Hi everyone,

I only joined this site about two weeks ago, and I just  want to say what an excellent site I think this is. I read the other day where someone said belonging to this site fells like being a part of an extended family which I thought was great. In the short time since joining I have read some very sad stories and also some very inspiring ones. It is also very good that the  families of those with cancer can ask for help and advice, because I feel that the carers are often neglected by doctors and other health professionals. And yet looking after someone with cancer is quite a task because you are trying to appear strong and positive when you are yourself feeling very low and worried and uncertain about what the future holds. This site give you a chance to cry on someone's shoulder, hypothetically speaking. I believe that just explaining to someone how you are feeling is good therapy as it stops you bottling up your feelings. And I also believe it is sometime easier to communicate anonymously with someone you have never met because I think some people are reticent to talk to friends or family about their private and innermost fears and feelings. I am someone who two years ago was diagnosed with prostate cancer with quite a high PSA count but which is now the lowest that can be measured. But also over the years I have lost my grandmother, an aunt and about six years ago, my mother to breast cancer, so I know what it feels like to be a patient and also what it feels like to have a close family member diagnosed with cancer and eventually to lose those you love to cancer. So I am only to well aware what a lot of you are going through, the highs and lows that this terrible disease causes.

I would just like to say a big thank you to everyone for their input to this site as from what I have read it is badly needed.

Woodworm (Brian)

P.S. I call myself woodworm as I love anything to do with wood!!!!!!!!!!!