Cyril Tawney - on the tideway (illness, 2005)

Subject: RE: Cyril Tawney - on the tideway
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 08 Mar 05 - 07:32 AM

Best wishes to a great songwright.

Subject: RE: Cyril Tawney - on the tideway
From: Alio
Date: 08 Mar 05 - 05:54 AM

Lancaster won't be the same without him this year!

Subject: RE: Cyril Tawney - on the tideway
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 08 Mar 05 - 04:22 AM

Thank you for the heads-up on the website info, guest. Much appreciated.

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Cyril Tawney - on the tideway
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 08 Mar 05 - 04:17 AM

This is sad news. I hadn't realised he was ill.

Get well soon, Cyril and I hope your hip continues to improve, Rosemary.

Positive thoughts coming your way.

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: Cyril Tawney - on the tideway
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Mar 05 - 04:10 AM

It's all on his web site at http://pages.britishlibrary.net/tawney/enter.htm:

"Cyril has been unwell since October 2003, starting with diabetic leg ulcers, but during 2004 he developed various other symptoms, went into hospital in April for a couple of weeks, back in again in July, and he's been there ever since. His case is very involved and it took a long time for the medics to be able to determine the underlying cause of his several problems - the main ones being bone infection with symptoms which include swelling, with softening of some of the bones, and nodules. The leg ulcers continue but are probably unrelated to the main condition.


"The culprit is Mycobacterium Cheloneae which is commonly carried in water but rarely enters the body."

Subject: RE: Cyril Tawney - on the tideway
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 08 Mar 05 - 04:00 AM

This is troubling news. Are you at liberty to say what medical condition he has? My thoughts and prayers are with him.

Chanteyranger

Subject: Cyril Tawney - on the tideway
From: GUEST, Hamish
Date: 08 Mar 05 - 03:34 AM

Martin Simpson last night said that they're stopping Cyril's treatment. Cyril's website said on 5th March "Unfortunately, Cyril's progress, having slowed down, has come to a stop and there is at present no question of his having physiotherapy or being moved to a Community Hospital. Pain control is the priority and, although this makes him sleepy and sometimes confused, it is preferable to the increasing amount of pain which he has suffered over the last few weeks. He has his good and his bad days but even when the drugs take over and he is fantasising, his dry humour breaks through."