lost for words

[Wix]

Hi, my friends wife is in hospital with cancer at the moment and i was looking to write a personalised get well card for her. They have no family left and it would mean alot to them if i wrote them i nice card. So, i just want a couple of verses for her, basicly in a round about sort of way telling her that she has the strength inside her to pull through.
Thanks in advance, Clive.

[joko]

can't help with a verse, but you could try moonpig.com - you can personalise the front of cards and have them printed professionally

[dot.hawkes]

it's a sad fact that over the years i have found myself posting this link to many of our fellow abers, and though the poem is now so very well known , and has been used in many forms, it is still the one that I return to when I need comfort, I have bought a commercial version of it in card form yet again this last weekend, but it always says just the right thing.
http://www.llerrah.com/footprints.htm

[B00]

I'm so sorry to read of your friend's wife's illness, I found this site, hope something from it is of use to you. Take care :-)

http://www.cancernet.co.uk/poems.htm

[Wix]

Thanks for all your help, i appreciate it.
Clive.

[cruella]

Hi Clive
I would second the verse that Dot suggested. It says everything.
I too have turned to that verse so many times.
My Husband has cancer and is due to go into hospital in the next week or so for yet another op and chemo.
It seems to give you a bit of hope when you have to deal with illness.
I am sure they will both appreciate it!

[Wix]

HI cruella, sorry to hear about your husband, hope the op goes well.
My friend and his wife are both strong, and i know that they have the strenght to pull through.
Thanks once again, Clive.

[cruella]

Thanks Wix
Both of us are very strong individuals too.
We have battled with cancer for four years now and have always stayed positive.
It is the only way to get through it.
I appreciate your good wishes.
Many Thanks.

[Carakeel]

Hi Wix, it is always lovely when a friend makes such an effort. It is difficult finding the right words. I don't have a verse for you, think dot's is excellent though.

Cruella, so sorry to hear about your hubby. XXX

To both of you the only thing I can say is ... please tell your friend / hubby that there are far more people who survive cancer than the press lets us believe. They don't often report these cases, as they are not spectacular enough, well not to the readers they seem to think. But I am such a survivor. I won my battle against what was at first bone cancer and then went to various other tissues in my body. I was given up in three countries and at one stage was told I might not make more than three more days. I fought the disease with every ounce of energy I had. I HAD to live, because my three children were still very young and my husband had left the day he was told my diagnosis. I have now been free of cancer for about 19 years, live a very happy, fairly active life and am loved by the best, most loyal, loving man on this planet. The best thing anyone can do for your friend / hubby is to believe in them, to surround them with positivity and love, to keep them smiling and laughing and to be a frequent shoulder for them to lean on.
Many doctors told me that it was my perceverance and my positive thinking that eventually won over. I know it can't always work (I lost my darling son Kevin to brain cancer three days before his 21st birthday, just three years after I was given the all clear). But if your friend and your husband can stay positive, work WITH the doctors, maintain a healthy diet and be surrounded by love from positive thinking family and friends, they will both stand a far better chance of winning their battle against this diesease. Please give them both a big hug of support and tell them I will be routing for them.

It is nice to konw that they have the support of such caring friends and

[cruella]

Thank you so much for that posting Carakeel.
We only married over four years ago and my Husband was diagnosed with Cancer 9 months later.
He , I have always been positive and laugh all the time.We never give up hope, and I have so many colleagues who support us both. Even all the elderly people I work with support us. I am the one supposed to be supporting them.
My Husband has been through so many ops and had six weeks of chemo but the cancer came back big style two months ago.
We do not make a big thing of it. Go into hospital, get it out of the way and get on with our lives.
But, I thank you so much for taking the time to wish everyone well, who are affected by Cancer. Or with any illness.

[cruella]

Carakeel
I forgot to add, I hope you still keep going from strength to strength, I know how you must have felt losing your Son. My Niece died at the same age.
Like you say, we have to go on fighting.
Take care. x

[Wix]

Take care both of you, thanks you for your advice and for taking the time to share your stories.
I wish you both all the very best.
Clive.

[Carakeel]

Big hug to you both cruella! XXX
And you wix XXX

[Tara999]

My partner's father has just lost his battle for cancer. It all happened too quickly as it was very aggressive, the rawness of it is really hard to take all round as he was such a lovely, lovely man. Why is life so cruel?
Thoughts to you all on this thread.
xx