A plea for help if you can
Feb 21, 2020 16:59:20 GMT
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Post by DrFaustus on Feb 21, 2020 16:59:20 GMT
Good afternoon all.
West Enclosure ST holder here and contributor to the Independent Forum. My first time ever on here, so please go easy!
Next month, I'm doing Swimathon 2020 and will be swimming 5KM to raise money for Marie Curie and Cancer Research UK. I first did this event 25 years ago when I was fit, had black hair and was not quite as old as Methuselah. Now I'm more fit after 3 months of training, have grey hair, am older than the Himalayas and care about too much.
Those of you who know me know that in mid September, completely out of the blue, my Mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer and died 12 days later. To say this was a shock would be an understatement. Mum was 79 and was as far as we were concerned, fireproof and indestructible. She went downhill rapidly and had such gentle, caring, kind professional care in her final few days, which was befitting of such a wonderful woman.
Mum never complained, being a Glaswegian, she just got on with it. We think she knew she was ill, but didn't want to worry anyone. Please if any of you have any unusual symptoms, get them investigated!!
I would like to raise money to help organisations that can aid in the fight against such pernicious diseases and if any of you good people would like and are able to give anything in support, I would be eternally grateful.
Thank you for reading. The link if you want it, is here:
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/grant-buckley1964
Read more: gasheads.org/thread/8520/shameless-plea-help#ixzz6EbQ1QQ5z
West Enclosure ST holder here and contributor to the Independent Forum. My first time ever on here, so please go easy!
Next month, I'm doing Swimathon 2020 and will be swimming 5KM to raise money for Marie Curie and Cancer Research UK. I first did this event 25 years ago when I was fit, had black hair and was not quite as old as Methuselah. Now I'm more fit after 3 months of training, have grey hair, am older than the Himalayas and care about too much.
Those of you who know me know that in mid September, completely out of the blue, my Mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer and died 12 days later. To say this was a shock would be an understatement. Mum was 79 and was as far as we were concerned, fireproof and indestructible. She went downhill rapidly and had such gentle, caring, kind professional care in her final few days, which was befitting of such a wonderful woman.
Mum never complained, being a Glaswegian, she just got on with it. We think she knew she was ill, but didn't want to worry anyone. Please if any of you have any unusual symptoms, get them investigated!!
I would like to raise money to help organisations that can aid in the fight against such pernicious diseases and if any of you good people would like and are able to give anything in support, I would be eternally grateful.
Thank you for reading. The link if you want it, is here:
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/grant-buckley1964
Read more: gasheads.org/thread/8520/shameless-plea-help#ixzz6EbQ1QQ5z
