"Fighting 15s: Health and service update" Topic

I did not think it worth troubling Bill with this as a news item, as it is mainly an update on my current situation from my news feed:

As many customers I hope are aware, my wife Janet has been seriously ill over the past 13 months, having undergone six months of chemotherapy to treat leukaemia, and then requiring the rest of the time to recuperate. During that time I have found it a struggle to look after the family, run the home, and manage Fighting 15s without ruining my reputation for customer service or letting down the companies that I represent. I have worked some pretty crazy hours to keep on top.

Janet has now been able to resume work part-time, and does not have to see her consultant for another three months. Her bone marrow is still not entirely normal, but test results show she is none the less healthier than some perfectly well people, and so apart from the occasional visit to hospital and the need to take life a bit more carefully, we are as back to normal as we'll ever be.

Fighting 15s is beginning to get back to the point it had reached 13 months ago: i.e. on top of orders, back doing wargames shows, and looking at expanding its line-up of manufacturers. Emails are dealt with when possible, sometimes even promptly. Unfortunately, it has been necessary to drop the traditional mail-order lists and switch to being an almost entirely internet-based business: doing so has ensured the orders system remains organised and fully recoverable in the event of human error.

Thank you to all my customers who have stuck with me and understood my problems during this horrendous time. Your support and patience is most appreciated. I have undoubtedly offended some customers during this time, or seemed distant, offhand, irrational, or inconsistent to others. Extreme stress makes a person do strange things, and I can only apologise: you have been dealing with someone who at times has had the reasoning powers and memory of Pooh Bear, which must be most frustrating.

Ian
Fighting 15s

dear ian
Its good to hear your mrs is on the mend and i know what your going through as my partner is now undergoing the second phase of chemo.I think you have done a stirling job with balancing all the roles you have had to deal with and still doing what you can for your customers and keeping them updated.you sir are a top bloke and i hope you good lady goes from strength to strength.
regards
paul reid
warboots uk tv

Wonderful news Ian, really glad to hear it. We've had cancer in the family recently too and I can understand the stress it causes.

Tony Hughes

Tiny Tin Troops

I am thrilled to hear that your wife is doing well. Mine is in her first year of remission from breat cancer and I cannot imagine the extra burden the compromised immune issues involved in Leukemia must put on your family. God bless you all.

Nice to hear that you significant other is doind so well. A good friend of mine is just starting chemo to kill off his bone marrow so it can be replaced, an arduous 3 month process I am told.

My wife has had seven cancer related operations but after 29 years she is still here. So there is always hope.

It will be a long road and emotional support services for dependents of those undergoing treatment are not there in most locations.
I Wish you all the best and Good luck.

Mate, great news, you have hung in there and now can enjoy some happier times. Wonderful to hear.

Nick