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R.I.P. Mike Pollock
Jun 23^rd, 2015 at 8:12pm

This is a sad day for OUCH, on Saturday June 20th, our much loved and respected Chairman, Mike Pollock passed peacefully away surrounded by his family at his home. He had been suffering from cancer for some months, but typically he kept his health problems to himself and put everyone else first. He fought this final battle with great courage, dignity and humour, and right up until the middle of last week was still involving himself in OUCH business.

Every CH sufferer in the UK has benefitted in one way or another from Mike's unceasing hard work tracking down treatments, approaching government departments, working with the NHS to raise the profile of CH and to gain OUCH a reputation as an expert patient group. He will be missed by thousands, not just in the UK, but throughout the worldwide cluster headache community.

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AussieBrian CH.com Hall of Famer Offline CH - It's all in your head! Posts: 3851 Cairns, Qld, Australia Gender:	Re: R.I.P. Mike Pollock Reply #1 - Jun 23^rd, 2015 at 10:00pm May he rest in PF.
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BarbaraD CH.com Alumnus Offline Hugs to ya Posts: 8333 Douglasville, TX Gender:	Re: R.I.P. Mike Pollock Reply #2 - Jun 24^th, 2015 at 10:07am RIP Mike.. Prayers to his family and friends.. he will be missed.
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Peter510 CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give out... But don't give in. Posts: 966 Wexford. Ireland Gender:	Re: R.I.P. Mike Pollock Reply #3 - Jun 24^th, 2015 at 1:45pm RIP Mike. Ouch UK has been a great help to me and many others. A life well lived.
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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: R.I.P. Mike Pollock Reply #4 - Jun 24^th, 2015 at 2:06pm
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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: R.I.P. Mike Pollock Reply #5 - Jun 25^th, 2015 at 1:56pm So very sorry. It hurts to lose the good ones. Jerry
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Mike NZ CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Oxygen rocks! D3 too! Posts: 3785 Auckland, New Zealand Gender:	Re: R.I.P. Mike Pollock Reply #6 - Jun 25^th, 2015 at 7:36pm Callico wrote on Jun 25^th, 2015 at 1:56pm: It hurts to lose the good ones. Totally agree. The good work he did will benefit others with CH for years to come.
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Stevo CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 14	Re: R.I.P. Mike Pollock Reply #7 - Jul 5^th, 2015 at 6:25am Interesting article on Mike in a UK national newspaper. As my first post I can't post the link but you can google - daily mail Mike Pollock. absolute tragedy.
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Mike NZ CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Oxygen rocks! D3 too! Posts: 3785 Auckland, New Zealand Gender:	Re: R.I.P. Mike Pollock Reply #8 - Jul 5^th, 2015 at 5:09pm Stevo wrote on Jul 5^th, 2015 at 6:25am: Interesting article on Mike in a UK national newspaper. As my first post I can't post the link but you can google - daily mail Mike Pollock. The article is: Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or
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Peter510 CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give out... But don't give in. Posts: 966 Wexford. Ireland Gender:	Re: R.I.P. Mike Pollock Reply #9 - Jul 5^th, 2015 at 5:53pm Mike, Thank you for providing that link. Heart breaking. Peter.
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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: R.I.P. Mike Pollock Reply #10 - Jul 6^th, 2015 at 4:06pm Thank you for the link, Mike, and for alerting us to it, Stevo. The NHS has some serious issues, but due to the system they don't seem interested in fixing it. Jerry
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Re: R.I.P. Mike Pollock
Reply #11 - Jul 7^th, 2015 at 5:39am

They're not interested Jerry. And the word compassion is not in their vocabulary. They disgust me. The NHS has it's good points but caring isn't one of them.

My Dad died suddenly and unexpectedly because of a hospital mistake. I started an investigation but was too intimidated to carry it through. They all ganged up on me, took advantage of my vulnerabilty (I was in a state of utter shock and dibelief, not to mention grief) and brow beat me into dropping it. They sat around a table and they lied to my face, denied conversations I'd had with them, and contradicted each other. They refused to show me the coroners report and I didn't know at the time that I could demand to see it. But they did point out several times that according to that report, my Dad had coronary artery disease, "so he was going to die anyway".

OH WELL, THAT'S OK THEN............

I completely lost all trust and faith in them, but I will go to my grave believing that they killed my father.

In another incident, my husband was told that he had thyroid cancer. As thyroid cancer spreads more rapidly than other kinds there was little hope. I broke my heart for three weeks while he got his life in order and updated his will. And guess what - there was no cancer. It turned out to be a goitre which was removed, healed, cured. No apology or explanation from them though. We were just left to deal with it.

I didn't know Mike Pollock, but he was clearly a wonderful man and will be a great loss to humanity. The NHS has killed him as surely as they killed my Dad.

Rest in peace Mike. No more pain now.

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