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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Babs on June 24, 2014, 12:33:31 PM

Title: what we have learnt
Post by: Babs on June 24, 2014, 12:33:31 PM

Some of you may remember the six or seven blogs I wrote about four years ago titled What We Have Learnt, they followed Ross's journey through the discovery, operation, after care and radiation of cancer of his tongue.

We learnt that there was one more operation to come to de-bulk the tongue so he could eat and speak better.

We learnt that beards do grow back

We learnt that redundancy wasn't that scary

We learnt that a year long contract in Brisbane was a good idea

We learnt that being apart wasn't a good idea

We learnt that me joining him for the last six months of the contract was an excellent idea

We learnt that a second stroke discovered the cause

We learnt that a hole in the heart was fixed in a day

We learnt that it has been an interesting four years

We have learnt to laugh, love and smile more

And we learnt  yesterday the 23 rd of June, the fourth anniversary of the 9 hour operation he went through to remove the cancerous part of his tongue and to rebuild it with part of the muscles and tendons of his left arm, that his grandson was born, a bonny wee boy born at 7.56am weighing 8lb 5oz and Grandad hasn't stopped smiling since!
 

Title: Re: what we have learnt
Post by: gabba on June 24, 2014, 09:26:07 PM

Congrats to you both :)

That's an awesome story. There's a lot of pain and happiness in it. As they say facing the problems together make you stronger.

Thanks for sharing

Title: Re: what we have learnt
Post by: intrepid on June 25, 2014, 06:34:29 AM

Amen to all of that!

Also, we learnt that the little things in life are sometimes the most treasured and enjoyable...like shaing a cuppa!!