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klen_ said:
Hey klen, thanks for popping in and adding words of comfort
Zed, yes, tis true, cancer does tend to pox one off and bring you down, I can vouch for that.
But hey, survival rate these days is probably quintuple what if was 20 or thirty years ago. Mine is the generation that absorbed the information that cancer = death.
It doesn't.
Not any more.
Seems to me there are two factors which decide the outcome:
1) Body area of disease and agressiveness.
2) How early it's diagnosed.
Looks like your Mum is ok in both those areas.
I had a bad back for a while and it still gives me twinges, I got it from picking up a heavy X-Ray set the wrong way in 1979 - stupid, stupid, stupid - bend those knees.
It came back with a vengenance in 1985 and I actually couldn't walk for about a week, frightened the crap outta me. I was seeking work at the time and remember wearing a full body corset to support my back and hobbling into several job interview locations like the Frankenstein monster.
Just think before you make any physical exertions, you know it makes sense
As for the shed, me and my ex-Father-In-Law (RIP) once demolished an Anderson shelter in the back garden of a house I moved into in 1989, sounds similar to what you're up against. The shelter was made of heavy duty breeze blocks and extended about 2 metres underground.
I wish you well and chin up.
