Hi guys
Just a short follow up to my previous post.
When i was going through the very dark days of Stem Cell Transplant recovery. I made it a goal of mine to maintain a PMA (Positive-Mental-Attitude ) this so important to not let cancer define you as a person you are way more than that.Its not easy and alot depends on what support network you have. As i mentioned before i was diagnosed during covid, not just Multiple Myeloma but Prostate cancer and Skin cancer. Yep 3 little buggers to deal with thank you god. I was lucky. The prostate cancer is low grade , i am on active surveillance , The skin cancer was a Basal cell cancer again i was lucky , i have had that taken out, anyway the point i`m making is having a cancer is bad enough but having 3 is really bad luck and i could of easily of gone under but i kept going mainly with the help of my Wife who kept me going, still does, Cancer puts enormous strain on ones relationship it not just you that has cancer your whole family has to live with it with you.Financial strain wow dont even get me started lol my wife registered as full time carer we had to manage without my earnings and my wife on part time and carers allowance, ever get sick of beans on toast then dont get cancer lol joking aside all these things that we have to deal with, Treatment, hospital visits, side effects of the myriad of drugs that we take, but i keep thinking we are still lucky lucky we do not live in a country that does not have a very good health service, yes we all moan about it but where would we be without it?? i dread to think, I have a few “myeloma” pals in the US boy oh boy the money those guys have to find for their treatment totally eyewatering, so when i get a bit down i keep thinking why are you down some poor sod has to pay thousands of dollars a month to keep alive, we have our wonderful NHS keep smiling guys it will get better take care