing in the post. I have this image of them sitting in offices like Capt Mainwarings and dictating their replies to secretaries who take them down in shorthand then use typewriters to type them up. All I can say is that its a good job I'm 5000 miles away cos otherwise I'd probably be the subject of the lead story on the 6 o'clock news......






"I have been trying to contact you ref XYZ. Please call me at your earliest convenience on 1234567"
If that needs to be legally supportable then we may as well all go and live in a cave.
