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Yay, whoohoo and hooorrrayy!
What a relief for Andrea, Julian and all of us!
Hopefully more good news to come in the near future! :)
 
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Andrea's gone home, her call, she's had enough
I will update later, gonna phone her now
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Thanks girls, don't worry bout me!

I've spoken to R Andrea, she's ok, really she is! Still laughing, still taking the piss outa me, still putting the world to rights!
We chatted for ages, and I asked her what she was up to
Watching Golf! WTF!!!
Nowt down for her, I'd rather be strung up by me eyelids from the nearest lampost!

I always feel good, knowing she's doing ok.
She'll keep fighting, I guarantee it, besides we've got a rave to go to in August, me and R Andrea!
TTFN xxx
 
Good to hear, Joan!!!!

But seriously, Andrea? GOLF? lol. Guess I can't really talk, my man actually went to see it in person!

Hope you're enjoying your home comforts!
 
You're so kind to keep us advised Joan. I'm fairly new here, but can remember during my journey with cancer a few years ago how I just needed to get away a bit from all the medical 'stuff' and certainly from the hospital. Andrea needs a breather and time to think, and to absorb. And quite obviously she has very good friends from this forum who are sending her the best thoughts and prayers. You are all so generous with your kindness and compassion.
 
Andrea, you are awesome! I'm so glad to hear your good news. I sure hope you are enjoying your time at home. We all love and miss you sweetie! :)
 
My Thoughts are with Welshy & family. What this lady has been through is simply mind boggling & she comes out fighting again & again & you know what-I reckon she'll beat this too. I've felt very sorry for myself @ times but this lady is an inspiration to all on how to approach & fight against illness.
Very Best Wishes
Grant
 
Hey guys,

Andrea has been having a couple of niggly things going on whilst at home so her docs wanted her back in hospital. It's nothing serious but as you can imagine with all that Welshy has been through lately they are erring to caution!

They have tweaked a few things and she is now feeling more comfortable and much better overall. She is in good spirits and has asked that I thank you for all your continued messages of love and support, it really does lift her spirits to read them. She is also very appreciative of you all respecting the request for privacy as it is allowing her the rest she so desperately needs after all that has gone on over the past few weeks.

Dusty. xxx
 
Hey it was nice to be home for a little while right? You'll be back there soon enough. Keep resting and keep up the good work cause you've been doing great!
 
Hi all,
Thank you again for the continued support here. Really does mean so much to us all back here.
Dusty, Joan, again many thanks for the updates.
And's just waiting to go for xrays/scan. She's been having some problems again with LRQ pain, and not being able to straighten her leg and vomitng. They are querrying a possible obstruction or another abscess. Whatever it is, it certainly looks to be Crohns related and not cancer related. Good news for us.!

Will come back to update as soon as we know whats happening. For now though, she still remains hopeful and positive. Wouldn't say she's the happiest bunny, but has certainly been worse!
J x
 
Thank you so much for keeping us updated. Please send Andrea loads of hugs and love, she is always in our thoughts.

Keep fighting, you are one tough cookie!

Much love

Treena x
 
Thanks for updating us J! Keep fightin' and givin' it hell Welshy!!
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Just spoken to R Andrea, and she's doing ok.
she's not got an obstruction, but there's some narrowing.
Andrea is on Pentasa but unfortunately cannot take anything else for the CD at this moment in time. She's hoping the chemo can commence next Monday.
Andrea also has a meeting with work bosses tomorrow regarding her absences, and if these bastards sack her, they betta run and hide! Her solicitor will sue the arse off them!
So, everyone, send lotsa good luck for Andrea tomorrow and that it's not gonna be a dismissal.
xxx
 
Good to hear that its not an obstruction And. Was worried when I saw you earlier.
Keep smiling sweetie, you will get there.:rosette2:
Nic and Matt xx
 
If her work bosses sack her then they do not have a shred of decency in their bodies. I can't believe that it should be an issue considering what she's been through! Grrrr

Hope you enjoyed your few days at home though, Andrea. Have been thinking of you. Lots of love xXx
 
Astra101 said:
Just spoken to R Andrea, and she's doing ok.
she's not got an obstruction, but there's some narrowing.
Andrea is on Pentasa but unfortunately cannot take anything else for the CD at this moment in time. She's hoping the chemo can commence next Monday.
Andrea also has a meeting with work bosses tomorrow regarding her absences, and if these bastards sack her, they betta run and hide! Her solicitor will sue the arse off them!
So, everyone, send lotsa good luck for Andrea tomorrow and that it's not gonna be a dismissal.
xxx
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Running and hiding won't be enough. Are they well known enough to boycott?
 
Hi all, I guess I've been beaten by Joans update.
Just to say that Ands still's a bit low, but is holding her own. We see her Gastro tomorrow and will decide on a course of action from there.

@Old_motters, for now, would rather keep her employer confidential until after tomorrows hearing. Im sure you'll understand. As for boycotting, it wouldnt be an option. Thanks for the consideration.

Im sure someone will be along tomorrow to update here.
Thanks again all for your continued support.
J x
 
Glad to hear things going ok, but i don't think her bosses can fire someone if they are ill, and if they do that is so unfair.
 
Astra101 said:
Andrea also has a meeting with work bosses tomorrow regarding her absences, and if these bastards sack her, they betta run and hide! Her solicitor will sue the arse off them!
So, everyone, send lotsa good luck for Andrea tomorrow and that it's not gonna be a dismissal.
xxx
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Do her bosses know what she's going through?? I can't imagine they'd be stupid enough to fire her!
 
Andrea, hope all goes well tomorrow with work. Can't quite believe that they want to see you at the moment
I am thinking of you often and as always am wishing you stronger, happier and healthier.
Can't wait for the time when you are ready to come back on here with that fighting spirit of yours :)
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Can't believe they want to have the hearing tomorrow. If they fire Andrea I hope you folks sue them. Do they really know what you guys have been going through?
 
Thinking about you Andrea...actually I'm always thinking about you!
I hope things went well with your meeting and maybe you're even feeling just a tad bit better today? Even for a few moments would be nice for you!
Hang in there sweet girl!

all my love,
~T~
 
I will send more prayers. If those people had any decency, they wouldn't even consider termination. They made a movie for Lifetime Television here in America about a family that went through something similar. The family won, and they developed, "The Family Medical/Leave Act."

Andrea, you are loved and have so many warm wishes. God bless you and your family.
 
I check this site everyday for updates. I hope you get relief soon!! God Bless you and your family. This hits so close to home for all of us and we wish you the best.
 
Thank you to everybody for rooting for Andrea and all the lovely messages for her.
Andrea is not so good today, Crohn's is very active and she is in pain. There's not a lot they can give her at the moment because of the chemo. She is having IV hydrocortisone 4 times a day tho.
I'm praying that tomorrow is a better day for our precious friend Andrea
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Hey Welshy,

Sorry i havent been on lately but i am honestly thinking about you all the time.

You are so so strong and determined, you can do it girly . . .

All my love from across the water

Bruscar

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Hey everyone!
Andrea has had an excellent day today and is feeling sooooooooooo much better!
And tomorrow she is having some morpheine patches-12mg- for pain relief.
We had a good laugh, she is doing ok!
And cos of this, I'm ok too!
Onards & Upwards? yeah, you bet!
xxx
 
Good luck for Monday sweetie. Thank you so much for your time and patience today.Will be thinking of you.:hug:
Nic, Matt and Ella xxxx
 
Im still stuck on this whole GOLF thing... really Andrea?? GOLF?
What do they have you on :p

Glad to hear you had a better day!
:)
 
Excellent News...Welshy Won!!!

her workplace hearing! They have had to provide her with a relocation package which includes the following...

An office based job...no customer contact, flexi time, must have a desk close to the loo, unlimited breaks, adjustment to sick leave, no late night working and no work targets!

This is just fab Welshy...:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Infinity and Beyond mate, :hug:
Dusty. xxxxxxxx
 
Great news And.
Hope that everything goes well today, and that you may resume chemo on Monday.
Nic, Matt and Ella xx
 
Too bloody right! Am glad that's all worked out for you Andrea. They've done nothing more than you should rightfully expect!
I hope that a little bit of sunshine is re entering your life at last
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Phantastic news on both fronts -- work and personal. How wonderful, Andrea -- hang in there since the good news keep on coming! :D
Hugs!!!
 
Whooop There It Is........(old song for you youngsters)

A victory for our Welshy!! You keep racking up those wins young lady!!
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It's me!!!!!

Wow...I am so overwhelmed reading all of this.
THANK YOU all so very much for the messages of support and love left here. Really is so touching, and thoughtful of you all.

Just reading back the events of the past few weeks...doesn't seem real, and feels like its happening/happened to someone else! Good job I'm not keeping a diary- the enteries here more than make up for it. Though I doubt I'll ever wish to visit 2011 again once this is all over.!!

I'm not sure where to start. It's been a bumpy ride so far, and is yet to get anywhere near then end.

I'll start with the GOOD news- As you know, work lost it's battle to sack me. There should be a smilie which shows a little guy sticking up his middle finger- cos that's what I'm doing right now. Really didn't expect this outcome, but it's good news, and I hope to return soon.
Oz and I are still getting along brilliantly. We have our 'off' days, but it's never worse than it was with UC. Chemo seems to have an effect on output, but its more than manageable.
Bloods are improving daily, and my ANC is getting back to being somewhere near where it should be.
All surgical scars are almost completely healed- and NO infections along the way.:ybiggrin:

On the other hand- I'm now back at the Cancer hospital. Boy I f*@*@*g HATE this place with a passion. Everyone here seems more ill than I. It's so far removed from my Gastro ward, where everything was so much laid back.
I feel a fraud being here- taking a bed that someone else could possibly need more than I.
We had hoped that chemo would resume on Monday. Its been a 2 week break now, and we need to get back on top of thing's. Told today that it won't be happening Monday- God knows when it will resume!
My bloody cough is annoying the hell outta me, and possibly everyone in sight. It's been here MONTHS now, and has obviously taken to my lungs so much that it refuses to leave. Well its time it found a new home and took its friends Crohns and Cancer with it. This Welshy is no more accomodating!

I have turned into THE BIGGEST MOANER EVER!! I even find myself thinking 'get a bloody grip And!', or 'Just shut the f**c up And!'

I've started to watch GOLF!!?? BUT its somewhat therapeutic watching someone whack the crap out of a little ball. The driving range will be on my list of to do thing's on my way home...

I've frightened the crap into Dusty, and am eternally threatening to land in Oz sometime soon. Well honey- its no threat. I'm currently at terminal 5 and will land in Sydney on Sunday. Will expect you there with champagne on ice to welcome me!!:ybiggrin:

Have I mentioned I moan loads....:boring:

Right, I could go on forever, but I'm sure most of you have lives to get back to!
Thanks again for the messages. I will be around more often from now- my head isn't in the bucket or down the loo as much as it was, so typing is much easier!

Before I sign out...Dusty, Joan THANK YOU both so much. Thanks for being here through the vomiting, the tears, the drugged up to my tits moments. You really have made this crap few weeks much crappier !!! lol:D
Joan- hope 'Fizz' is settling in nicely. BE NICE!! Love ya xxx
Dusty - See you Sunday!! Infinity and beyond xxxxx

Hope you ALL have a great weekend.
Love to you all
And xxxx
 
Andrea, it is SO GOOD to hear from you, yourself, you have no idea.

I think we all moan about our problems way more than you have, and you have been going through the wringer this year! You're a rock and deep down you know it!

Lots of love and keep smiling xXx
 
She's no moaner......she's a laaaadyyyyyyyyy.

Gods sake it's good to hear your 'voice'. You keep up with the battle, cause you is special. Not spechul, SPECIAL!!!!

And you dont MOAN! Said it before, saying it again. If you WANT to moan, you have every god given right to bloody do so!!! Now, enjoy those bum facials and keep winning those battles!! After all...your WELSH!! And we all know the Welsh kick ass!!
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Hey! So good to see you back on here Andrea, you're defo feeling much better, yeah?
I'll speak to you tomorrow, I'll need some respite from Fizz-Bomb!
She's asleep at the mo, thank god!
For everyone, Fizz-Bomb is my sisters JR and I'm dog sitting for 2 weeks, bloody hell's fire!
Love ya And, you ARE special, and not just in a Sunshine Bus way! lol
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Sunday!!!

I'm not standing at the bloody airport with a cardboard sign!!!

Love ya Welshy...:Karl:
Dusty. xxxxxxxx
 
Yay! Amazing to hear from you. So glad that you are back amonst us all. You have been missed!
Nothing wrong with a good old moan and if anyone deserves to you do! Get it off your chest (so to speak) ;)
Yay
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So good to hear from you, Andrea. Thank you for the update.

I hope you know what an inspiration you are. You are a very strong individual with such a positive attitude. Thank you for being you.
 
It's always good to hear from you. Please continue to rest, pamper yourself, and get help if you need it. You are one strong lady! May God continue to bless and protect you.
 
Andrea, next summer we will be expecting pictures of you winning the LPGA tour. No pressure.

xo
 
Andrea is on her way home!!
Yay!
Now she can have a lovely long bath and her own bed.
But............. she's ditched the golf, she's gonna watch the Formula One instead!
xxxxxxx
 
Thanks guy's...
The F1 has now been replaced with Cricket- I know bloody tragic eh!? lol

Do you ever have one of those days where EVERYTHING seems to be going wrong.? Well today's just one of those for me. Back here on the ward having some blood as Hgb down to 9, but didn't have time to open my mail before leaving the house. Brought it here, and it's from bloody HR (work), writing to notify me that I've been overpaid since March- and now they want it back. Fair enough, but they plan on taking it via my wage- I'm on NIL pay. How do you take something from nothing??? ARRRGGGHHHH!!!
Just what I need today, a fight with an HR service advisor who doesn't have a bloody clue.
Chemo is still yet to resume...
Temp is creeping up again, as is my heart rate...
I feel REALLY weepy (must get a bloody grip)
And later tonight, am heading to Heathrow to drop off one of my closest/dearest friends as she returns to Bermuda. She's been here 10 days now, at my side almost 24/7, and boy am I going to miss her. Would it be wrong to cry at check in and then throw myself on the floor and hold on to her ankles making leaving difficult?

God, I hate this life right now. There has to be an end in sight........:depressed:
 
Blimey Andrea, you don't need to get a grip and I'm not surprised you are weepy, you are having such a tough time that seems to go on forever.

I'm sorry your friend is leaving, I could do a courier delivery of some handcuffs for you to chain yourself to her...that way either she will stay or you will end up in Bermuda...

Fingers crossed they get on top of your infection asap. Thinking of you as always,
 
Hmmm, Bermuda sounds lovely! Perhaps you could curl up in her suitcase and get smuggled over there with her? And is there room for me?
No wonder you are feeling low :( Hoping and praying soooooooo hard that you get the break you deserve :kiss:
 
Helloooo sweet pea!!! I bought an I phone to talk to you, and a proper contract as well!!!

I am so sorry your friend is off to Bermuda, sorrier that she isnt taking you with her! (what fun that would be eh!?)

As for the twits in HR, they can stuff themselves!!! (i'm holding a finger up)
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Tell your HR to shove their overpay up their arse as you say you'll only speak to some dimwit who hasn't got a clue so just don't speak to them if they want anything let them sort it out as you say they can't take something from nothing just try not to get stressed about it.

Sorry to hear your back in hospital hopefully you'll feel a bit better soon. x
 
Hi sweetie. Hope you're feeling better tonight after your bloods. Hope it will give you back your energy and some colour to your cheeks!!
Thinking of you,:hug:
Nic and gang xxxx
 
Welshy,

For the love o'god would you allow yourself to take a deep breath and shed a few tears.

You are officially a legend !!!

You are allowed ya know. . . what a great friend they must be to have been there when you really needed them.

keep concentrating on your health wont ya. that ass licker that sent the letter from hr wont get a promotion anyway haha

bruscar

xx
 
bruscar said:
For the love o'god would you allow yourself to take a deep breath and shed a few tears.
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I'm with Bruscar! Take it easy on yourself, mate. Sorry you are back on the ward, hope the fever and the heart settle down soon.

We're all rooting for you, and we all love you tons.

xo xo xo - Ames
 
Hey And, just read the last post from effdee on the stem cell transplant.

Would that be a possibility for you?

Just wondering if you thought about it and can ask about it.

Hang in there and lotsa hugs!
 
Hope you get your break soon! Concentrate on getting healthy and try not to let the work stuff get you down. It's all about you right now:)
 
Hey guys,

Welshy is having a very difficult time at present getting things under control and unfortunately has been admitted to ICU. :(

She is fighting hard and thank goodness everything is now stable and she is resting comfortably, first time in quite a while! Hopefully she will only be in there for a short time and will soon be back on the ward.

Andrea sends her love and thanks to everyone.

Dusty. xxx
 
Thank you for the update Dusty. Welshy, you know you are always in my thoughts and prayers.
Huuugggggggggggggssssssssssssssssssssssss and xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
Thanks for the update. Do they know why things went haywire this time?

Get better Welshy! Hugs and thinking of you always. Keep resting.
 

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