Let me start by saying that my Son is (just turned) 2 years old and we found a Wilms tumour on his left kidney (886g).
RANT #1 Diagnosis
We only found it because he fell on a slip and slide and that traumatised the tumour so blood came out of his urine. I thank my lucky stars (not god I am too mad right now) that his older sister (4yrs) was being a cow and pushed him over so this ordeal began.

Marty had another fall in the early hours of this morning. He still tries to do things himself, but it usually ends up with him crashing to the floor (or this morning head butting the wall).

I don't remember the last time I had a full night sleep.......

He woke for breakfast, but has fallen asleep again. He probably won't wake again until lunch time now. This has become our routine.

It's getting harder to pick him up when he falls, to the point where I have hurt my back, and my left shoulder and arm is in constant agony.

Geoff finally came home from hospital yesterday, now on warfarin so has to go to his gp tomorrow and have an INR, just another hurdle to deal with I suppose. I went down to see him today, took Mum but have only told her a very shortened version of the real story, at 92 and being in a nursing home I doubt that she could cope with the cancer part. Geoff looked really pale, and is really thin, is thin anyway but after 2 1/2 weeks of either no food or fluids I suppose it,s only natural that he would lose weight,just was a bit shocked when I saw him.

Hi All,

I have some news to share, which many group members will already be aware of - after much thought, I have made the decision to return to the world of clinical cancer nursing and have accepted a position in a cancer care unit close to my home. I will thus be finishing up my role with Cancer Council and the Internet Support this afternoon.

Working with this remarkable community has been an absolute privilege – thank you for sharing your experiences, thoughts and feelings so openly – I have learnt so much from you all.