All the best, mate and I really hope there is good news out there for you and your family. When times get tough if a family pull together they can get through all the difficulties no matter what. Keep looking for the little things to smile about.
Joe, I live in Geneva, Switzerland, so if ever a contact here can be useful to you, please let me know. I'll do all I can to help.
If I remember correctly, Joe done a spot of boxing in his younger days, and in my opinion it is a case of once a fighter always a fighter. So I'm quite sure that fighting spirit will be there to give Lorraine hope... I'm not a religious man, but I do believe in the benifits of positive thought, and it is heart-warming to see the depth of feeling generated from our close-knit cyber community.