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UPDATE on BHOC IMPROVEMENTS by Jo Poulton, Assistant Divisional Manager, Specialised Services, Haematology 1 VOICE Cancer Information and Support Centre The Patients‘ Newsletter Edition 7 UPDATE ON BHOC IMPROVEMENTS BY Jo Poulton, Assistant Divisional Manager, Specialised Services, Haematology, Oncology, and Homoeopathy WHAT‘S INSIDE In the last Voice I talked about our Other improvements in the pipe- plans for a refurbishment of the line are free personal televisions centre. I‘m pleased to say that we for all 49 beds on the wards very have been pledged £2.2 million in kindly donated by the Friends of NHS and charitable funding, in- BHOC. We have also got some cluding the Above & Beyond PAGE 2 - CLIMB- long-overdue funding to upgrade ING DOWNUNDER Charities‘ biggest ever grant of £1.5 million. We‘ll start the work the toilets, sinks and bathrooms on in May but it won‘t be immedi- the wards. Also, a huge thank you ately visible because we have to to Bosom Buddies and the Nicola do some shuffling around behind Corry Support Fund for the refur- the scenes. We hope that the first bishments they have sponsored on area to have a facelift will be the Ward 61. Isotopes Department on Lower Please keep telling us what Ground 1 in August ‗09. PAGE 3 - VISIT you think and who you want to THE OPERA If you want to help us make thank by using the Feedback the right choices about furniture, Boards in every department. It decoration and art works, or you are interested in helping us with really is lovely to receive your our £500,000 fundraising target, kind comments and the staff men- please look out for more informa- tioned by name are all nominated tion in reception or for our monthly Spotlight Prize contact me (0117 3424148) draw - a £20 voucher for the shop or PAGE 21 - A of their choosing. (See the names SPECIAL WISH Sarah Wright (0117 3422411). of the latest winners on page 5) GRANTED VOICE is generously funded by The Friends of Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre 2 NEWS FROM THE FRIENDS OF BRISTOL CLIMBING DOWN UNDER VISITING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED This is Mrs Doreen Cheacker of Patchway who The Friends are looking for more visitors for successfully climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge their friendly team of volunteers. If you can last year to raise money for the Friends. spare time to visit the wards once or twice a Mrs Cheacker‘s husband was a patient here week for one month a year, please contact Lindy in 2006 and when she was visiting her son and his Densham 01934 838668 for more information. family in Queensland, thought this a good idea!! We are most grateful for the £300 she raised and salute her bravery! Anita and Peter Tonks are hosting another Not for the faint hearted! Cream Tea event in Shipham on Sunday 5th July 2009. There couldn‘t be an easier way to help raise funds – just come along and enjoy a delicious cream tea at Shipham Village Hall between 3pm and 5pm. We guaran- tee you won‘t be disappointed – we even have a brand new village hall just in case it rains. All monies raised will be donated to the Friends. FLOWER CLUB CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY Severn Vale Flower Club recently celebrated its From the sale of Kate‘s cards, coffee morn- 50th Anniversary. 50 wonderful years of flower ings and charity stalls, Severn Vale presented a arranging, visits from area national demonstrators, cheque for £1,400 to Liz Pritchard in February this outside visits and involvement in many Church year for use by the Friends. and Cathedral Flower Festivals. Each year we have a different charity and last year we chose Friends of BHOC. Kate Hick- man, a member of the club, has been involved in a variety of ways with the Oncology Centre since 1985 when her husband was a patient here for 5 months. Beginning as an escort, Kate ran the Cof- fee Shop for 9 years with her friend Valerie Gillett, raising money for Thornbury Inner Wheel via a promise auction and from the sale of cards de- signed by her (which are also sold on our main re- ception desk and are extremely popular). 3 HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE OPERA Wednesday 12th August 2009 at 6.30pm ‗Woodlands‘, Aldwick, near Wrington THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Performed by the Opera Project and sung in English Tickets £50 each to be purchased in advance from David Farris, Pit Farm, The Batch, Butcombe. BS40 7UX Bring your own picnic! Opera Project is a very professional local group who are also performing at the Tobacco Factory in the autumn. This promises to be another special evening. All proceeds to the Friends of Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre The last opera, performed in 2007 at Bourne House in Rickford, was ‗Italian Girl in Algiers‘ which was enjoyed by a capacity audience of 350. The weather, as usual, was kind to us with a warm sunny evening and after the interval, a starry night greatly enhancing the magic of the occasion. However, this year we have the use of a mar- quee just in case!! 4 Bristol Ostomates PEACE Gill de Wolf Self Support Group I sing of huts high on Inca terraces Of shacks in the middle of arid deserts BOSS holds four meetings a year for anyone I sing of reed boats, embroidered coats who has or cares for someone with a Colostomy, Of llamas, water buffalo, guanacos, iguanas Ileostomy or Urostomy. The next meetings to be held this year are I write of the wind in the eucalyptus trees September 19th and December 5th. They will be Of a road winding high in the Andes held in The Broadmead Baptist Church Hall which I sing of the pan pipes echoing the sound is near to the bottom of Union Street in Broadmead. Meetings start at 2.00pm and end at about 4.30 pm. Of the people, places and trees all around The meetings are informal, we usually have a speaker or some form of entertainment followed I write of a waterfall cascading into a pool by refreshments and a raffle. There is a Stoma Care Nurse present who can give help and advice Shimmering bright sunlight feeding the to anyone who needs it. It is a good place to meet soul other people with stomas: share ideas: and you I write of the Red Sea, the Dead Sea would be most welcome. High mountains, green hills, and olive trees For further information please call I sing of a dove flying high above Maurice Cox on 0117 935 8949 or I sing of love, life, hope and peace Christina Hammond on 0117 907 5326 TWO SPECIAL LADIES t was with extreme regret that we bade farewell to two very special ladies. I Marilyn Cowburn had been a cancer patient and was very distressed when she lost her hair because of her cancer treatment. When her health improved she started Headstart. This is a service which sells headwear such as scarves, hats, bandannas, buffs and bean- ies to women who are experiencing hair loss. For eleven years until her recent death Marilyn came into the Centre on Wednesday afternoons to show what was available and demonstrate ways of tying scarves. This valued service continues and Marilyn‘s mother Margaret and other volunteers can be found each Wednesday in the Centre continuing the good work that Marilyn began. Marilyn will always be remembered for the wonderful legacy she left for patients who are coping with hair-loss - Headstart. Wendy Eddolls was a very valued member of the information centre‘s team of volunteers. Wendy had been a volunteer with us for eight years and had a ready smile, was a supportive listener and related well to everyone she came into contact with . Both Marilyn and Wendy will be greatly missed by all their colleagues in the information centre. 5 SPOTLIGHT AWARDS Many congratulations to the following recipients of Bristol Onocology and Haematology Centre‘s Spotlight Awards (for further details see . November winners Janet Smith/Diane Pellici (nurses) December winner Pamela Probert (clinic co-ordinator/receptionist) January winner Debbie Birch (clinic co-ordinator) February winner Tracey Arthur (Sister) March winner Deanne Cox (personal assistant) April winner Christine Millman (Sarcoma and Melanoma CNS) Creative Writing Sessions Every day at BHOC thousands of words are cheek—all varieties of expression are possible. Dif- circulated. For patients these words are vital, ferent perspectives on facing cancer can be ex- though often unfamiliar and daunting. Some pa- plored. Enjoyable and fulfilling aspects of life- tients feel that their own voice becomes lost in the family history, travels, personal enthusiasms, rela- challenge of dealing with cancer and all the medical tionships, nature and animals - are also popular information it involves. themes. Getting things onto paper often provides a Creative writing sessions are offered free for pa- sense of relief and the opportunity to share writing tients who wish to express themselves in their own within the session or with family and friends can be words in a supportive environment. Facilitated by affirming. Fiona Hamilton, the one-to-one hour-long sessions In feedback, participants have said that crea- take place at BHOC, where a relaxed, welcoming tive writing is enjoyable and helps to unlock crea- and confidential space is provided. The sessions are tivity, that is a way of exploring difficult as well as currently funded by The Friends of BHOC. fulfilling experiences and of bringing together Patients and carers can book an initial ses- pieces of a life story when the ‗life jigsaw‘ has been sion at the Information and Support Centre.
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