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Pastey Started conversation Oct 4, 2013
This morning I had one of the calls I've been expecting and dreading.
My brother was taken back into hospital last night, and after the specialist saw him this morning we learned he won't be coming home.
At best he has a few days. As you can imagine, possibly, this is really hard news to receive.
So, I packed a bag, sent a few emails, and caught a train. I'm now sat in a pub back in my home town after seeing my brother in hospital this afternoon. He doesn't look good, he looks swollen and bloated, and in a lot of pain.
He's got the nurses doting after him, because if you ever thought I could be charming, you've never met my brother. We were brought up to have old fashioned manners, and in these days that seems quaint, and cute. And he's far better at that than me, because he does genuinely like people.
But the simple fact is, he's now dying. The experimental drugs he was on have stopped working, the primary cancer in his skin is back, and the secondary cancer in his stomach has started to grow very quickly.
So now it's a time of waiting for the next call, and that's the one I really don't want.
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lil ~ Auntie Giggles with added login ~ returned Posted Oct 4, 2013
Thinking of you and your family, Pastey 
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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) Posted Oct 4, 2013
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Icy North Posted Oct 4, 2013
Yeah, what the others said. 
You've brought back memories of my dad. It hurts like hell, but I can only remember him warmly now.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Oct 4, 2013
That's terrible news, Pastey. You and your family are in our thoughts.
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Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky. Posted Oct 4, 2013
Thinking of you and your family, Pastey
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Pastey Posted Oct 4, 2013
Thank you all. It is something that I don't know how to deal with.
For all my smart and cynical words, for all my years behinds bars (in pubs, not prisons) it is not something I'm experienced with.
I've lost a lot of family over the years to various things, usually cancer. But this is my brother. And that hurts.
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KB Posted Oct 5, 2013
It takes a lot more fortitude when it's a brother like that. We'll be sending good wishes.
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Oct 5, 2013
I'm holding your brother in the Light.
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- 2: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Oct 4, 2013)
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- 4: lil ~ Auntie Giggles with added login ~ returned (Oct 4, 2013)
- 5: Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) (Oct 4, 2013)
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- 9: Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! (Oct 4, 2013)
- 10: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Oct 4, 2013)
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