Final Puff

Rest in peace

Final Puff — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:26:15 +0000

My last update to the site was when we found out that Mumma K had 3 months to live. The good news was that she did indeed see Christmas. However on February 20th 2010 Mumma K sadly breathed her last breathe. It was back in November 2008 when diagnosis was confirmed making it a year [...]

Ex-landlord jailed over smoking ban at Bolton pubs

Final Puff — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:24:01 +0000

Nick Hogan, 43, from Chorley, was sentenced to six months in prison for failing to pay fines for smoking ban breaches at his two Bolton pubs. Hogan was found guilty of breaching the smoking ban in January 2008 at the Swan and the Barristers pubs he ran. He fought the law and the law won. [...]

Ministers aim to halve number of people smoking by 2020

Final Puff — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:11:04 +0000

Sorry, got no time to write about this news. This is a great pledge by the UK government – lets hope they stick to it. A plan to halve the number of smokers in England over the next 10 years has been unveiled by ministers. The number of people smoking has fallen by a quarter [...]

3 months to live

Final Puff — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:12:28 +0000

It’s been quite a while since my last update on Mumma K’s progress. The last update in April was the relatively good news that the radiotherapy had helped shrink the tumour in the affected lung. However it was known that the cancer had already spread quite a bit. One of the things with lung cancer [...]

NNAL Levels Indicator of Lung Cancer Risk

Final Puff — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:47:53 +0000

Wouldn’t it be great if we could detect which people were more likely to develop lung cancer? Or even if we could tell if they had no risk at all? Well hopefully we’ve got a few steps closer to finding this out. A formidable medical survey has been conducted in Singapore and Shanghai. It has [...]

Radiotherapy helping to beat lung cancer

Final Puff — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:32:08 +0000

We have some good news. Mumma K’s radiotherapy has reduced the size of the tumour in her lung. This is absolutely brilliant news and the doctor is very happy with the progress. It’s not over yet but this big step in the right direction. Mumma K actually found the radiotherapy not as bad as the [...]

Happy No Smoking Day!

Final Puff — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:46:28 +0000

Well it will be a happy no smoking day if you take some steps to give up smokng today. Best of luck to everyone!

No Smoking Day

Final Puff — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:32:11 +0000

This Wednesday (11th March) is this this year’s No Smoking Day. Their strapline this year is “Take your first step”. I hope that everyone thinking about quitting uses the day as an extra incentive to take some action. There’s a superb amount of information on the official No Smoking Day website. Here’s a list of [...]

Free health check in Norwich

Final Puff — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:18:22 +0000

Bannatyne’s health club is marking wednesday’s No Smoking Day by offering a free health check. This will greatly benefit smokers in the region looking to give up. The health check is a perfect way to undertand your own personal fitness and capabilities. To book you can call 01603 431580. The check will be available on [...]

Mumma K Chemotherapy Update

Final Puff — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:00:17 +0000

Hello all, Well it’s been some time now since the bomb shell of the mother in law to be lung cancer diagnosis back in December 08. Read the first post here. It was straight after that that she was on to cutting down on cigarettes. The introduction of Nicorette inhalators is being used as weapon [...]