41: Sue Chapman, Heather Long and Chris Reilly – Why Were Margaret and I Cancelled? 8 October 2024

 

Margaret was at death’s door on Tuesday 22 November 2022.  She had 4 broken vertebrae in her back and “several” broken ribs.  She had undergone emergency stent implants n her right kidney, duodenum and common bile duct.  Her weight had dropped off her dramatically.

On Thursday 17 November, the oncologist had rung Margaret and told her that he had persuaded a drug company to provide her with a course of immunotherapy treatment for free.  Unless the treatment had been provided for free, she would have died within days.  We did not have the money to pay for the immunotherapy.  The cost was $7,870.00 per treatment and the oncologist said Margaret would need 32 treatments.

I left Margaret in the treatment area in the Tennyson Centre and then settled in for the long wait for the treatment to be completed.

While I was waiting, I sent this message to the “friends” who had cancelled her and me and who clearly did not give a damn about the impending death of their “friend” of between 40 and 50 years.

I think my message that day was extremely restrained.

This is the message I sent while Margaret was barely able to cling to life.

 

What’s App Message Sent in Two Parts to Sue Chapman, Heather Long and Chris Reilly   Date                22 November 2022 Time:              Part 1, 12:26 pm Time:              Part 2, 12:27 pm   Hello Chris Reilly, Sue Kinnear and Heather Long. As I write this, Margaret is at Tennyson Centre having her final attempt at living a little longer. If the treatment does not work, she will be dead shortly after Christmas if she lives that long - and there is a very good chance she will not live that long. If the treatment works, then perhaps ... Although Heather has maintained contact with me since the bbq on 26 January last year, Sue and Chris have made great efforts to avoid coming anywhere near me. Chris, I last saw you at Yeti in August last year and you went out of your way to be as rude as possible - and you were very successful. Sue, the last time I saw you was 13 November last year when you looked like a kangaroo caught in headlights wondering what to do. You seemed astonished that I acted perfectly pleasantly to you. Well, I have been able to cope with your bad behaviour to me, but I think I should let you know that your bad behaviour to Margaret has been very hard to accept. The policy of punishing Margaret for being married to me is hard to accept - and it has had extremely bad effects on Margaret. Of particular concern is that you pretend that you are acting normally. Why have you acted this way? I presume it is because Anne Ryan has told you some big lies about why she decided I was no longer fit to associate with. Here are some facts. I documented everything that happened as it happened. The last time I saw Anne was in February 2021 when she supposedly came to discuss her behaviour on Australia Day. In fact, there was no discussion. She told me she no longer wanted anything to do with me and left crying. I was amazed. Anne did this to me even though I had lent her my car (free) for 15 months. I also restored her wooden box over a period when I was fairly sure my coughing was probably terminal. I thought I could not die with it unfinished. When Anne threw me in the bin, she threw Margaret into the bin too - and she persuaded the three of you to throw me into the bin too. As a by product, all four of you also threw Margaret into the bin too. Not one of you has seen Marg at home since, although Heather has tried but been unsuccessful. I am disgusted by your behaviour towards Marg. I have no hope at all regarding Anne Ryan. She arrived in Oz again on 21 October and has made no attempt to see her dying friend - obviously because of who Marg is married to. I am utterly dismayed that Marg could well die with none of you treating her with the respect she deserves - because of the actions of Anne Ryan. For the record, Anne was always seen by Marg as her very special friend - and she is utterly dismayed at Anne’s behaviour while still trying to convince herself that Anne is a decent human being. I have no such delusions about Anne. She is Marg’s Pretend Friend and nothing else. I am hoping though that you three might be slightly better. Why not do something radical? Ask me what actually happened? You have nothing to lose - and you might even regain some respect in my eyes. For the record, I was hospitalised for 4 weeks last year and near death on several occasions. Marg had to endure that too. Why did that happen? My body went into shock because of the behaviour of Anne Ryan.

 

As I wrote this blog, it is Tuesday 8 October 2024.

I am still waiting for a response from Sue Chapman, Heather Long and Chris Reilly.

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Margaret and I visited the Isles of Lewis and Harris in Scotland in September 2017.  This was taken on Tuesday 12 September.

 

This is a photo of Margaret on 12 September 2017 with her great “friend” Anne Ryan.