Thread 46 - GCSE Covid Cohort , Searching for Summer Solstice

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This is a support thread for our young adults post GCSEs 2020, regardless of their educational setting, and their results ( or life updates for those who went into work or have had results earlier). It is respectfully requested that all are supportive and helpful to each other. If you want to start a debate, e.g state vs private, uni vs employment please don't within this thread.

Some of us have been here since first thread back in yr10, some will be new. Everyone has been friendly and helpful in the past. Everyone is welcome. It is hoped this will continue. We were previously on the secondary board and then further education, now we shall be here in 'Parents of Adult Children' gulp

Our DS/DD may continue down various pathways ( employment, apprenticeships, higher ed). Be warned there might be lots of 'Uni Freshers' chat this time of year. My experience is that everyone is welcomed wherever, whatever their child is doing we have some in work, gap years , apprenticeships etc too. Lots of contributors with different experiences and always sympathy and advice to be had.

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Thinking of you @estherfrewen , I think you might have won the ‘Worst Monday of the Thread’ award, I’m sorry 💐

Ah @estherfrewen so sorry to read x early diagnosis news is better though 🙏 💐

Yes I think so too. Hope all goes well - early detection is a positive though.

Sorry to hear your news @estherfrewen Hopefully all will be fine and it's been detected early.

Dh has a phone appointment tomorrow with his consultant. He had an MRI 2 weeks ago. I am fairly sure his prostate cancer has returned almost 10 years later. Dh is down in Brighton with his dd at the moment. He's not told her yet, so will go for a drive and wait for the call (he will park somewhere)

Ds2 started his job Monday. 20 mins late the first day. He informed me as he was leaving for work, that he had no fuel so was going to get some first. He's spent the past 6 weeks mostly asleep, plenty of time to get fuel. But that is just typical Ds. He thinks it's funny. He was late this morn too. Only 10 mins this time. So here's hoping third day will be on time.

Thanks for the good wishes everyone. Bit stiff and sore today so WFH. Back in the office tomorrow.

@icanbewhatiwant - hope your Dh is okay

Thinking of you @estherfrewen So sorry to read your news. Like you said early detection is everything so you can be treated but I know its a long journey. Just finished supporting a family member who also had early detection but we all had to pull together to support them. Hope you have good friends and family around you.

Best do a new Fred

I’m really sorry to hear that @icanbewhatiwant . As you know I have just been through that with DH. He is out the other side and doing well and I hope your DH can be dealt with as promptly. Xx

I’m so sorry to hear your news @estherfrewen thinking of you

I'm sorry to hear your news too @icanbewhatiwant but glad your DH is out the other side @Delphigirl. I know a few men who have had a prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment and all have come through healthy and well.

Thanks @ExtremelyDetermined

Great news about your Dh @Delphigirl

@icanbewhatiwant sorry i missed that news hope the time with DD goes ok x @Delphigirl good to know your DH came out the other side.

This stage of our lives can be more full of those uncertainties, the bad news, the ups and downs. That's what I most miss about being young, just less worry.

New thread linked below before we run out of space here

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@Delphigirl thanks, dh first had it 9 years ago. His psa stayed low for 5 years, then gradually crept up. Now it's almost back to where it was before treatment. Dh hasn't really told me much about what the consultant said. Just that he couldn't seee much and that dh has got to have a psa gamma scan. But I can't see much online about one of those.