Alrighty.. Here Goes..

[Lee.]

I know a few of you already know of my recent had news, but I wanted to make it common knowledge as I'm going to probably be on here looking for a chat and a bit if banter late at night and I'd rather do so if everybody knew my situation..

Almost 2 weeks ago, my son was diagnosed with Leukemia and has already started a lengthy course if chemotherapy. He's in hospital for the next 6 months and Dave and I have not been home yet since the diagnosis and have basically relocated to Edinburgh for the time being.

The first few days were by far the worst of my life, but I'm feeling much more positive now :)

Just wanted y'all to know so I could chat here easily :)

[T*]

:hug: One of my best friends had leukemia, She fought it off :amazed: I hope your son gets well soon :love:

[Lee.]

:hug: One of my best friends had leukemia, She fought it off :amazed: I hope your son gets well soon :love:

Thank you Tom.. I'm remaining hopeful. My son has the more uncommon childhood leukemia but apparently it's still very treatable.. And the upside is is that it's just 6 moths of intensive chemo whereas the more common type is a 3 year programme.

[Ninastar]

holy crap... I'm so so sorry to hear that.

sending love to you and your family and hoping for the best.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Well im a dad of a wee boy just a 100 miles to your north. Any time u want to chat or need help ill d o mybest for u. LT

[InOne]

All the best to you and your family Lee x

[Z]

Lee :hug: I'm so, so sorry to hear this... but you're a fighter and I bet your wee boy takes after you! No giving up :) here for you always, lots of love xxxx

[Jessica.]

I wish him a speedy recovery, It's good to know he's began treatment so fast. What age is he, if you don't mind me asking?

[HD]

Awful news, I hope everything turns out for the best.
Thinking of you :)

[Marsh.]

That's awful news.

People get through things like this all the time, stay positive. Always surprised by how strong people can be at times like this, humans can be very resilient, no doubt he'll fight his way through.
All the best to the whole family.

[Doogle]

:( :( :(

So so sorry to hear this, truly awful.

Hope he gets better very soon, stay strong :love:

[AnnieK]

Oh god Lee....I'm so sorry to hear that. Always here if you need to chat. :love: I know your kids are your world so stay strong, he will fight it. Sending lots of love your way :hug:

[Shaun]

I've said it before and I'll say it again - I can't think of anyone less deserving of such news (not that anyone deserves it, obviously). I wish all the best for you and if he's anything like his mam he's one tough cookie to break and will storm through this :love:

[Kizzy]

Lee I can't imagine what you are feeling, my love to you all. Stay positive xx

[Vicky.]

So sorry to hear this :(

Wishing him a speedy recovery and hopefully the chemo isn't too harsh on him

[Smithy]

Aw thats awful lee :(

I hope he doesn't have a hard time through the chemo and makes a speedy recovery

[Lee.]

Thank you everybody.. Jessica, he's only 7 :sad:

..apparently the younger you are though, the better you respond to this type of chemo :)

[Livia]

I am so very sorry to hear your news Lee. If good wishes and positive thoughts go any way to helping, you have a shedload of them coming to you and your boy from all your friends on here. Stay positive, he's in good hands xx

[Vanessa]

Thank you everybody.. Jessica, he's only 7 :sad:

..apparently the younger you are though, the better you respond to this type of chemo :)

I'm sorry to hear that, Lee. :hug:

[Kate!]

God bless Lee, really sad to hear this, thought something was amiss with you recently :hug: you're a strong lady, and if I'm online anytime you need to chat to anyone then I'm straight there.

Xx

[Kyle]

So sorry for you and your Son and the rest of your family. I don't really know much about Leukaemia or anybody with it so I'm not an ideal person to offer specific advice however if banter and that is what will help you get through the more difficult periods feel free to abuse the crap out of me. I come on most evenings.

I hope your Son makes a speedy recovery.

[Ramsay]

Leukemia is one mother****er. Thoughts are with you and your family Lee. Your son can beat this :love:

[Kazanne]

So sorry to hear that Lee,but stay strong ,it's amazing what can be done for this now,fingers crossed for you and your family,it's going to be hard,but we are all here for you,hugs and kisses,xoxox

[Me. I Am Salman]

aw lee, that can't have been easy to hear but things look promising so you have every reason to feel positive right now :bigsmile:

[thesheriff443]

I will be thinking of you and you're family in this testing time.

[jackc1806]

I'm so sorry Lee :( I can't imagine how you felt, it must have been awful :( I hope that he gets better, and if he's as strong and tough as his mother which I'm sure he is I'm confident he will :)

[GiRTh]

Sorry to hear that Lee. Hope your son has a speedy recovery. :hug:

[King Gizzard]

Sending positive thoughts your way lee :hug:

[GypsyGoth]

:hug:

[smudgie]

Big hugs for you Lee :hug:

Nothing much worse than your child having a serious illness.
You are bound to have "down" times on this journey, we are here if you need somebody to chat to, scream at or just to feel the normality of TIBB life.

Hoping your little lad makes a speedy recovery Lee.

[reece(:]

Wishing you and your family all the best Lee :hug:

[BigSister]

Im really sorry to hear that Lee :hug:

[MTVN]

Ah no sorry to hear that Lee, all the best for you and your family x

[Alf]

All the best to your family

Thinking of you

[Glenn.]

Lee :hug: :love:

I wondered where you had got to. So sorry to hear your news :sad:

I wish him a speedy recovery and if he's anything like his mum he'll fight it. Stay strong my lovely :love:

[Josy]

So sorry to hear that Lee :hug: wishing him a speedy recovery and thoughts are with you and your family :love:

[Samm]

Sounds very positive and so do you that's a good thing :hug:

[Sophiee]

how awful, so sorry to hear this :( I hope he recovers soon :love:.

[Ammi]

..Lee, I have known so many children/too many children who have been diagnosed with leukaemia and I know how hard this is for you and will be for quite some time to come...but every single child I know that has also been diagnosed is now perfectly healthy and happy and every single family has come through it and I know you all will too..I'm sorry I don't have time to post more, I think I might PM you later if that's ok...:hug:...

[Natalie.]

Really sorry to hear this Lee :( wishing him a speedy recovery

[Cherie]

Lee, sending your son and you and your family all my best wishes, give the little man a big hug from TiBB. xx

[Niamh.]

:hug:

[chuff me dizzy]

Sending you and your family all my love and positive thoughts ,Keep strong,Keep positive :kiss::kiss:

[Niamh.]

..Lee, I have known so many children/too many children who have been diagnosed with leukaemia and I know how hard this is for you and will be for quite some time to come...but every single child I know that has also been diagnosed is now perfectly healthy and happy and every single family has come through it and I know you all will too..I'm sorry I don't have time to post more, I think I might PM you later if that's ok...:hug:...

Yeah, my sister in laws niece got Leukemia when she was 2, that was about 2 years ago now and she seems to be in the clear, I'm sure your little boy will get through this as well

[Black Dagger]

Horrible news, wishing you and the family all the best, Lee :hug:

[Tom4784]

What a heartbreaking situation, I can't imagine what it must be like for you but we're all here to offer any support we can.

[Z]

Every little kid I've ever heard of who's had leukaemia seems to have made a full recovery, must be something to do with growing and probably being in the best health possible under the circumstances - compared to say a fully grown adult whose immune system's probably started to deteriorate anyway. He'll get through this and he'll have some ace stories to tell when he's all better, and you'll think "what a trooper" :) thinking of you today Lee xxx

[Lee.]

Thanks again everybody :love: avert body's positivity is so encouraging!

I'm keeping myself going with the thought of walking out these hospital doors one final time in 6 months with a healthy wee boy by our side.. Then we're going to have one hell of a party! :)

[LemonJam]

So sorry to hear this Lee, but glad you're keeping a positive attitude. If you need anyone to talk to you know where I am. Much love to you and your family. :love:

[Jake.]

Really sorry to hear that Lee, your kid will soldier through.. wishing you all the best x

[James]

Best wishes to you and your family, Lee.

[Amy Jade]

Oh I'm so sorry Lee, I hope all goes well for him - stay positive!

[lily.]

I know a few of you already know of my recent had news, but I wanted to make it common knowledge as I'm going to probably be on here looking for a chat and a bit if banter late at night and I'd rather do so if everybody knew my situation..

Almost 2 weeks ago, my son was diagnosed with Leukemia and has already started a lengthy course if chemotherapy. He's in hospital for the next 6 months and Dave and I have not been home yet since the diagnosis and have basically relocated to Edinburgh for the time being.

The first few days were by far the worst of my life, but I'm feeling much more positive now :)

Just wanted y'all to know so I could chat here easily :)

Lee, I've just found out about this thread.

I don't really know you very well.. you're a name I see popping up all over the place though.. But I didn't know you had a family..

However, it doesn't matter how well we know each other.. I'm a mum too.. and I can't even begin to imagine what you are going through right now. The only words of comfort I can offer you right now is that my wee cousin had leukaemia.. (I'm not sure which type as I was only a teenager at the time).. and he was about 4 or 5.. I think.. anyway, he's now about 30.. and has been in full remission for a lot of years.. so yeah.. people do come back from this..

I hope he responds well to the treatment... it's obviously going to be tough on him physically and tough on all of you emotionally.. I'm going to PM you my email address... if you want to talk.. I know you have plenty of people, but one more won't hurt..

Love to you and your family. xo

[Lee.]

Evening all.. I've had quite a few messages asking how things are going so just thought I'd give y'all an update...

I think I already said somewhere that Samuel went into remission after his first block of chemo.. This was apparently classed as "morphological remission" which meant that under the microscope, his bone marrow was clear.. However, after the second block, they did further, more sensitive tests, and without getting too technical, they can still detect a very small amount of leukemia cells lurking about somewhere. He has just finished his 3rd block of chemo which was very intensive to target these cells that are still in his body.

We're hoping and praying that the tests at the end if this will show more positive results otherwise we might be going down the bone marrow transplant avenue.. My daughter has been tested to see if she's a match but we're still waiting for the results of that.

Again, without getting too far into it, the type of gene mutation he has to have caused the leukaemia apparently responds well to the type of chemo he's just had, so please everybody keep your fingers crossed for some positive news in the next few weeks! :)

We're still managing to stay positive and keeping each other strong, but I have to admit we're both scared ****less at times.

Samuel himself is just being a wee trooper.. He never complains, and has become a minecraft genius!

Thanks to everybody who has asked about him :love:

[Kazanne]

Evening all.. I've had quite a few messages asking how things are going so just thought I'd give y'all an update...

I think I already said somewhere that Samuel went into remission after his first block of chemo.. This was apparently classed as "morphological remission" which meant that under the microscope, his bone marrow was clear.. However, after the second block, they did further, more sensitive tests, and without getting too technical, they can still detect a very small amount of leukemia cells lurking about somewhere. He has just finished his 3rd block of chemo which was very intensive to target these cells that are still in his body.

We're hoping and praying that the tests at the end if this will show more positive results otherwise we might be going down the bone marrow transplant avenue.. My daughter has been tested to see if she's a match but we're still waiting for the results of that.

Again, without getting too far into it, the type of gene mutation he has to have caused the leukaemia apparently responds well to the type of chemo he's just had, so please everybody keep your fingers crossed for some positive news in the next few weeks! :)

We're still managing to stay positive and keeping each other strong, but I have to admit we're both scared ****less at times.

Samuel himself is just being a wee trooper.. He never complains, and has become a minecraft genius!

Thanks to everybody who has asked about him :love:

I have been wondering about you Lee,some good news there,everything crossed for you,love to you all and hugs for Samuel.xx

[Lee.]

Thanks kazanne :) :love:

[Shaun]

All the best, Lee, hope there's some more good news soon. Xx

[Lee.]

Thanks Shaun.. I hoping and praying for them to tell us it's all gone in a few weeks.. Even a reduction in the number of cells would be amazing as he still has another course of chemo to go!

[Kizzy]

I have everything crossed lee, I'm so pleased they're on top of his treatment and he's doing so well good lad! :hug: x

[reece(:]

All the best Lee x

[Lee.]

Thanks kizzy and Reece xx

[LaLaLand]

Sending positive thoughts and wishes of a speedy recovery to you Lee, it's amazing what Dr's can do these days. Hopefully it'll be tackled and gone asap!

[Amy Jade]

What a little star, glad to hear positive news. All clear soon I hope!

[Ammi]

...awww jeez Lee, I can't even begin to know how it is for all of you...he's a brave boy and a fighter and he has a family fighting with him..my whole heart is hoping for that full remission for him, for you all soon..:hug:...

[Marc]

Lee you're beautiful x

[Suze]

Only just seen this, Lee. I want you to know my heartfelt love and prayers are with you, your family and especially Samuel. I hope Samuel is back to full health very soon. Oodles of love, hugs, and kisses to you, Samuel, and the rest of your family :hug: :hug: :hug:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If you see me online and want a chat anytime, my PM box is always open.

[Cherie]

Lee, thanks for posting, such a horrendous time for you all, but it looks like you are all staying positive and that he is getting the best treatment possible. Love to you all xx

[Livia]

Hey Lee, thanks for updating us. I know everyone on here is sending you and your son their positive thoughts, their good wishes and their love and I add mine to theirs xx

[Tom4784]

I'm glad to hear he's in remission, let's hope the chemo evaporates the rest of those ****ers.

[Lee.]

Thanks everybody :) :love!

[HD]

I hope it all comes good for you guys :love: