Active8 issue 206 April 2020
EXTRAORDINARY times call for extraordinary action. The coronavirus pandemic has changed all of our lives, threatened the health and welfare of everyone, battered businesses both large and small and taken our children out of organised education for the forseeable future. Needless to say, the S8 community has rallied to help the needy and the vulnerable. From people running errands and checking on the welfare of neighbours, through to stirring doorstep rounds of applause for our health and welfare workers and children posting support through rainbow displays. Here at Active8, we’ve published your community magazine every month for the past 18 years and feel we should continue to serve you throughout these dark days. We can’t send our distributors to your letter-box right now, but we hope you enjoy reading this ‘virtual’ publication. Businesses have happily teamed up with Active8 down the years and this is an opportunity for us to support them in their hour of need. Therefore all advertisements booked into this April magazine appear here without charge. As ever, we urge everyone to support all local businesses as and when they can and look forward to launching a ‘ReActive8 S8’ campaign once we beat this virus. For now, it is vital that we take on board all the instructions and advice being given to us. Stay at home and stay safe. And you can do your bit to help local businesses by sharing this Active8 on line with your friends, family members and other contacts. Also check out the Active8 facebook page. Mike Firth, Editor
EXTRAORDINARY times call for extraordinary action.
The coronavirus pandemic has changed all of our lives, threatened the health and welfare of everyone, battered businesses both large and small and taken our children out of organised education for the forseeable future.
Needless to say, the S8 community has rallied to help the needy and the vulnerable. From people running errands and checking on the welfare of neighbours, through to stirring doorstep rounds of applause for our health and welfare workers and children posting support through rainbow displays.
Here at Active8, we’ve published your community magazine every month for the past 18 years and feel we should continue to serve you throughout these dark days. We can’t send our distributors to your letter-box right now, but we hope you enjoy reading this ‘virtual’ publication.
Businesses have happily teamed up with Active8 down the years and this is an opportunity for us to support them in their hour of need. Therefore all advertisements booked into this April magazine appear here without charge.
As ever, we urge everyone to support all local businesses as and when they can and look forward to launching a ‘ReActive8 S8’ campaign once we beat this virus.
For now, it is vital that we take on board all the instructions and advice being given to us. Stay at home and stay safe.
And you can do your bit to help local businesses by sharing this Active8 on line with your friends, family members and other contacts. Also check out the Active8 facebook page.
Mike Firth, Editor
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Gillian was well enough to be discharged<br />
after 12 days, when after she had expected to<br />
be in hospital for a month.<br />
On returning home, she had to inject herself<br />
with blood-thinning drugs for six weeks at<br />
home, and is still doing exercises for her leg,<br />
ankle and jaw.<br />
She continued: “I will be scanned regularly<br />
for years now as there is a 10% chance of the<br />
tumour returning, but they will catch it if it<br />
does. I am still very tired and only started<br />
driving again recently. Talking is painful and,<br />
of course, I completely overdo that so I am<br />
learning to be quiet!<br />
“All in all, the expert care and support I am<br />
still receiving from Mr Nusrath and my family,<br />
friends and colleagues has made this<br />
experience a lot better than it could have<br />
been.<br />
“It has been very scary but I have found a<br />
strength I didn't know I had and, in many<br />
ways, it has been a really positive thing as it<br />
does make one take stock and I am very<br />
lucky to have the support system around me<br />
that I have.<br />
“Most of my nerves in my jaw were left so I<br />
should get feeling back in my lips, teeth,<br />
gums and cheek over time but part of my<br />
tongue will be numb forever. I am still on a<br />
soft diet and chewing is painful but I am<br />
learning to love soup, smoothies and lots of<br />
mashed potato. Eventually, I will be able to<br />
chew properly and I can't wait to eat without<br />
it hurting!<br />
“My main motivation for sharing is to raise<br />
awareness. My tumour is very rare but if I<br />
had known about it could have been caught<br />
earlier. Also, staff at Charles Clifford and the<br />
Hallamshire have been absolutely amazing<br />
and I'd really like to let people know how<br />
lucky we are to have such amazing medical<br />
facilities in our wonderful city.”<br />
Gillian in hospital a<br />
few days after her<br />
operation<br />
X-ray of work done<br />
to reconstruct her<br />
jaw and scar<br />
following the<br />
removal of bone<br />
from Gillian’s leg<br />
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