[Marc Stock]

I just dont know what to think or say.

Picked up this new customer as a group of houses next to each other; 3 in a row as thier old window cleaner had just disappeared.

Went to collect payment from the end house; as she was paying I asked her how her day was going so far; you know just the normal smalltalk you do.

She looked at me and her eyes were a bit watery;." Well not so good marc, my husband has terminal cancer and is now in palliative care; they think he has 2 weeks to go and we are arranging affairs for the inevitable outcome."

Gobsmacked; last time I saw him he had just got back from the garden centre and was doing some gardening; a fit healthy chap.  That was 6 weeks ago.

Crazy..

[Smudger]

It’s such a cruel disease

Always lost for words when customers drop that bombshell

Darran

[paul alan]

That big "C" is a horrible thing!

Its horrible to see what it does to some people, and fast like you say.

Not looking forward to see what old age has in store for me.

[dazmond]

the worst cancers are kidney,pancreatic and cancer of the oesophagus.....most die within weeks of diagnosis.....a few of my customers have died in a very short space of time of one of these 3........

[Stoots]

Theres not much to look forward to about getting old is there

I never thought about these things until i turned 35, staring 40 in the face is like this is getting real pretty fast...

Ah dear

[Slacky]

My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on the Wednesday she was dead on the Friday.

[Slacky]

Theres not much to look forward to about getting old is there

I never thought about these things until i turned 35, staring 40 in the face is like this is getting real pretty fast...

Ah dear

You’re halfway there.

[Walter Mitty]

At 61, having lost a few friends along the way, death's relentless reality creeps ever closer.
I lost an old friend only last week.  I hadn't seen him for years as he moved away long ago.  Apparently he died from COPD, a lung disease.  I don't suppose all that hashish smoking helped much.
Me?  In the last couple of years I have had a "very minor" issue noted with a heart valve and was recently informed that I'm pre-diabetic - I'm at the very high end of that scale, but not quite diabetic.
So, since the start of June, I've lost just under three stone in weight.  The rate of loss is starting to slow now.  I'm still very much overweight but feeling fitter than I have for years.  It's easier to get through my work now - so much so that I ought to increase my workload.
It's interesting to note that my blood pressure has dropped too - consistently back within the 'normal' range (I self monitor).

Unfortunately, about a dozen of my customers have died in the past couple of years - it's normally two or three a year at most.

I intend to be around for a long time yet, but so much is luck of the draw.

[windowswashed]

Sadly as we get older we lose more friends, relatives. I lost a cousin and his girlfriend to suicide and they were younger than me this month and last month.  We don't know what's around the corner for any of us so make your time count.

[Go]

My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on the Wednesday she was dead on the Friday.

f*** that’s quick.

[Marc Stock]

My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on the Wednesday she was dead on the Friday.

f*** that’s quick.

That must have been really hard for you Slacky

[Slacky]

I don’t know if it was any harder than other people might struggle with when a parent dies. My dad died when I was two, so really I can’t compare to anyone else.

It was tough with my Mum but we had 3 days to talk and resolve any issues. By the time Friday came round she was ready to go so we administered the oramorph, as she wanted. That was what I had most difficulty dealing with, the fact we had hastened her demise. But it’s what she wanted and you wouldn’t let an animal struggle on in the way Mum was once her breathing  became unbearable.

[johnwillan]

At 61, having lost a few friends along the way, death's relentless reality creeps ever closer.
I lost an old friend only last week.  I hadn't seen him for years as he moved away long ago.  Apparently he died from COPD, a lung disease.  I don't suppose all that hashish smoking helped much.
Me?  In the last couple of years I have had a "very minor" issue noted with a heart valve and was recently informed that I'm pre-diabetic - I'm at the very high end of that scale, but not quite diabetic.
So, since the start of June, I've lost just under three stone in weight.  The rate of loss is starting to slow now.  I'm still very much overweight but feeling fitter than I have for years.  It's easier to get through my work now - so much so that I ought to increase my workload.
It's interesting to note that my blood pressure has dropped too - consistently back within the 'normal' range (I self monitor).

Unfortunately, about a dozen of my customers have died in the past couple of years - it's normally two or three a year at most.

I intend to be around for a long time yet, but so much is luck of the draw.

You might find this interesting...

https://youtu.be/1a2Fsfa8e4I

HTH

John

[Kev Martin]

I don’t know if it was any harder than other people might struggle with when a parent dies. My dad died when I was two, so really I can’t compare to anyone else.

It was tough with my Mum but we had 3 days to talk and resolve any issues. By the time Friday came round she was ready to go so we administered the oramorph, as she wanted. That was what I had most difficulty dealing with, the fact we had hastened her demise. But it’s what she wanted and you wouldn’t let an animal struggle on in the way Mum was once her breathing  became unbearable.

Lost my Mum in February like that!  Very tough but was grateful for the auto morphine.  The last 12 hours were excruciating and I hate to think what it would have been like without the morphine

[AuRavelling79]

Sorry to hear that Kev.  Condolences to you and your family.

[Kev Martin]

Sorry to hear that Kev.  Condolences to you and your family.

Thank you for those kind words.  Very much appreciated

[Marc Stock]

I think we need an 'agreed' or 'concur' button in these subjects.

[Ian Lancaster]

My wife Lise and I met at a singles club 24 years ago (second marriage for us both).  On the same night we met another couple who had also met at the club a year earlier.  Been friends ever since, meeting up at least once a week.  Six weeks ago the man developed a lump on the side of his face.  After a couple of weeks it became troublesome so they went to the doctor.  He referred them immediately to the hospital.  Tests showed he had undiagnosed lung cancer caused by smoking (he gave it up 20 years ago) and the lump was a secondary tumor.  Programme of chemo arranged, radio started.  He had low oxygen levels so they kept him in hospital and drained his lungs.  Next day he was too ill to start the chemo.  Two days later he died.  He was a year younger than me.

[LT carpet cleaning]

Thinking of slacky and Kevin. Evil disease and doesn’t matter how long ago it happened to a love one. It always stays fresh in the mind.

Just seems particularly cruel.

[Slacky]

Thinking of slacky and Kevin. Evil disease and doesn’t matter how long ago it happened to a love one. It always stays fresh in the mind.

Just seems particularly cruel.

Thankyou. It was over 10 years ago anyway, but at the time not easy at all.