This is the PM story (they are ok with me printing it) that I was so touched by and what I referred to in my Q&A for your greatest achievement, try and read it without a tear hitting your eyeball, I challenge you. I was in floods. If I've done nothing else worthy with my life, at least I have done this, I'm proud as fucking punch, my heart could burst out my chest when I read this:-
Graeme,
I know i have never been fortunate enough to meet with you and i hope what i now say doesn't upset you much but i feel i owe you a few words of thanks. Obviously i have been following all your epic battles for months and i think like everyone am totally touched and encouraged by your braveness, however i have a little sad tale to tell. A couple of weeks ago we lost my partners mum to the nasty bastard that is the big C. Unfortunately it was discovered at a quite advanced stage and we lost her very quickly and very suddenly, however there is quite a touching moment i have to tell you about. A couple of nights before she passed away we were visiting her in hospital and previously she had been suffering with shitting problems which resulted in one of the nurses leaving her on the commode all night. Anyway she saw the funny side of it and i mentioned you and your shitting escapades etc. At the time we thought treatment would be able to be carried out and i was ribbing her about what would happen once she started Chemo. She asked if she could see some of your blogs even though she didn't have a clue what one was. Anyway i printed some off and took them too her on the last visit but one. She loved them even though she had difficulty in understanding some of the language, hee hee. The last time we saw her she got them out and was reading through them with me and Debbie, and i have to say you gave her such a lift. She was sitting in bed howling with laughter at some of the descriptions while shedding a tear also for the terrible predicament you faced. She passed away very suddenly soon after, however me and Debbie will always remember that last night where she laughed at the way you write things and the way you seemed to give her something, and i thank you for that. You gave a very dear mum a laugh in her last couple of days.
I can't possibly express any words as to what you may be feeling at the moment however i thought you should know that you also touched the heart of someone else and were an inspiration to her.
Good luck matey, please keep battling. |
