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I was a healthy 43 years old going about my business when in August 2014 I was rushed to hospital with a burst appendix. I had been suffering from bowel pain on and off for at least 2 years and assumed I had an irritable bowel so it was a relief to finally have my...
all countries, UK, Volunteering
In this National Volunteers Week, I was asked “Why do I volunteer?’” Having been working full time for many years I dropped down to part-time but wanted to keep my brain active and also give something back. I considered several things but in particular, I...
all countries, UK, Volunteering
Following diagnosis in 2013 I was on watch and wait for two years before needing surgery in April 2015. In the few weeks leading to surgery, I confided in a friend of my nerves. She looked up cytoreductive surgery on the internet and immediately came across an article...
all countries, UK, Volunteering
Not being a straightforward pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) patient, I started life out as a supposed irritable bowel syndrome sufferer, how wrong! Turns out I had bowel cancer. After receiving chemo after an emergency operation in August 2016, a small liver lesion...
all countries, UK, Volunteering
I’m tremendously grateful that my first experience of the charity and online community of Pseudomyxoma Survivor was with a most wonderful volunteer. It was nine months following a pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) diagnosis and six months following surgery. In those...
all countries, coronavirus, COVID-19, UK
When word was spreading that coronavirus may happen and schools might close, I was still very much living in a fog of grief. I lost my husband 12 months ago after caring for him for 10 years. He was 41. I had got used to living day to/by day and by that I mean just...
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