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November 09, 2004
Sad News & Good News
After finding out last year that Emlyn Hughes and Richard Burns had been diagnosed with brain tumours, I've been tracking their progress, as and when, on the various news sites.
Sadly, today, Emlyn lost the battle:
BBC Online - Football great Emlyn Hughes dies
Also, in better news, it looks like Ivan Noble has had some good news at last:
BBC Online - Tumour diary: Making plans again
In other news, campaigners are pushing to ensure sufferers and their families receive support by asking for reforms in the way benefits are assessed and issued. Good news, as being through the process last year and this, it isn't as quick and helpful as it needs to be. Financial worries are the last thing you need on top of all the other, far more important things that you need to be worrying about. And being told, as I was, that it'd take 6 months to assess one part of the benefit application, when Jules only had a few months left, really doesn't help either. I hope they manage to do something.
BBC Online - Benefits call for cancer patients
Posted by alan at November 9, 2004 01:11 PM
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