tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61889487239160229272024-03-13T20:16:10.787+00:00SeaLornaNorth East Coast sailing - 2009. Sailing from the River Deben - 2010. Posts about lung cancer from August 2009. Posts about Joomla! from October 2010.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.comBlogger564125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-89061857379387404852013-01-17T16:17:00.000+00:002013-01-17T16:17:19.405+00:00Final VoyageLorna wanted her ashes scattered on the Deben.<br />
So Aidan and I sent her on her final trip out to sea from the mouth of the Deben at Felixstowe Ferry (a lovely little yachting and fishing haven). We put some of her rock and fossil collection with her. We like to think they will confound some future geologist wondering how fossils from Redcar, for example, got in to the Deben.<br />
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We then had a 'ferry breakfast' for lunch in the café - one of Lorna's favourite places to go for a snack - she often popped in after a walk along the sea front or a wander around the boat yard.<br />
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We like the thought of her mingling on the sea with all the other sailors who have made the same final voyage. In our imagining, this includes Eric the Viking, the Viking lord buried at Sutton Hoo. We imagine her meeting him and telling him he is a useless man, before re-rigging his long ship properly to have all the controls leading back to the cockpit for easy single handed sailing. She then sails off in her big wooden sailing boat, which has a very comfortable cabin, lovely expensive blocks, tackle and rope and is of course rigged for single handed sailing. It never needs sanding or painting and varnishing (except when she feels like doing it), the anchor always holds, the wind is always in the right direction and there is company when she wants, but none when she doesn't.<br />
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Next time you look out to sea, give her a wave and a smile, she might be sailing by.<br />
<br />Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-59111053830971702122013-01-17T12:51:00.000+00:002013-01-22T10:42:00.795+00:00The FuneralPeople have asked to have a copy of the funeral service so I have attached it here (click on the pages and they will enlarge)<br />
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Thank you (from Lorna as much as from Aidan and I!) to everyone who attended and made it a very moving day. The weather was perfect. The tea and cakes at the sailing club were lovely.<br />
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Several people said to me that they know cancer sufferers who followed Lorna's blog and found it very inspirational. Aidan and I find this a lovely thought, the blog will remain for anyone who wants to read it - although the cancer at the end is actually only a very small part of our memories and I think the blog is inspirational regardless of whether the reader suffers from cancer or not.<br />
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What Lorna taught us is that you are never too old or too anything to follow our dreams<br />
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<br />Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-17589355392440241132013-01-09T19:39:00.001+00:002013-01-17T12:38:11.568+00:00Funeral arrangementsThe funeral service will be 9am on Wednesday the 16th of January at the <a href="http://www.sevenhillsnacton.co.uk/" target="_blank">Seven Hills Crematorium</a> near Ipswich (IP10 0FG)<br />
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Apologies for the early hour, but this seems to be the only time Lorna has ever 'gone with the crowd' as apparently it is 'a busy time of year'. Please please don't let that put you off coming!<br />
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There are plenty of places to stay in Woodbridge, please send me an email if you need advice.<br />
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We would also be delighted if you could join us afterwards at the <a href="http://www.debenyachtclub.co.uk/wp_dir/" target="_blank">Deben Yacht Club</a> for tea/coffee and cake which the members are very kindly supplying. It is about 15 mins drive from the crematorium (directions with google maps <a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Seven+hills+crematorium+ipswich&daddr=Woodbridge,+adj+Railway+Station+(Unmarked),+Woodbridge&hl=en&sll=52.088148,1.225478&sspn=0.315166,0.681839&geocode=FaTVGQMdUvcSACEpqQvcdULcCSmV7mRiGp7ZRzEpqQvcdULcCQ%3BFdDVGgMdDhoUACnRRUzFhZzZRzHSo3PRtQ8Ucg&oq=Woodbridge,+adj+Railway+Statio&mra=ls&t=m&z=13" target="_blank">here</a>). You can park at Woodbridge train station (there is a big car park - pay and display) which is on the right as you come in to Woodbridge following the above directions. Then head to the river (you can go out of either side of the car park and you will either cross a bridge over the railway or walk directly across it depending which way you go) and turn right along the riverside path. The club is on stilts over the river on the left opposite the dinghy park (which is on the right of the path). You can't miss it! Don't get lured in to the Deben Cruising Club which you will pass on the way.<br />
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Instead of flowers, we would request that you make a donation to The RLNI (<a href="http://rnli.org/donateorbecomeamember/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">click here</a>). They saved her more than once!<br />
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It would be helpful if you could drop me an email and let us know whether you plan on coming or not (friends and family are spread far and wide so we understand if it is too far - just think of her next time you see the sea!!)<br />
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<br />Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-60739866226772926512013-01-05T17:17:00.001+00:002013-01-05T17:17:39.312+00:00Final post from RhodaLorna was most adamant that she was going to die, not pass away or any such euphemism. She died peacefully very early this morning.<br />
She found all the blog comments and emails you have sent over the last years, months and days very supportive and comforting. So thank you from her, and from Aidan and I for your support and encouragement.<br />
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Here is a picture of her in the summer of 2012 (not many months ago) living life to the full, pretty much right up to the end!<br />
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<br />Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-35274670932265309912012-12-28T15:55:00.001+00:002012-12-28T15:55:25.202+00:00Short update:-<br />
I am gradually going bad to worse and then worse back to bad!<br />
I am just sitting it out and doing a lot of resting and sleeping - as before!<br />
MRI scan this morning - not sure why- very horrible and exhausting.<br />
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One change - I cannot see myself being able to go home - I cannot manage a lot of things for myself. So discussions likely about where I do go - but no pressure or hurry.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-24213916351381411112012-12-25T20:05:00.002+00:002012-12-25T20:05:19.656+00:00A lot of ups and downs since Sunday. I have had a very quiet day today - asleep much of the time- which would be recuperative if it were something like flu but is not especially so with this. But I am starting to eat again. Low blood pressure is the main problem at present making it hard to get to the loo and much else.<br />
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Am likely to be here for some time until it is clear what is going on.<br />
<br />Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-85315774512851029252012-12-23T16:18:00.001+00:002012-12-23T16:18:54.965+00:00I got into hospital with the usual delays and frustrations, on Friday. Felt very stressed and ill by I got in.<br />
I was fortuneately spotted by the consultant - who took one look at the fluid build-up and put a draining. I have to say this is the only bit of efficiency I have seen to date - so a. So a lot of frustrations.<br />
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I havE low blood pressure so also feel shaken and immobile.<br />
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Today - not good either as I felt more ill than usual. I have had the drain removed - it was about 8 litres yield. Also managed to spill a lot as one bit had not drained.<br />
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Altogether horrible. I hope it will moderate in a few days as it did last time.<br />
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Thanks again for you emails - I barely have strength to write this so am unlikely to reply. But know I have enjoyed and appreciated them.<br />
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<br />Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-25919938076957925692012-12-19T10:46:00.001+00:002012-12-19T10:46:28.437+00:00I am not sure how to describe how I am feeling just now and for the last couple of days. Basically I feel a lot worse - partly the fluid in abdomen - partly the disease developing. I am hoping to get the fluid drained again soon. And my appetite has gone.<br />
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I am still hanging out at homeLorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-12003218437465912552012-12-16T11:42:00.002+00:002012-12-16T13:00:16.590+00:00Lookfar for sale<br />
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Proof - if needed - of illness. Now on the market with the local broker.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-52948108073218072352012-12-15T17:22:00.001+00:002012-12-16T11:45:11.519+00:00I have been home a few days and find I can manage to walk across the room, get food, go to the loo etc. But most of the time I sit around doing nothing much. Watch the tele - read the newspaper on iPad - send a few messages. I have limited energy so do not do things for very long and cannot read for long either. I am not getting any better - I am just less uncomfortable at home. I have a very good 'helper' who does clearing up and lots of bits and pieces and shopping.<br />
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So I mostly feel pretty rough - some times and days better than others. I am not expecting to get any better overall, even when the fluid is drained again. Apparently chemo type treatments would finish me off there and then!<br />
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The fluid is building up and will need to be drained again - in about a week to a week and a half. I am expecting not to stay in hospital so long this time ( ever optimistic) because it will be done before it gets as full as last time.<br />
I even got a tax bill yesterday!<br />
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Thanks for emails and comments - I do like them and to hear how people are doing. xx<br />
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<br />Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-31869433363150246432012-12-11T15:44:00.002+00:002012-12-11T15:44:26.356+00:00Entering the Deben - much more fun that horrid medical stuff.<br />
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<br />Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-7210617120378152282012-12-11T13:35:00.001+00:002012-12-11T13:35:24.979+00:00I am at home. This time I had my own oxygen so got a taxi- not waiting around. I have slumped in front of the tele - eaten proper food - and generally appreciated quiet and privacy. I will try to insert pictures for a while - of something nice. It looks as if I will have to go back to have it drained again in a few weeks - it is still fluid entering the abdomen. Ugh.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-10183373963721770302012-12-10T17:09:00.001+00:002012-12-10T17:09:07.262+00:00I continue to feel a bit better day-by-day.<br />
So I am leaving for home tomorrow unless anything goes wrong. And after the last attempt to use hospital transport - I am getting a taxi in the morning. I can then sit around all day and have my toys around me.<br />
I think I will manage OK or I would not try - and have had enough of hospital - so am motivated.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-48015705167121109682012-12-09T09:31:00.001+00:002012-12-09T09:31:29.372+00:00Some improvements again, although I felt a bit zapped out yesterday morning - breakfast was late!<br />
I am not dozing as much and slept better at night I also can read the paper on the iPad for longer. Apparently recovery has good and bad days.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-91701517653549665102012-12-07T19:55:00.002+00:002012-12-07T19:55:14.834+00:00Some slight improvement today - not much to show for it 'tho. I am going to stay here into next week but hope life will feel easier if I am less zapped out by the effects of the fluid.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-35307262126209885372012-12-06T18:44:00.001+00:002012-12-06T18:44:38.087+00:00Now - many hours of lead. It takes time for the effect of the fluid to wear off and so I have not felt any better but less uncomfortable than before. I have been told by the consultant to do as I want and to liaise with one of the staff about what I want to do when I leave hospital. To that end - one nice conversation and a couple of hard ones for which I do not have the energy.<br />
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I am lying around dozing- not able to read for longer that 15 mins. So you will know why I have not replied to your supportive comments and emails - but know that I appreciate them. XxLorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-31698939730664293782012-12-04T16:14:00.002+00:002012-12-04T16:14:29.780+00:00Yesterday they put a drain in my abdomen - nasty stuff - it yielded about 8 litres - no wonder it was distended and horrible.<br />
Today I lounged about thinking I should feel better for the removal of the fluid - but did not. Some improvement when the tube was removed however; it takes some days to settle down apparently.<br />
Sorry for boring post!Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-13133911202525429452012-12-02T18:18:00.001+00:002012-12-02T18:18:28.151+00:00Thanks you all once again for your emails and good thoughts over the ether - I continue to appreciate them more than I can say. I don't think I will reply individually unless I get a lot better.<br />
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I am in Ipswich hospital - they had a bed yesterday and I got in OK with Aidan driving. I am more ill than I remember feeling - the hour of lead indeed. I don't have much energy to write but will try to keep in touch through the wonders of modern networks.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-89988924626569282012-11-27T11:22:00.001+00:002012-11-27T11:22:02.262+00:00From Emily Dickinson, "After great pain "<br />
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This is the hour of lead -<br />
Remembered, if outlived,<br />
As freezing persons, recollect the snow-<br />
First - Chill - then Stupor - then the letting go -Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-46152112860128614012012-11-27T11:09:00.001+00:002012-11-27T11:25:15.229+00:00I continue to feel ill, but not in pain - rather like the worst flu but without the temperature - I will spare you the horrible details. I had hoped to get checked out but - -<br />
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I was supposed to get a bed in the oncology ward yesterday to see the consultant and to have more chemo (if I am deemed up to it). But this depends on others leaving the ward. So I ring up every day and now find that I may not get in this week. This may partly be because they do not know I am feeling a lot worse. So I have been phoning round and sending emails to tell them. All very stressful.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-27982939489530778682012-11-24T12:26:00.000+00:002012-11-24T12:33:07.874+00:00Dear friends and followers,<br />
Thank you for your emails ans comments. They are immensely valuable to me - and supportive beyond anything you can know. I am sorry I have not responded properly to them .<br />
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I am afraid I am feeling pretty ill really and do not have the energy to reply properly. <br />
Will continue to blog.<br />
xxLorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-57598060408389661562012-11-23T15:49:00.001+00:002012-11-23T15:49:09.129+00:00There was a power cut yesterday evening - after dark. My oxygen supply has an electric pump and let's out a horrible alarm if the electricity supply goes off . I do have a back-up cylinder.<br />
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It was a bit of a surprise as it was dark and I was not sure where the torches are. So I used my MoB light to find a small torch and then had to go through my sailing kit for the one off the boat (it was in the last bag I search). But I sat down for a few minutes to calm down and work out what to do. I the end I did not need to implement the plan because the power came back after about 20 mins. At least I have torches to hand.<br />
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I am managing to eat and get around the flat a bit. But I don't really feel significantly better.<br />
<br />Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-21856180183852664322012-11-20T19:48:00.001+00:002012-11-20T19:50:53.781+00:00Yesterday Rhoda drove us out to see the sea and the tide at the mouth of the river Deben. So I saw the sea and the buoys that I have moored on. Good but totally exhausting so don't think this marks some amazing recovery. So why do it - - - lines from Sea Fever get it:-<br />
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"I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide<br />
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;"<br />
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I continue to be confined to the flat. Rhoda and Aidan have now gone back to France and London. I just about manage to look after myself - the hardest part is to get nice things to eat, although I have a suppressed appetite. I do have some help with doing stuff around the flat, shopping and so on - thank you Fiona. I am a little less zapped than I was a few days ago and the hope is that things improve, even with baby steps.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-16323799826804107832012-11-16T11:32:00.000+00:002012-11-16T11:35:24.816+00:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I used to own this fireball - I gave it to some young people at Tynemouth saiing club - they used it and then garaged it when their lives led elsewhere. It was recently aquired by two club members, who varnished, repaired and painted it.<br />
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I loved this boat and welcome it return to life - much the most exciting boat I have sailed regularly.<br />
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This has nothing to do with my present plight - I just find it a life-enhancing picture that brings back good memories and keeps me off self-pity, symptoms and side effects.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188948723916022927.post-1477831367477107952012-11-14T17:12:00.001+00:002012-11-14T17:13:31.027+00:00Very tough time.<br />
The chemo has side effects - normally one justs feels a bit out of it. This time, I think because I am weakened anyway, it is horrible. I barely move from my chair and feel pretty ill. It will be worth it if it works at all - but takes a bit of living through. I also find it hard to read or concentrate - so am not even trying. Tougher than anything I have experienced.<br />
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The next few days have a different challenge because my immune system will be compromised (as they put it). At least the flat is not full of strange germs.Lorna Scammellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00402840685042167001noreply@blogger.com4