Living with Cancer

Welcome to my site.

I hope that you will find some information helpful and that you will perhaps wish to offer something of your own. Write with any offerings or chat and tell me if you want to add to my pages.
Meg Heggie

The experience of cancer is one that many of us will experience either first hand or second hand. There are many ways to help. The support available on-line is one way of helping our loved ones, friends and ourselves. It allows access to information and comforting words from the safety of home.

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I have had my ten year check up and am fit. I appreciate the support from such a variety of people over years. Family and friends have been wonderful and also have those folks I have met online. Thank you.  I have put a wee bit in chat.

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I have added a new Mesothelioma site to Information 2. This site is recommended by David and I think that it is an excellent site. Unlike so many mesothelioma sites, there is on legal aspects to this. It is about survival and advice. A free book is also available at this time for newly diagnosed patients. Thank you David.

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I have been so busy with my history studies that I have neglected other matters. All finished now and awaiting results. I have put some information into chat about my friends Irene and Nancy. They are both very precious to me. I have also added photographs by young Ashley Bell. Thank you Ashley.

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Donna Marie Merritt has sent a link to a book site where she has poetry published. Donna has had a rough time being a carer for her husband and poetry writing was her relaxation. The book site and her own site are being linked here until I make this page for external links.

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I have changed cancerbacup site to Macmillan as these organisations merged in 2008. I am onlyt a wee bit behind. Angela has been busy writing as has Mike Hall so I shall add some pieces shortly.

I have had a checkup recently and have updated my page.

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Liz Durinck has remarked on Emma Bombeck's poem so I have put a wee bit in chat.

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David Palombo has sent a link to a mesothelioma site. This is in information 2. I find this very interesting because of the UK page. The following passage is information David gave to me.

 Because of the long term use of asbestos, the United Kingdom has seen a marked increase in cases of the asbestos-caused cancer mesothelioma in the past 20 years. For example, the country's Health and Safety Executive reports that only 153 cases of the disease were diagnosed in 1968. In 2006, the last year for which statistics are currently available, 2,056 individuals died of mesothelioma. Projections say cases of the disease in the UK will peak around 2015, with approximately 2,500 annual deaths from mesothelioma occurring around that time.

Thank you David. (David gave me a template for the link and information. Another thank you.)

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Last updated 4 April 2012