This Thread is about how a person who had a stroke in May 2021 is experiencing life AFTER the stroke. My Ups and Downs.
Has anyone had radiation treatment in Australia over the last couple of years please?
Husband has just been given the costing and it doesn't make any sense.
Medicare pays $20,000
If you have to have radiation treatment you are expected to pay a further $620,00 a week for five weeks.
Even if you are on a Part Pension or Pension!
'First time this has happened': Doctors left shocked after clinical trial for cancer drug cures the disease in every participant
Clinical trials for the drug dostarlimab in treating colorectal cancer have had incredible results, curing all patients of their cancer.
All those years ago.
Kim Phuc became immortalized as the tragic face of the Vietnam War when she ran naked and screaming towards photographer Nick Ut after being doused in napalm on June 8, 1972. The searing and unforgettable image taken by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut shocked all who saw it, apart from US President Richard Nixon, who believed it had been 'fixed' to sway public opinion against his campaign. On the anniversary of one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, Kim is still alive in Toronto and says she is 'no longer a victim of war', despite still suffering scars and saying the pain lasts a lifetime.
How dreadful.
Mexican footbridge collapses during inaugural walk by mayor | Daily Mail Online
City officials and press members were among those who joined the mayor of the south central Mexico of Cuernavaca to celebrate the inauguration of a footbridge Tuesday moments before it collapsed, sending about two dozen people plunging into a stream
At least 25 people were injured after a footbridge collapsed in the south central Mexican city of Cuernavaca on Tuesday. Mayor José Luis Urióstegui was joined by his wife, city officials and journalist for the inaugural walk across the Ribereño Bridge at Porfirio Díaz Park when the span that had been recently remodeled collapsed
Katie Hickman tells the stories of the women who made it possible for their men to be the great pioneers of the American West. The UK-based author tells the traumatic stories of families journeys across the US. For example, Olive Oatman (inset) and her sister Mary Ann were taken captive by the Yavapai tribe. The journeys always started off well: wagon loaded, children excited, lovely spring morning, and off they set across the fields to their golden future. But it never took long for the weather to turn and for the whole thing to descend into an extended nightmare: dust storms, hail storms, buffalo stampedes, scorpions, quagmires, oxen bellowing, children crying, families falling out with each other, attacks by Native Americans, pistol shots going off, desperate thirst, nothing to eat but boiled acorns, snowstorms and eventually the enforced abandonment of the beloved wagon and no option but to trudge on with bleeding feet across the frozen wastes.
Then we have Australian women!
australian pioneer women photos of the 1700 century - Bing images
Obviously I don't have the luxury of being able to read all of this just bits!
australian pioneer women photos of the 1700 century - Bing images
The little-known story of Australia’s convict women - Australian Geographic
Nearly 15 PER CENT of world has Lyme disease, according to first global estimate
Researchers from China, who examined blood sample data from studies involving more than 150,000 people, found 14.5 per cent had Lyme disease.
Celia,
How are you faring now since you had your stroke? We also know that your husband is not well, so it must have been a very difficult time for you.
You have demonstrated great strength and resilience in the face of this ...
I am sure other members will agree, your posts are always thoughtful and interesting. We look forward to reading them.