Hello, well it's been some time since my last blog and lots of stuff has happened since then. Most of the 7 months my family has been dealing with the fact the my dad Trev "Titch" Markwell is no longer with us. He died at the end of November, 19 weeks after being diagnosed with a very rare form of stomach cancer called linitis plastica.
Surgery was not offered because there was no way of getting rid of the cancer. He'd already made his mind up early on that he didn't want chemo and after the doctors told us what he would go through he'd made totally the right choice.
I made the most of what time we had left. My brother got married two weeks after dad's diagnosis and that was a wonderful happy day for us all. Dad really gave the ball a kick at the evening reception. He could make friends with anybody and that night was no exception.
He was not in any pain when he died which we were all very happy about, I don't know how we would have coped if he had been. He passed away on Friday the 21st of November 2008 aged 72.
It's only been seven weeks since he died. It still doesn't appear to be real. I wanted to call him today to let him know that his car (that I now drive) passed it's MOT. Not bad for a 14 year old Volvo.
I miss him more and more everyday.
Hope to blog loads more in 09, regards David
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