Paphos People

Hi my PP friends,
well, as some of you already know im back here on this lovely island supporting my mum for a few days while she has major surgery to remove a large tumour from the parotid (salivary) gland. My mum ( Debs) went in theatre this morning at 8 for four and a half hours while amazing surgeons Dr. Haralambides and Dr. Jung of Nicosia removed the tumour and the salivary gland. Obviuosly my mum was frightened when we arrived this morning but everyone was excellent and shortly before she went to theatre she was told that the swab they had taken at the beginning of the week had shown that the tumour seems to be benign although we will know for definate next week. So, the main problem was gonna be the facial paralysis, but Dr. Jung managed to complete the surgery without severely damaging the main nerve as first thought so any paralysis should now be temporary. My mum is still very sore and bandaged like a mummy but the future is finally promising. Thank you all for your support and the calls, you are truly amazing people and it doesn't go un noticed im gonna call my babies now and get back to iasis hospital and will keep you all updated. If there is one thing this has made us realise it is this....if you have a dream you think is unrealistic...make it happen...don't let it take something like this to make you value life, and from the stories of other people i have met today....never go a day without telling someone what a special friend they are, or telling someone you love how you feel. Update to come soon....

Emma

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I smile cos i don't know whats going on!!!!

Thank you God, we are so very pleased at your news,.

Wishing your Mum a speedy recovery and best wishes to you for all the support you have given her. Well done.

Here's to a happy, healthy future for you all.

Tiggy

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Life is what you make it.

Helen

Excellent news Emma - give our best wishes for a speedy recovery to your mum.

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Sarah & Phil

Great news Emma Give our love to your mum we are all thinking about you both at this hard time.xxx

Excellent news Emma - thank you for letting us know.

Please give your Mum our love and best wishes and hope she is soon out of pain and discomfort .

Hope the babes are OK

Chris

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"If you haven't got a plan, you don't have a map. If you don't have a map, you'll never find the treasure!"

Good news Emma, stay strong it must have been a great help to your mum you being with her.wish her all the best take one day at a time. for your wee ones,
Tricia x

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Emma so pleased to hear your Mum has come through the op ok. Heres hoping she now makes a speedy recovery and the results of the biopsy are as have been predicted. Sending loads of positive vibes.

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Lyn

Tough times dont last long but tough people do

Emma

Good to talk to you this afternoon - I could hear the relief in your voice. You will be able to go home to your babies on Sunday knowing it is all over. Tell your Mum she only has to let any of us know if she needs anything when she gets home, and if we can help, you know we will.

Try to get a good nights sleep.

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Jean

Retirement - harder work than working - But much more fun

You know what Emma, I woke up this morning and while I was in the bathroom I thought mm Emma's mam will be in the theatre now.
Strange that !
Good to hear all is going well for Debs.

Best of Luck, gary

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So close yet so far away

Happy to hear things went well today.

Sending positive vibes and i hope the biopsy is as predicted.

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Jo. xx

Emma Glad your Mum come through her opp and is feeling OK. It was nice to meet you both on Thursday its good to put a face to a name. Tell your Mum I send my best wishes and --Emma-- you take care and get some rest. Marj

Just catching up after a hetic couple of days, please to hear all is going well for your Mum, we wish her a speedy recovery.

Jan and Graham.

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ALWAYS MOVE FORWARD

Sounds like great news and the lovely people on this site wil help your Mum, so let them help.

Love to all of you, your Mum nust be very proud of you Emma

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Great news about your mum Emma, I wish her a very speedy recovery........

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Molly

Treat others as you want to be treated

Fantastic news Emma and Debs make a speedy recovery.

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"Your dog is your friend, your partner, your defender. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true until the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion"

Hi PP's thanks for all your lovely posts, my mum is a lot more comfortble this morning and slept ok thanks to a supersized shot of pethidine at bed time! She is still very sore obiviously and still looks like a mummy but she is a lttle more mobile...not that im suprised i think the old bird is invincible to be fair ha the road to recovery is long but promising! On a more sombre note our thoughts are with Jean and her amily this morning after hearing the sad news that her mother passed away yesterday afternoon, she has managed to get a flight to the u.k this afternoon and im sure you will all give her the support you have shown me and my mum this past week, so sorry for your loss Jean, anything you need we are all here. xx

Emma and Debs

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I smile cos i don't know whats going on!!!!

So pleased that the news is positive Emma. I remember Debs from when she worked at the Square in Tala. Everytime we went in she always made us smile! She is a lovely lady and I hope someone is making her smile now( only if the bandages allow it!)

Thanks Bossy ( sorry don't know your name!)
where not allowed to make her laugh cos it hurts and she tells us off but i just can't resist it every now and then! She keeps saying everyone will be thinking she's had a face lift and then hen they see her they'll be saying its a waste of money haha

Emma

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I smile cos i don't know whats going on!!!!

Emma sure your mums happy out look onlife will see her though this.
take care both of you.
Tricia

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new me new life, , never forget my cyprus life and friends .

Hi Emma

Glad to hear she's still doing well - the facelift comment made me laugh and after meeting her on Thursday I can just imagine her saying it.

Give her our love and best wishes for a speedy recovery and you have a safe trip home to the family on sunday

Take care

Julie xx

Hi Emma

Wishing your mum a very speedy recovery.

Best Wishes

Carollynne

I am so pleased Emma that your Mum is slowly progressing after her surgery. It will have helped her a lot that you are there with her.

Hope she is soon feeling more like herself again and the future looks good from here on.

Jan

hi emma!
glad the surgery went well! hope your mum is taking it easy!
best wishes to you all
kathryn

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Kathryn x

Great news Emma and pass on our wishes to speedy recovery

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hi Emma,
Glad your Mum's surgery went well and that she is recovering well - she'll be glad when the bandages are removed. Give her our best please.

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Ruth x

Qui me amat, amet et canem meum

Emma ~ So glad that the surgery went well x

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Dawn
~Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly~

Glad to hear that she is improving Dont make her laugh too much
You being with her is the best medicine there is
Wendy.

I have been offline, as you know, but I have been told about your Mum. I am pleased to hear that everything has gone well and I wish her a speedy recovery.

I am glad that the membership of this forum has provided you both with some support, too.

God Bless.

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Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

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Emma have you an up date on your Mums recovery. Is she home yet. Marj

Hi Emma,

Wishing your Mum a speedy recovery and all the best for the future.
She had a good surgeon, he was the one that operated on me and I have great faith in him.

Sue.

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Sue.

A Dog is for Life not Just for Cyprus.
(I wish more people would remember this)

Marj, I think I read somewhere that Emma's Mum came out of Hospital on Saturday.

Sue.

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Sue.

A Dog is for Life not Just for Cyprus.
(I wish more people would remember this)

Thanks Sue have been reading post that might have had info but not sure which one. How are you my number one partner in Crime. Marj

Hi Marj,

This is what Emma posted on Saturday under the heading about pharmacy opening times.

"Hi PP,
Thankfully i have just brought my mum home from iasis but the pharmacy was closed and we need to get her prescriptions, anyone know of any open over weekend locally?

Emma"

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Lyn

Tough times dont last long but tough people do

Thanks Lyn didnt look at this thread Marj

Emma

Glad everything went so well for you, and Debs - it's now time to take it easy and just recuperate. I will catch up with you when I get back (whenever that may be )
But still managing to keep an eye on you all via my brothers' computer.

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Jean

Retirement - harder work than working - But much more fun

Its good to hear from you Jean, I hope everything is going ok, we wish you the best & will be thinking of you tomorrow night at the Taverna Club meet