leukaemia sucks - or is that stating the obvious

We will still be here when you are ready. Rest and get well thats the main thing.

You bewdy! I was worried to say the least! Take your time and no more scares please! Big hugs and I'll roll out those rusty old prayers.

Love Sue

Whew!
Way to go Moira!
Keep on doing what you are doing. We're all still rooting for you!
Love The Schofields xxx

Hi Moira,
Lovely to see that you're actually able to post something even if it is short - just to know you're getting better and stronger every day is wonderful. Looking forward to further reports when you feel strong enough to write them.
Hugs,
GS

Hi Moira,

Q: How do you eat an elephant?

A: One bite at a time!

This is the same as your road back to agas and smelly socks - just one step at a time.........you have been thru soooooo much and I know what a supreme effort you and your family have made to get you thru the really toughest days .........but you did it and now you need to focus on the small triumphs each day brings and be patient!!!

Can't tell you how fab it is to read your blog - thats a big smiley face ALL day no matter what!

LOL Jux

Hey Moira - knew you'd come out the other end. You'd think this disease would give up soon - you've beaten everything it has thrown at you so far!
Keep on going,
lots of love from sunny, hot, sticky Cairo
JIll

how grand to hear from you.Being a nurse is not always a good thing.Being a nurse with a vivid imagination is REALLY not a good thing!
"Life is a long lesson in humility" James M Barry
Fight on superwoman....married to red bull man in tights
Love Liz x

Way to go, Moira!
Best wishes from "it's raining, it's pouring" Scotland

Hey Moira glad your back on te right road. ittle progress IS GOOD PROGRESS!! Keep it going!!!

Best Of British

Moira good on you. The jungle drums have been beating, a bit too faintly for too many days but hearing first that mango was not the flavour of sorbet you meant, then from YOU on here says good things. Keep on fighting back - thinking of you, love Mike and Jane

So great to see your blogg. What a bewdy ! You do have an amazing family (and I don't even know them) but they also have amazing you Moira.

Welcome the resting and the energy will grow.

Love and hugs
Judy

Hi Moira,

Great news, fantastic you are well enough to manage little blogging! Keep building those new blood cells - that takes lots of energy!! With strength like yours luekeamia really will be sucked out of the system!

Love & best wishes

Jane

Dear Moira,

We are all so pleased to hear that you are still fighting strong! I can't tell you how pleased, happy and relieved we were to see your blog this evening. Willing you lots of energy, strength and support. You can do it! Love, J, D, Chloe and Sam

Hey Mo
Great to have you back blogging again...a huge effort I'm sure. We're still all out here rooting and tooting for you.
Hope you've managed to coax those kidneys back into action and those yankee cells are getting well stuck in...
Be patient, build your strength and soon you'll be escaping to the real world... the sun lounger on the balcony beckons!
Love 'n hugs
R

Well done Moira!!!
I'm so pleased to see you are blogging again, brief is fine. I know you're not out of the woods yet but it feels a little like it from this end. I just want to say we are so pleased things are looking up ....you're a great fighter..... thank you! And thank you Russell for your fantastic effort, we know it's been extremely tough on you and the boys.
I know you have to take one day at a time and there's a long road ahead so keep driving...you'll get there with your fighting spirits!

All our love,
Lisa, Angus, Bec & Jess

Dearest Moira and Russ
Still shaking with relief and joy - we love you - keep your spirits up. love Sarah, Mike and the girls xxx

Hi Moira,

Good to see your blog. Hope your energy levels are going up along with your blood count. Keep going.

Love Nick and Catherine XX

Dear Moira FANTASTIC to hear from you! Well done girl. I knew you could do it and more! Loads of love to you and Russ and the boys and everyone else who is on this journey with you. Ali xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Mo
Thank goodness you are feeling stronger, its great to hear from you. Mum and Dad have just arrived in Ireland - and are viewings the wonders of blogging - I hope this message resaches you!!!!!!!
Love from us all - what a relief to hear from you again
Sally, Auntie Jean and Uncle Albert

Hi from beautiful Melbourne! Just checking in as always! Small steps girlie! We are so relieved - Chris and Michele had stopped asking how you were but we all had smiles on our faces last night! Thank you! Have another day of small steps and triumphs. Love Sue

Hi Moira,

Welcome back to blog land. Great to have you back I missed your blogs. Now for the nag - carry on resting up you will get stronger every day. I know everyone has said this and I must have said it before but you are amazing.

Does anyone else have problems sending blogs? I need a support group or something. Sometimes it takes 20 different authorisation codes before my comment goes to you. I tried this morning but with no luck, so here goes again.

May the force be with you. Lots of love JustXXXXXX

Hi Moira
Great to hear from you. You're just amazing and have a wonderful support team! Look forward to hearing more from you when you feel stronger. Rest well.
love
Sue

Fantastic to hear from you again - keep fighting every step of the way. We know you can do it.
Just waiting for Iain and Josh to get back from a post exam week in Greece - sun, sailing, tennis and heaven only knows what else. Sam in Italy doing Capri and Naples ,... all send our love
O

Yippee! I finally registered! I'm a member! Do you like my sign in! You know I love a little dance! How are you today? Should I send the taps over for you to practice with? No maybe not - you need to rest. Take care. Love Sue D.

It's me again! Just realised that you have another Sue D. who sends you messages - this is Sue Durman. Did I have to tell you that or did you guess? Anyway, happy thoughts and gentle dreams. Have a calm weekend. Love S.

Dear Moira,
We are very pleased to see the news on your blog that you are feeling stronger.
Best wishers
Philip and Diane

i hope you feel better. Looking forward to seeing you soon. We're not at school today so we're at home playing games and annoying mummy. I am trying to whine and whine so she will take us swimming but she still says no. We're going to France for the holidays soon. I am playing Manacala with Toby and he is so good at it he's won nearly every time. Isobel is reading as always. Daddys at work, he's started running and riding to work and he did the marathon. I hope we can see you soon. love from Ellie x

Great to have you back Moira.

XXX Megan

Moira, been checking this blog frequently, so am now so-ooo pleased to hear you're feeling just that bit better. "Feeling better" is all relative these days of course, but you're on the right track. Keep resting and improving !
I've just come back from the chemo ward at ARI after my 5th dose, yup, sorry, it seemed so trivial in the light of all you're facing. At least we've got the same hairstyle! Do you favour the pirate or the gypsy look when you tie your scarf?
Love, thoughts and cyber-hugs,
Ailsa xxx

Taken a break from the ironing to find out how you are doing and phew....a fresh blog on screen... and suddenly a ray of bright sunshine has burst onto my keyboard through the clouds that have been leaking incessantly for the last week and making the trees droop with the weight.... it hasn't stopped the house martins nesting again and pooping on the windowsills though.... such is Dowally in May!
All of us wishing of all you loads of love, and step by step improvement.....
Mark (& Aine, Clare, Sean, Eamon, Brodie)
xxxxxxx

FANTASTIC TO HEAR FROM YOU, phew and more phews and huge amouunt of hugs for you all. We knew you were having a rough time of it and thought of you constantly, so glad to have read your blog. Well done indeed. Aisla looks fantastic and I have still got her garden chairs, I am sending you a girly party bag from my birthday. It is winging its way soon. Love and kisses Carry.

GO MOIRA GO!! Fabulous news. Just get loads of rest and dream about all those wonderful things you're going to do with your family and friends as soon as you're strong again.

Love Brenda & Alistair

WELL DONE Moira and your wonderful family! Just keep on making those small moves along the rough track to recovery. We are all there to encourage you along the way, be it physically with foot massages or from a distance with strong thoughts and help with the dreams of relaxing with a glass of something.
Love to you all,
Fiona et al.

Yahooooooooooooooooooooo! Moira,
Keep going - keep strong and rejuvenate - you can do it - we know that it is all possible now! Think of all this beautiful clean green air downunder that you still have to come and visit - we are sending you all our love and strength! A huge hug of sunshine and love, Karen, Dave, Jamie and Ross. x x x x

Hi Moira. Yep it is me - I am still on the planet! Mark & I are at home - at the same time, boys are at school, (Clare asleep in bed - back from Uni - the first lie for weeks she says!) - so some precious free time and no competition for the internet thus Mark has shown me how to work this blogging. Clare and Mark have been providing me with 'news feeds' up until now.

I can only imagine how hard this must all be. There isn't a day goes by that I don't think of you and say a wee prayer (you never know...) - Just want to give you and your boys a big hug.

Mark and I are about to head and bag a Munro up by Loch Tay picking Sean up on the way as he has his last exam this morning - so that will be him finished school - another milestone.

So hang on in there - this is beatable - and anyway you guys owe us a visit.

XXXXX00000 Aine, (Mark, Clare, Sean, Eamon & Brodie)