My wife's grandparents both have cancer and both have still been getting treatment through the pandemic.
Our good friends little boy has leukemia and he also has still been getting treatment.
I can't speak for everyone, but you can't say people aren't still getting treatment.
My brother in law has cancer and has been getting excellent treatment right through the pandemic. But I realise that some who are thought not as urgent go down the list.
But with the number of covid19 victims what else can you expect. Thousands hospitalised, thousands dead. What kind of health care system has that many free beds.
My Mother is at the age where it seems they're pushed back, but the Ambulance crew did ask if she thought she could manage at home, she said yes and they said its better for her because of the situation in Hospitals and they cant give any guarantees for her safety!..
They said if she thought she couldn't manage they'd take her with them, so, she may receive the best treatment but is at risk because of the Virus!..
"More power to your mum Lufc."
..Hector....I grew up thinking she was the most powerful woman in the world!.
OP, are you minded to come back and defend or slightly revise your views in the light of some of the arguments and factual challenges that have been made?
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 hours, 19 minutes ago
Thanks Rosso.
One thing I'm glad of is that digital technology arrived in time for this crisis. I bought my mum a Chromebook and (albeit with a number of tense remote IT support sessions on the phone with her) that has enabled her to have regular face to face contact with family members.
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I’m going through the same thing with my dad atm.
It has been a somewhat tortuous process
New hype, ffs. Your attitude to this whole thing has been pathetic, Jim.
comment by rosso is done with this (U17054)
posted 16 hours, 49 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 hours, 19 minutes ago
Thanks Rosso.
One thing I'm glad of is that digital technology arrived in time for this crisis. I bought my mum a Chromebook and (albeit with a number of tense remote IT support sessions on the phone with her) that has enabled her to have regular face to face contact with family members.
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I’m going through the same thing with my dad atm.
It has been a somewhat tortuous process
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I feel your pain, Rosso!
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 15 hours, 49 minutes ago
New hype, ffs.Your attitude to this whole thing has been pathetic, Jim.
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I'm still hoping Jim Lahey comes back to this thread to address the substantive arguments and factual points made against his original statements.
Seems unlikely, RR. Hope you and the rest of the family are all keeping well after your loss.
The comments on this thread have been uplifting. Massive s to all of you with personal Cancer stories.
Glad to hear so many examples of people still getting the treatment they deserve. I guess there are some people out there who are to scared to go to hospital during the virus. Understandable but maybe not in their long term health interest 😓
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Seems unlikely, RR. Hope you and the rest of the family are all keeping well after your loss.
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Thanks Dazza. I think we're doing as well as can be expected, and I know that there are hundreds of thousands of people going through the same thing across the country.
Same shoes? My wife died from cancer!
comment by goadocwatson (U1016)
posted 1 day, 15 hours ago
Same shoes? My wife died from cancer!
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I'm very sorry to hear that, goadocwatson. Everyone feels grief in their own way and the people we lose die in all sorts of different circumstances, but on a basic level, I think when we lose someone we love, we are all facing the same thing. You have my sympathy.
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posted on 1/6/20
My wife's grandparents both have cancer and both have still been getting treatment through the pandemic.
Our good friends little boy has leukemia and he also has still been getting treatment.
I can't speak for everyone, but you can't say people aren't still getting treatment.
posted on 1/6/20
My brother in law has cancer and has been getting excellent treatment right through the pandemic. But I realise that some who are thought not as urgent go down the list.
But with the number of covid19 victims what else can you expect. Thousands hospitalised, thousands dead. What kind of health care system has that many free beds.
posted on 1/6/20
My Mother is at the age where it seems they're pushed back, but the Ambulance crew did ask if she thought she could manage at home, she said yes and they said its better for her because of the situation in Hospitals and they cant give any guarantees for her safety!..
They said if she thought she couldn't manage they'd take her with them, so, she may receive the best treatment but is at risk because of the Virus!..
"More power to your mum Lufc."
..Hector....I grew up thinking she was the most powerful woman in the world!.
posted on 1/6/20
OP, are you minded to come back and defend or slightly revise your views in the light of some of the arguments and factual challenges that have been made?
posted on 1/6/20
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 hours, 19 minutes ago
Thanks Rosso.
One thing I'm glad of is that digital technology arrived in time for this crisis. I bought my mum a Chromebook and (albeit with a number of tense remote IT support sessions on the phone with her) that has enabled her to have regular face to face contact with family members.
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I’m going through the same thing with my dad atm.
It has been a somewhat tortuous process
posted on 1/6/20
New hype, ffs. Your attitude to this whole thing has been pathetic, Jim.
posted on 2/6/20
comment by rosso is done with this (U17054)
posted 16 hours, 49 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 hours, 19 minutes ago
Thanks Rosso.
One thing I'm glad of is that digital technology arrived in time for this crisis. I bought my mum a Chromebook and (albeit with a number of tense remote IT support sessions on the phone with her) that has enabled her to have regular face to face contact with family members.
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I’m going through the same thing with my dad atm.
It has been a somewhat tortuous process
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I feel your pain, Rosso!
posted on 2/6/20
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 15 hours, 49 minutes ago
New hype, ffs.Your attitude to this whole thing has been pathetic, Jim.
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I'm still hoping Jim Lahey comes back to this thread to address the substantive arguments and factual points made against his original statements.
posted on 2/6/20
Seems unlikely, RR. Hope you and the rest of the family are all keeping well after your loss.
posted on 2/6/20
The comments on this thread have been uplifting. Massive s to all of you with personal Cancer stories.
Glad to hear so many examples of people still getting the treatment they deserve. I guess there are some people out there who are to scared to go to hospital during the virus. Understandable but maybe not in their long term health interest 😓
posted on 2/6/20
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Seems unlikely, RR. Hope you and the rest of the family are all keeping well after your loss.
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Thanks Dazza. I think we're doing as well as can be expected, and I know that there are hundreds of thousands of people going through the same thing across the country.
posted on 2/6/20
Same shoes? My wife died from cancer!
posted on 4/6/20
comment by goadocwatson (U1016)
posted 1 day, 15 hours ago
Same shoes? My wife died from cancer!
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I'm very sorry to hear that, goadocwatson. Everyone feels grief in their own way and the people we lose die in all sorts of different circumstances, but on a basic level, I think when we lose someone we love, we are all facing the same thing. You have my sympathy.
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