It is that time when I HRH ask you peeps for your support. This year I have set a target of £5,000. Which I know the PINK LADIES 786 will achieve with your help! Please take a couple of minutes to read below, thousands are affected by cancer and this is just one story of many!
The last few years have been very traumatic for my family, as my mum was diagnosed with ovarian cancer whilst in hospital for a routine hysterectomy.
Spring 2006
Mum had everything removed and was give a session of chemo. We were happy but our happiness was short-lived as the tumor came back. Just six months after we thought it was gone. This time it was terminal. Like a trooper my mum marched on like soldiers we stayed by side. She was given some chemo this time it was so harsh she lost her hair and was so poorly, that at times I felt totally helpless as I couldn't ease her pain. All I could do was be there to support my lovely mum. We went shopping for wigs, hats.... I even wore a hat to keep her company. My brothers took her out and we made our mum feel like a million dollars! We love our mum! Then we were told that the chemo wasn't working. The docs had to decide if an op was the best way to go. As the tumor was near some major organs. Spring 2007 They did the operation. The tumor was the size of a football, if the doctor hadn’t listened to my plea she wouldn’t have survived. Her lungs collapsed and the only organ that was damaged was the bladder which filled her stomach with urine which is being drained. She was in intensive care, a scene that I never want to see again. She caught pneumonia. My beautiful mum has endured a lot. Those of you whose lives have been touched by mum know what a gentle soul she is.
She came home after a month in hospital, half the woman she was. I never saw my mum just fall asleep, watching tv she used to have so much energy!!!! I was ecstatic my beautiful mum was home. It was a long journey but we had beat it!!!
Spring 2008
10/03/08 Mum went to have a kidney scan there is a blockage and mum has to have another operation. Please pray I will know more next week will keep you updated. 9/4/08 Mum had a stint put in this will help her kidney drain. Her kidney does have some cancer. The kidney got infected. She had to have another operation today and they have attached a catheter to drain the kidney. The kidney is heavily infected. They have taken the pus away to test it. Her blood pressure has dropped really low. She has got septicaemia. This may turn good or bad. Good she gets through the night and the blood gets back to normal and the septicemia doesn't spread. Bad it spreads. She has a line in her neck and I just can't get her image out of mind. She is in a lot of pain they are trying there best. she is breathing via a ventilator. One small request, please pray for her. Please send her good energies. I am feeling numb at the moment, I can't tap into no emotion apart from fear. I am trying to keep it together. It is the hardest thing, when they tell you that your mother is critical. I love you mum always have and always will! She has and inshallah allah give her long life the best mum one could ask for! She is the best mum ever and I mean it from the bottom of my heart!!! 11/04/08 The last few days since mum went to ICU has been traumatic to say the least. After I sent the first email out 15 mins later I got a call from the hospital saying they have to put mum on a ventilator. That means life support. My world was shaken. I honestly thought this is it. My brothers and I rushed to the hospital. The doctors told us to speak to our mum. As soon as she was on the ventilator she would be heavily sedated and would be unable to respond to us. We were so scared, however in front of mum we had a facade and kept telling her that she would be ok. My insides were twisted in several knots, my shoulders felt so weighed down; the tension in my neck was unbearable. The sight of seeing our beloved mum on all those tubes hurt so badly. The feeling of being helpless takes over. I can face and control every thing life throws at me. Our mum has equipped us with confidence and a fierce determination and drive to be successful at everything we touch. It is so hard to see the woman we admire love and cherish who has held our hands and stood by our side no matter what in so much pain. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't erase her agony, I couldn't breathe for her. I couldn't make her pain vanish. All I could do was focus on praying and being as positive as one could be. All my energy was focused on making mum better. We were then told they may not have to put her on a venerator. We went home; within 10 mins I was given a call saying that mum needs it. It was a sleepless night I rang my uncle my mums sisters husband he is a surgeon. He guided me through that night and helped me to regain some peace and calm. Sajid has been there too holding me up. All you guys that have sent your love and prayers helped too. We went to the hospital and I was so composed. We saw our mum a machine attached to her; the machine was doing all the work. She was there lying peacefully. All the various tubes attached to her body, it is an image I am desperately trying to erase. We saw her like that last year. Family congregated at the hospital, I didn't allow any negativity. In the waiting room the conversation was light. The energies had to be positive. People went to pray at the Friday prayers. So many people prayed for my mum I would like to thank all you that remembered my beautiful mum in there prayers. It came time to leave I was physically drained. I couldn't move I came home and collapsed on my bed. I then got a call she was off the ventilator and was asking for me. I rushed to the hospital; I went in to see her. She was concerned about me! I couldn't believe it, she was the one that was going through all that pain and agony. She just fought one of the biggest battles of her life and came back to us and she was concerned about me. She kept asking if I was ok. That no one was giving me grief as if I would let them! That is a mother’s love. She has surrounded us with this love from the second we were born. She has been like a lioness protecting us and that is why it is so gut wrenching to even think what it would be like without her. She worked two jobs, provided for 3 children a spotless house, home cooked food, clean ironed clothes, ensured we got to and from school safety. She has grafted hard and it is her time to relax while we give her all the luxuries she deserves. I hear mums complaining that they have too much on there plate, our mum bought us up in a two bed roomed flat and strived to give us better housing, a better life style. She achieved that. She had no degree or high powered job. She worked for a basic wage and still made it happen for us. We now own a beautiful 4 bed roomed house with all the mod cons our home is a mini crib! She has given us everything materlistically and physically and emotionally. She has given us the tools to be the best. At the age of 30 I own 2 companies. I couldn't have done that without my mums constant support and encouragement. I admire my mother she is my hero! I want to treat her like the queen that she is! She is back on a normal ward today allaumdullah. She has taken her first step on her long road of recovery. She has had enough of hospitals and ill health and who can blame her? She doesn't want any more operations, she is tired. She wants a normal healthy life. She doesn't want the constant fear of the cancer. Unfortunate we have to learn to live with it. The hardest thing any of us have done. However with all the love we have we will get though this! We will beat this! I want my mum back home; I want to spoil her I want to make it better. Just like her hug makes it better for us. We really appreciate our mother and all she has done for us. I just wish one day I could be half the woman she is. Life is so short you never know what tomorrow may present so live like today is your last day. Do that one thing you have always wanted to do. Tell people that you love that you appreciate them and feel privileged they are part of your life’s. Enjoy the simple things experience the great things. Love the life you have! Thank you for being there on this journey with me and my mum. I am praying she makes a speedy recovery and comes home soon. I wish I can speak to her tomorrow as today she was still really drowsy from all the medication. I ask for simple things these days like having a conversation with my mum. 17/04/08 My mum is now speaking, and is on the long road to recovery. I would like to thank all the people who prayed and sent postive energies. Thank you!
2/05/08
My mum is coming home any day now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Spring 2009
Mum has gone on a well deserved break to ! I spoke to her and she is happy seeing her family and basically shopping till she drops!!!! She is having a great time. First time in 3 years she is not in hospital!!!!! I got married last year and she gave me away. I have missed my mum, she is back on Friday and yes I will be at the airport to pick her up and bring her to my house!!!!!! I love you mum always have and always will!
Also please ladies go for your smear tests, I can't stress how important it is! Regular tests will show any abnormailty in the cells and can save you and your loved ones from a lot of pain!
It is pure love, dedicated prayers and charities like this one that I need to be grateful to,because MY MUM IS HERE!!!!!!!!! My mum fought with cancer head on, all I have to do is run, all you have to do is sponser us! The PINK LADIES 786! So please help us make a difference together lets beat cancer! I love you all! So dig deep, eat in not out and give that money , wash your car yourself give that money, make your own lunch give that money, get someone else to buy you a drink and give the money that you save! One small scarfice could help save or better peeps lifes! So please sponsor me now and don't be stingy ok! Many thanks for your support. Your gorge PINK LADIES LEADER AKA BINY AKA HRH THE QUEEN XXXXXX PS AN EXTRA 28% WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR GIFT AT NO COST TO YOU! YES THAT IS NO COST TO YOU! ALSO THIS IS THE MOST EFFCIENT WAY TO SPONSER ME SO PRESS THAT BUTTON NOW!!!!!!!
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