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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Best wishes for 2010

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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Sadly, Molly Balfour has recently died. She fought cancer for a long time. I am proud that she gave me  her poem Odyssey for this site. My thoughts go to her family at this time.

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Although not about Christmas, I think that these lines by Mike Hall are very apt. They do remind us of what is precious.

It was an autumn day much like this one
The year was '88
We were content and carefree----no worries-no complaints
Yet something was missing
Until the call that changed it all
 
"It's a girl", the caller said
And our hearts skipped a beat
How were we to know
The missing piece was here....
The daughter of our dreams

I have added a new site to information 2. Ryan Sheridan gave me this link, www.maacenter.org, and I am very pleased as it points to the neglected area of shipyard workers. Thank you Ryan.

A new site is added to info2. This is a UK site for Asbestos /Mesothelioma victims. It looks to me to be very helpful.

I have been away from my site for months as I was unable to upload changes. SO HELLO AGAIN I have updated information pages with thanks to Michelle and Shelly. I have added two more works by Mike Hall. One is a word to cancer in Heart and Soul and the other quirky verses are from Cancer Free. Thank you again Mike.
I have been very busy with my history studies and loved and hated my way throughout the course. Having signed up for next year, this is my respite time - until February 2010! Angela continues with her blog and her writing. Great Angela.

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Last updated 12 January 2010