Since you have all been so supportive in this journey my family and I have been on for the last year, I thought you might like to know it 's reached its conclusion. Although Dad continued to get weaker and less mobile throughout November and December, he did get to see his 65th birthday (Christmas eve) and enjoy the Christmas lights he loved so much. However, on Christmas eve night he came down with what we suspect was a mild case of norovirus, which led to him spending all of Christmas day bedridden. He managed to avoid going to hospital again, though, which he had been determined to do.
After the sickness, his decline was more rapid, leading to him becoming completely bedridden about two weeks ago. Since then, we have watched him go through the typical stages of dying of cancer... you can look them up yourselves if you're curious, I won't go into it here. He finally passed away, at home as he had wanted, on the morning of Thursday 17th January - exactly one year to the day since the first blood test he had to establish the cause of his mild anemia.
What an unbelievable 12 months.
Many thanks to all of you on the boards for your help and support and best wishes to all of you who continue to live with this terrible disease.
Laura (AKA Nyanko)xx
(Here's Dad giving his father of the bride speech at my wedding in November 2011... so glad we got married before his diagnosis
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