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Scottish Sun
22-05-2025
- Health
- Scottish Sun
Dad given months to live recording bedtime stories for his children to listen to once he is gone
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A TERMINALLY ill dad given months to live is recording bedtime stories for his children to listen to once he is gone. Lee Rawlinson, 51, was given the diagnosis of untreatable pancreatic cancer in October. He has spent the time since making memories with wife Faye and their daughter Darcey, ten, and son Marley, seven. He is now working with charities Stories For Life and Havens Hospices to continue that even after he has died. Stories for Life supports the hospice, who provide specialist support and care for the families of those living with incurable conditions, in offering the opportunity to record messages and stories for loved ones - preserving their voices for when they're no longer here. Mr Rawlinson has recorded several stories for his children, including his animated rendition of The Wonky Donkey - a family favourite designed to make Darcey and Marley smile and laugh. READ MORE ON CANCER SINISTER My GP ignored 'common symptom' because I was fit & healthy before deadly diagnosis Ex-medical rep Lee, of Leigh on Sea, Essex, said: 'I always read to the children before bed. "Now, they'll always be able to hear that in my voice. 'It's reassuring for me knowing it will be a comfort for my children, even though there may be tears. "If Marley thinks Daddy's in the clouds and he can still hear my voice — that's amazing.' 1 Terminally ill dad, Lee Rawlinson, given months to live is recording bedtime stories for his children to listen to once he is gone Credit: SWNS
Business Mayor
27-04-2025
- Health
- Business Mayor
How my father, Roger Altounyan, helped asthma sufferers
My father, Dr Roger Altounyan, discovered Intal (sodium cromoglicate) in the 1960s, at a time when many of his medical colleagues wrote off asthma sufferers as hypochondriacs (Letters, 18 April). He was an asthmatic and a doctor, and was determined to prove them wrong. He conducted experiments on himself and in a secret Cheshire laboratory over 10 years, testing about 500 compounds before finally declaring eureka. Then he researched how best to dispense his drug into the lungs of patients. Thanks to his time spent behind a propeller as a wartime fighter pilot, he hit on the idea of the Spinhaler. My father died prematurely as a result of his self-experimentation. During the last year of his life, I recorded his story, which inspired me to create a charity dedicated to him called Stories for Life. He was normally mild-mannered. But when I was recording his story, I asked him if he regretted his decade of drug testing and he banged his fist hard on our dining table, saying: 'Don't be so ridiculous, Barb. I'd do it all over again.' Barbara Altounyan London Do you have a photograph you'd like to share with Guardian readers? If so, please click here to upload it. A selection will be published in our Readers' best photographs galleries and in the print edition on Saturdays. READ SOURCE
The Guardian
27-04-2025
- Health
- The Guardian
How my father, Roger Altounyan, helped asthma sufferers
My father, Dr Roger Altounyan, discovered Intal (sodium cromoglicate) in the 1960s, at a time when many of his medical colleagues wrote off asthma sufferers as hypochondriacs (Letters, 18 April). He was an asthmatic and a doctor, and was determined to prove them wrong. He conducted experiments on himself and in a secret Cheshire laboratory over 10 years, testing about 500 compounds before finally declaring eureka. Then he researched how best to dispense his drug into the lungs of patients. Thanks to his time spent behind a propeller as a wartime fighter pilot, he hit on the idea of the Spinhaler. My father died prematurely as a result of his self-experimentation. During the last year of his life, I recorded his story, which inspired me to create a charity dedicated to him called Stories for Life. He was normally mild-mannered. But when I was recording his story, I asked him if he regretted his decade of drug testing and he banged his fist hard on our dining table, saying: 'Don't be so ridiculous, Barb. I'd do it all over again.' Barbara AltounyanLondon Do you have a photograph you'd like to share with Guardian readers? If so, please click here to upload it. A selection will be published in our Readers' best photographs galleries and in the print edition on Saturdays.
