Difficulties travelling to hospital

hello all i am an eighty year old male i had colon cancer nine years ago but had my colon removed and have been ok sinse but now more problems have come up ,my wife had a long stay in hospital with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary not going into details they opperated on her and she recovered quiet well ,and was doing ok on a visit to check over they found she had mds ,iwas asked to go and see the doctor he told me it could not be cured the next stage would be full blown lekemia which i am afraid has begun shehas gone down hill so now there is not much she can do for herself ,on the same day i was told about mywife i was informed that i had lung cancer picked up after a check over ,i have started on a six week course of radiotherapy , my wife has weekly visits to hospital  and needs regular transfusions ,the big problem i have is trying to coordinate our visits as i am her sole carer and only means of transport we visit differant hospitals which are sixty miles apart but it seems as if all our appontments are  made at the same time i do get a little from a grandaughter but she has full time work and its not fair to put any onus on her ,

                                                     any sugestions 

  • Hello chumly and welcome to our forum,

    Thank you for sharing your story and I am sorry to hear that both your wife and you have been diagnosed on the same day. I hope your radiotherapy treatment is going well and that your wife is also coping ok despite all that she has been through. 

    What a logistical nightmare it must be for you and your wife with having both to attend appointments at different hospitals! It is nice of your grandaughter to offer to help but I can understand it isn't always easy for her to find the time if she is working full time.

    I will now let our forum members come and say hello and perhaps they will have some clever suggestions for you, car sharing tips for example based on their own experiences of travelling to and back from hospital. 

    I hope you won't mind but I've changed the title of your thread so that our members can see immediately what the subject of your post is and this will ensure you get more responses.

    Very best wishes to both you and your wife,

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

  • Hello

    I'm sorry to hear of your situation.It must be very difficult to coordinate all of this by yourself.

    Have you by chance spoken to your oncologist about the problems you are having? perhaps you can get hospital transport for yourself and your wife? You can take people with you as long as they know your having an escort so perhaps someone could sit with your wife at her appointments whilst you attend yours?

    I had the same problem with my radiotherapy.I was given transport and taken there and back every day.Sometimes my mum came with me and sometimes she had my children for me whilst I had treatment.

    I hope you find a solution it must be very stressful for you.

    best wishes 

    Ness x