#InRemembrance, #InTheNews, #PatientAdvocacy, #patron, #PseudomyxomaPeritonei, all countries
“It has been 27 years since the world lost a precious human being – an example of humility, elegance, both interior and exterior, and of kindness. This valuable human being was also my mother: She was, and still is, Audrey Hepburn. We sadly lost her to...
all countries, Australia, survivor's Story, Survivor's Story (Australia)
Being diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei (or PMP) came as a huge shock. It was discovered accidentally as my usual yearly bloods showed abnormalities. My GP suggested an ultrasound because my kidney numbers were slightly down. It was during the ultrasound that the...
#Valentine, all countries, survivor's Story, Survivor's Story (UK)
Following a major operation in September to remove my left ovary, a cyst, my appendix and litres of mucinous jelly from my abdomen, in November I received the horrible news that I definitely had cancer. We didn’t know which cancer, whether it was mucinous ovarian...
#Valentine, all countries, survivor's Story, Survivor's Story (UK)
On the 4th May 1974, we married in the beautiful Christchurch Priory which was then Hampshire and is now Dorset, to have and to hold from this day forward. I didn’t realise how important the words in our vows “in sickness and in health” were at the time....
#Valentine, all countries, survivor's Story, Survivor's Story (UK), UK
In 2021, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, I had cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC at the Basingstoke and North Hampshire hospital. Because of the pandemic, visiting was strictly limited to one visitor for an hour a day for the duration of your stay (and it had to...
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