#the royal marsden

[jegulusofwesper]

i’m reading rwrb before watching the movie and just got to

He has a bit of a caring-too-much problem about most things, including whether people can pay their medical bills, or marry whomever they love, or not get shot at school. Or, in this case, if kids with cancer have enough books to read at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

and i’m sat here choked up because that’s where i was this time 10 months ago.

like i know this is a book and what i went though isn’t fictional however all the stuff they have there is real and that had to have come from somewhere. they give you so much and provide so much like there’s school rooms, art places, games rooms, a communal area with playstations, books, massive TVs, a rooftop garden, a creep scarecrow for the little kids that i could see from my window and creeped me out, cool lazy boy chairs that are so fucking comfy, clothes, blankets, teddies, pjs, underwear, colouring books, parties if it’s your birthday/you got the all clear, massages, haircuts. and obviously the medical shit too but that’s boring rn

and it doesn’t really look like a hospital. my room for example looks like it was groovy chick inspired, and the whole place was really colourful and bright and just cosy.

i don’t know where i was going with this post but uhhh stan the royal marsden? they’re doing an awesome job even if one of the nurses who works with the teenagers/young adults is terrified of spiders and you wake up to them on a bed near you because there’s one on the floor.

[tinas1469]

lilyknight134: Today I was very lucky and I met tom and zendaya and Nikki! (Toms mum) for a second time! They are such lovely people and came to The Royal Marsden Hospital, we all had lots of pictures together and I got to walk them around mcElwain ward to meet all the children going through treatment. We also took a visit to the teenage and young adults ward 😇 I had such a lovely day thank you so much for coming.

[thewales-family]

The Prince of Wales attends the official opening of the Oak Cancer Centre at The Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, England -June 8th 2023.

[world-of-wales]

The Prince of Wales chats with patients as he attends the official opening of the Oak Cancer Centre at The Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton || 8 JUNE 2023

[thepastisalreadywritten]

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[oswincoleman]

New old picture of Jenna Coleman at the Royal Marsden's Ever After Garden launch in London, 1st December 2021. Shared by rajeshagrawaluk on Instagram

[catherineelizabethwales]

~Every outfit worn by Catherine since getting engaged~

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Date: Sep. 29th, 2011

Event: Opening the 'Oak Centre for Children and Young People' at Royal Marsden Hospital

Look:

Amanda Wakeley “Sculpted Felt Long Sleeved Seamed Dress”

Kiki McDonough “Grace” stud earrings (rewear)

Cross Pendant Necklace (rewear)

L.K. Bennett “Natalie” clutch (rewear)

L.K. Bennett “Sledge” pumps  (rewear)

Photo cred: Getty Images

[elloredef]

Why there's no oneshot/fics of King Edward from Andalasia on Tumblr? That man is stupidly hot and cute😭🫠🤧

[insidecroydon]

Simpson and the Sutton similarities over £100m property loan

Hey big spender: Sutton Council officials have been splashing the public’s cash, for example paying £26m for the St Nicholas Centre Sutton’s investments, developments and procurement come under scrutiny after the Beech Tree Place débâcle. CARL SHILTON reports Blot by blot: Richard Simpson has had a relatively smooth time in Sutton. Until now Sutton Council continues its acquisitions and…

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Mary O'Brien had no idea what she was about to discover when she injected an otherwise harmless soil bug, Mycobacterium vaccae, into seriously ill cancer patients at Britain's Royal Marsden Hospital in 2004.

"Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy" - Matthew Evans

[angryschnauzer]

January 11th 2024

Yeah its been a while since i updated. I haven't had the energy to if i'm honest, but here we go.

Hubby had his brain surgery end of November '23. The tumour they took out was a nasty one, somewhere between the size of a golf ball and a kiwi fruit. The wound has healed well with little to no side affects apart from some double vision, but he was checked out for that and it is a common after affect of brain trauma and was remedied with an eyepatch for a few weeks.

We met with the Neuro Oncology team at Royal Marsden Hospital in London. They are one of the best (if not the best) cancer treatment centres in the whole country, and we worked through a treatment plan.

Just before Christmas hubby was also cleared to have shoulder reconstructive surgery (he broke his shoulder bone in the original seizures back at the end of October '23). There was a really small window of time between it being enough time after the brain surgery that he could go back under general anaesthetic, but also enough time to mostly heal before he started Radiotherapy and Chemo, so just 5 days before Christmas hubby was in and out of our local hospital in a single day to have that surgery.

Christmas was a quiet and subdued affair. I also herniated a disk in my back the day Hubby had surgery (i was clearing the deep freeze out ready for grocery delivery), so it meant both he and I were dosed up to our eyeballs on strong painkillers for most of the holiday, and Little Dude spent the majority of the break either playing video games or building his new lego sets.

Two days before Christmas i also had to have emergency dental work (i had been grinding my teeth and had previously cracked a tooth) and whilst i was in the dentists office some utter idiot crashed into my car. That was the last thing i needed but i simply handed it all over to my insurance company (who are aware of my husbands situation) and they arranged a hire vehicle and sorted repairs.

Onto the start of 2024. This is the first week of Radiotherapy and Chemo for Hubby. He is getting very tired and fatigued already from the Radiotherapy, but thankfully no nausea from the chemo as yet, but that could change over time. He is scheduled for a full schedule of 6 weeks of this dual treatment, where we are having to visit Royal Marsden every day Mon - Fri for the six weeks, and then he also takes the chemo 7 days a week for the six weeks.

He'll then have 4 to 6 weeks 'off' treatment for his body to relax and recuperate, but will have scans and MRI's during that time to gauge what further treatment will be, but its likely to be just chemo but a stronger dose, but no radiotherapy. The chemo is to be 3 weeks off one week on, so a 4 weekly cycle.

The one thing we have discovered isn't done is prognosis's. When we first got to Royal Marsden we were shocked as they started talking about years, and explained that although it was a really nasty tumour, it was found very early and whilst it was still relatively small for its kind. They've discussed things like 'this years treatment plan then we'll look at next years', and also for a while Hubby was being considered for a clinical trial which candidates who have prognosis's of 12 months+ are only considered for. In the end he didn't meet the criteria (his cholesterol was too high). The Macmillian Nurses also have been talking to us about Mobility Car assistance schemes where you can get govt assistance financially and get an adapted vehicle on a 2 year rolling lease. All these timings are reassuring in one way, but worrying in another - we have no idea what the future holds and it really does cement in stone that our time is limited and could end any moment, and makes it very difficult to make any long term plans. You don't realise how much of your life is preplanned until you end up in this situation and aren't sure if you can book your kid onto the school residential trip in 5 months time.

Should anyone want the mundane daily day-to-day life updates you can follow me on my personal instagram @simone_with_an_e its generally a load of utter boring bollocks, but i try to keep it updated daily with updates when i can as its a lot easier to do 1 short paragraph than a big update.

For me my mental health is a little better now that i've had time to process Hubby's diagnosis and that he is getting treatment. There are still days or hours when i fall apart, and it could be something as simple as listening to a song on the radio as i drive back from dropping Little Dude at school and i realise the song would be lovely at his funeral. I end up having to pull over and have a cry whilst switching the radio off. I'm loosing weight and aging quickly, my hair is turning grey from stress and i realised i've aged about 15 years in the last 3 from stress. My appetite comes and goes, and things like red meat now turn my stomach and i can't digest it. But i also haven't drunk alcohol since the day before Hubby had his seizure back in October. I feel like i need to stay 'alert' in case i need to rush him to the hospital for something. I don't miss it as such, but I miss the ability to fully relax. Its hard to describe but i feel like at the moment i've lost myself and am just functioning to care for those around me, going through the motions as such.

Anyway, this has been a long update. I do still lurk here, you may see me pop up in notifications liking something, but at the moment i don't feel its right to start putting fandom stuff back on here yet. I do hope to get back to writing at some point. I miss it and the unfinished stories plague my mind as i have such lovely plans for story arc's and really want to finish them.

Take care all,

Schnauz

xxx

[tinas1469]

Tom and Zendaya went to the Royal Marsden Hospital in London to visit and talk with the people ongoing treatment there. 12/13/23

This video made my entire week.

[thewales-family]

The Prince of Wales attends the official opening of the Oak Cancer Centre at The Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, England -June 8th 2023.

[world-of-wales]

THE PRINCE DIARIES ♚

8 JUNE 2023 || OAK CANCER CENTRE OPENING - ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL, SUTTON

The Prince of Wales in his role as the President of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust attended the official opening of the Oak Cancer Centre - a new state-of-the-art research and treatment facility at The Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton.

William had helped launch the appeal for the Centre in 2015 and laid the first stone at the ground-breaking in 2020. The Oak Cancer Centre will have new outpatient facilities, a medical day-care and collaboration space for clinical researchers.

The Prince of Wales delivered a heartfelt speech before then taking a tour of the premises. During the visit he was also reunited with with his old mentor Matron Lorraine Hyde under whom he had completed several work experience placement.

William also spent time speaking with patients and learned about how the new facilities will impact their treatment. He also spent time with some of the hospital’s world leading researchers who will carry out their innovative research in the Kuok Research Centre.

[theroyalsandi]

The Prince of Wales meets a cheeky patient on a visit to The Royal Marsden's new Oak Cancer Centre. | June 08, 2023