Urgent Appeal to help my Nurse

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A colleague from an NGO that has been helping in Gaza has set up this appeal many thanks to Matilde Aprille.. 

🚨🙏🤲💞👩‍💻 please help!  Momen is my Palestinian nurse I mentored through his BSc Nursing.. he went on to achieve a MSc in Public Health. He helped improve the Breast Cancer Care pathway in Gaza with a published paper in the European Journal of Oncology Nursing ref: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1462388922001314

He is working with MSF and been coordinating care of patients and injured in Rafah. His wife is a mathematics teacher and they have a newborn daughter.. the funds are needed to evacuate to Egypt from the merciless offensive plans that the international community are failing to stop.... once in Egypt there is help and support. He is a born nurse with extensive clinical skills to help others as he rebuilds his life in safety for his family.. Shukran, Thank You, Merci, Bedankt for your help.  

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Reference to Published Work Breast Cancer Care in Gaza

I had opportunity to meet Momen in person when he came to Brussels for some intensive training to to coordinate care in extreme situations. Photo by Eurostar Brussels Midi. A very kindly person with a lot to offer the world in care & compassion.

I have his achievements file from over the years I have mentored him. I was proud of him presenting his Breast Cancer Care work in a conference. 

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With Many Thanks 

Jusoor meeting booked

 

Jusoor

The link to the Jusoor conference I attended at Kings College as part of my investigative work for my project Family Link Up Kings College conference looking forward to more time with this group of caring people. 

Interesting Talk Brunel University

Another stimulating evening at Brunel University. What an amazing presentation by Prof Amanda Harvey. A presentation that took us on a journey through her career building and how much had been unplanned. That journey has taken her to perform some very much needed work on cell biology and breast cancer cell behaviour. It was touching to hear a member of the audience in the question time who was a breast cancer survivor be so grateful to Professors' work. The presentation touched on her work and gave insights but has inspired me to reference hunt to learn more.  I am first and foremost a biologist that chose my career to be in nursing and midwifery. My nursing had taken me in experience in oncology too! Plus as a retiree had helped at the local Community Cancer Centre a patient run centre so the whole topic touched upon was of great interest to me. I would love to attend more of Professors lectures on Cell Signalling and behaviour. I had opportunity to meet with her associate researcher Alessandra Devoto, in their collaborative work with the Royal Holloway University. 

In amongst the evening had time with Amanda's mother who is also very interesting to be with. Plus had time with a breast cancer patient. 

My questions in the presentation time was the acknowledgement of the dynamic changes in the breast tissue from hormonal response in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, lactation and menopause and had this been studied. Plus also why was there an affinity for bone mets in breast cancer? 

Later in the over drinks discussion I also wished to know more of Amandas work on acute and chronic wound healing. Very relevant to me as after my bilateral mamaplexy my wounds broken down and I needed negative pressure vac therapy to heal the craterous wounds. So my interest was both from academic and a patient perspective. 

Here are some references to follow up as I will be too from this stimulating evening of sharing... :- 

PubMed link to article

Jasmonates Science Direct further reading

Parliament Lobby & Peaceful Walk

Wednesday I managed to lobby my MP John McDonnell to express my concern over my nurse in Rafah and indeed all NGOs working there and all the over a million citizens, patients & injured trapped there.  We had a good time of updating on issues and it was a good atmosphere in parliament at this time. The parliamentary staff always kindly to me and our police caring and ensuring our safety. 

It was a pleasant evening so I decided to go for a walk through St James's Park. There had been the incident with the horses bolting in London so I hoped I could get an update from the barracks sentry if one on duty. It was quite upsetting to see the injured white horse in the film footage. But the army gave an update on the social media to thank all that were concerned. 

My walk reinforced that folk simply wish to live in peace. I had a good talk with other campaigners in Parliament Square and with the police. Then with some tourists. A time of general chatting and sharing together even the odd fun remark to have a laugh together. Isn't this what many want togetherness and respectful kindness to one another. I walked past some of our Londoners sat quiet reading novels in the serenity of the park listening to music with those earbuds that have become popular. Tourists were enjoying filming our cheeky squirrels that have learnt to come to us humans for nuts and will brazenly come close even scamper up legs and sit on hands to feed. The ducks and the geese got filmed and photographed as a lovely image of nature in the city. But I could not see our famous Pelicans in by the pond.  There was an air of tranquility so precious for us all to keep.  i wandered up past Buckingham palace and up Green Park to the station to travel back home. There were a group of young women exercising together and I they had a laugh when I told them about my thighs being researched as a 70 year old at the Brunel University ageing studies. They loved my narration of this! a great time of jovial sharing together.. There is more power is Peace Love and Sharing with one another than all the war horrors we are seeing in the world. Time for Global Tranquility like a walk in the park!

Culture wars but in Peaceful discussion

Culture Wars & Social Change

This was a very stimulating evening at Brunel University. The panel looked at different aspects of how culture division can be augmented by media and perspectives that create individual and group perception of others. The media is a tool that can be used to put more spotlight on a particular perception to create division instead of mutual understanding of one another. 

I brought to the question time discussion how I go on the peace marches and how the media and the present government can distort the perception of this by their wording. I am indeed part of the MOB that the present PM labelled us with as we  the call for peace and ceasefire. A useful acronym I pointed out as I turned the label to Many Opposed to Bombing! 

I also shared how in the march there was amazing sharing with one another from all cultures, all backgrounds and religions including our amazing Jewish bloc with holocaust survivors and families. We cry together, hug one another, share with one another, listen to one another. 

I pointed out that from my clinical perspective I was observing in myself and others that we are going through a form of grieving. Grieving the loss of the world we wish it to be of Peace, love care compassion empathy for one another and this one planet home we all share. 

I also pointed out that we have an all party group that is calling for Compassion in Politics and we need Compassion in Policymaking. Compassion in Politics

My question from this sharing was if there are then more of us in this world that wish peace and togetherness why was there division and what purpose and whose purpose did it serve to create that division? 

This fit into the discussion as there was an emphasis on empathy and compassion and why division or perceived division in society. 

The evening continued with a further conversation over drinks and I found myself in an huddle of other retired nurses but I was the only one with midwifery. As nurses though we had combined neonatal experience. What an time of caring and sharing as our careers are indeed built on caring and compassion. One of the panel, Professor Anita Howarth from the Media department, joined us. The most important observation from our combined discussion  - was we were all well travelled and had shared time with other cultures in a vast array of countries as we shared our experiences. Plus as I pointed out as nurses we had cared for patients from all cultures and worked with health professionals from all cultures so we understood one another through that caring. 

I always point out from my befriending refugees my Family Link Up project that I have a ray of hope from the refugee children. That ray of hope is that they are becoming polyglots little professors of linguistics as they pick up and efficiently use all the languages they are exposed too. This in a practical way will help understanding one another and see how we think and live our lives with the same emotions and feelings. But we must be aware that those emotions and feelings can be subject to manipulation by others in either negative or positive ways.  Present day social media can be social or antisocial with who ever uses to create togetherness or division. 

Maybe with polyglots and those little professors of linguistics we will indeed become truly a Global Family and truly United Nations with Peace for our future generations. A very apt and very important statement I make in the background of Saber rattling at the moment on the global stage. 

We need to change the Saber to Sabr the Arabic word for patience. Patience to listen and understand one another. 

Shalom Salem Peace Om Shanti in the world to ensure our future on this one planet home we share!

Needed to be around flowers today

Scroll through and enjoy .. i needed to escape world stress and go to this local oasis of peace and beauty ..

 

Then a surprise find in my own garden my faithful yearly Aqualegia has blossomed and loads of buds appearing too .. 

Brunel University Day

Some images from a great day of sharing and networking at Brunel Engage day .. with link up to businesses and our Hillingdon council. Brunel Older Persons Reference group members were invited so why I was there. Brunel is helping me so much to keep connected to the academic side of me with my clinical experience and now all my activist project work. I love being around students hearing about their studies and aspirations. Good to see people blossom and get closer to realising their dreams and goals. The university is giving we retired folk a value with the respect of all our life experiences, achievements, lessons & wisdom!  So thank you to all the Engagement team that reach into our local community. Brunel Public Engagement

 

Update plus Thigh Research read on ...

i am here not posted for a couple of weeks .. last Saturday had nice evening meal with my family. Impressed with Errin's school artwork folder. My granddaughter loves art. Very yummy surprise dessert that Debbie my daughter got from a cake shop in Yiewsley.. 

I have been busy with more rainbow themed knitting and crochet for our local children's ward .. finished a cardigan with a splash of colour just need to get some buttons. Got two crotchet rainbow blankets on the go trialling different designs.

In among this keeping up with the international situation, my languages and ageing research at Brunel University.. Last week had my thighs researched hhhhh ..70 new adventures hhhh looking at muscle power performance in ageing and how local heat can improve muscle performance. Was fun among all the academic science of muscle physiology. Note I did the exact test that Usain Bolt did though I got 82.5 on the graph  ... I can assure you he could still out run me..hhhhhhhhh Seriously though it is so good young researchers interested in the ageing process and how to ensure wellbeing. Brunel Older People's Reference Group