Posted By: bockers
Thank You Fiat Coupe Forum - 31/10/2019 14:47
I posted a message on my Facebook page but would also like to say a big thank you to all the FCCUK members past and present. The support I had, through the dark days of 2011/12 made a massive difference to me and my family and also your donations when i did a subsequent sponsored ride were much appreciated by the Marsden. Some people here have been through their own experiences with Cancer and have shared that both positive and otherwise, and thank you to them especially.
I still rank this place over any Social Media platform. It's an inevitable shame that the numbers posting will decrease as the number of cars falls but it is still a place I visit regularly and good to see familiar faces still posting.
Not normally one for such posts on Facebook, but with current and depressing political chaos ever present in the news and press, some things help you to regain a true prospective with life.
Today saw the last appointment for Evie (my youngest Daughter, now 23!) at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton. It marks 8 years almost to the day that she was first diagnosed with blood cancer and now over 7 years in remission.
That first visit for Evangeline, Samantha and me is one which we can all still remember vividly, and was the worst day of our lives. A mixture of absolute terror and disbelief. Never did I imagine through the subsequent journey that the same place would be a haven of peace and hope and one of my favourite places in the world.
Sadly for many it is also the saddest place, and we never take our good fortune for granted. And good fortune is what you need when dealing with cancer. Many talk of the fight and battle with cancer, but in all truthfulness it’s largely a matter of luck. Luck that you get an early diagnosis, luck that it is a treatable strain, and luck too that you don’t contract any serious illness that could attack once the immune system is compromised.
Advances with treatment systems continue and hopefully there will be a day when it can be eradicated. In the meantime we can be thankful to the NHS and their wonderful staff at treatment centres such as the Royal Marsden and the cancer research centres worldwide.
As we left I had to hold back the tears, tears of joy and relief, but also tears for the fact that we will miss this place, yet in the best possible meaning, we never want to return.
Thank you FCCUK
John
I still rank this place over any Social Media platform. It's an inevitable shame that the numbers posting will decrease as the number of cars falls but it is still a place I visit regularly and good to see familiar faces still posting.
Not normally one for such posts on Facebook, but with current and depressing political chaos ever present in the news and press, some things help you to regain a true prospective with life.
Today saw the last appointment for Evie (my youngest Daughter, now 23!) at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton. It marks 8 years almost to the day that she was first diagnosed with blood cancer and now over 7 years in remission.
That first visit for Evangeline, Samantha and me is one which we can all still remember vividly, and was the worst day of our lives. A mixture of absolute terror and disbelief. Never did I imagine through the subsequent journey that the same place would be a haven of peace and hope and one of my favourite places in the world.
Sadly for many it is also the saddest place, and we never take our good fortune for granted. And good fortune is what you need when dealing with cancer. Many talk of the fight and battle with cancer, but in all truthfulness it’s largely a matter of luck. Luck that you get an early diagnosis, luck that it is a treatable strain, and luck too that you don’t contract any serious illness that could attack once the immune system is compromised.
Advances with treatment systems continue and hopefully there will be a day when it can be eradicated. In the meantime we can be thankful to the NHS and their wonderful staff at treatment centres such as the Royal Marsden and the cancer research centres worldwide.
As we left I had to hold back the tears, tears of joy and relief, but also tears for the fact that we will miss this place, yet in the best possible meaning, we never want to return.
Thank you FCCUK
John
