Some of you may have missed the thread started by our cherished friend, Phoenix, informing Gransnetters of her illness and the reason for her recent absence from GN. It has been suggested that a new thread is started, directing her friends to the original thread, where she let us know of her terminal diagnosis. www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/a1299545-Well-what-a-surprise?msgid=28873117#28873117
Sadly, Phoenix is no longer able to read your messages or PMs, but has said how she, her family and close friends have found comfort in the love and support, you have shown her.
This thread will try and keep you all updated, with news provided by a Gransnetter, who is in daily in contact with the family.
Marydoll - thanks for updating us about Phoenix's difficult diagnosis, . Hoping she'll get good and compassionate care. Her lovely sense of humour will be much missed - we need that so much these days.
I dont know Phoenix in real life but I feel I do because whenever I feel down I look up one of her funny posts and have a laugh. I have certainly missed her recently as we all have.
It is strange how time seems to stand still at moments of heightened emotion- and it can be hard to believe the world is going on turning as normal . I am sure we have all felt this, whether waiting for sad news of a parent or friend or indeed anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new grandchild. I know I am finding it hard to settle these days or to concentrate although an energetic bout of patio washing helped this afternoon along with planting up three pretty pinky purple verbenas I brought back from Norfolk yesterday. . Phoenix loves her garden and had made plans for autumn planting- I am sure she would approve.
Thanks for starting this thread Marydoll. I didn’t feel it was my place to do it so I hoped you would take up the suggestion. I can’t believe that in the short time since she posted, she appears to have gone downhill so fast. I hope so much that this is a blip and she has a little more quality time ahead. A world without Phoenix is going to be a very sad one.
Thank you Julie, we had already been discussing highlighting the thread, when Phoenix's condition deteriorated, your suggestion was the prompt we needed.
Unfortunately this is not a blip and Phoenix, when she started her thread, was at that point, already very unwell, but in her own unique way, played things down. ?
JulieNoted unfortunately it is not a blip, sleeping most of the time with friends close by. She has gone downhill very rapidly but is being well cared for.
How sad that Phoenix is slipping away as we ‘speak’ on here. ?
It struck me, though, that this thread is full of the kind of things people usually say after someone has died and so will never hear them. If her carers are able to communicate these comments to her, Phoenix will know that she has brought joy to the lives of so many. What a legacy to leave. ❤️
I don’t read GN everyday but would like to say how very sorry I am to hear of how unwell Phoenix has become. I’m thinking of her and wishing her a serene, comfortable and pain free time she has left. ?