Thank you to all the lovely people who have sent messages of support since my last blog post . . . your thoughts and prayers are very dear to me.

Unfortunately, I cannot give any good news . ..

I have terminal pancreatic cancer and as with any cancer in this organ, without surgery life expectancy is  .. well, much like. . .how

long is a piece of string?' . . .no-one knows, but the concensus is months rather than years.

I have declined surgery as it would be a massive operation and too risky at my age [83 today] . . and my specialist surgeon agrees with me. That leaves only chemo and /or radiation.  I have opted for chemo and expect to begin that sometime in the next week or so, once the experts have pinpointed which of a possible 2 types of cancer mine is . . . the treatments are different for each.

I am not despondent . . . I have lived a full and fruitful life by my own expectations . .  and there is nothing I wish I had done, but didn't get around to it.  I am of no particular religious belief, but I do believe in my own way.  Bottom line, I am a realist but I never give up.

So I hope to see you all again soon on the download pages, once my routine is re-established.

I wish all of you a safe and healthy 2021 . . . and hope to be with you for most of it.

love

Marg

xoxo