OK Folks, strap yourselves in - we are in for a bumpy ride.
Ollie as I suspected did NOT want to go in his crate after a night on a Kingsize bed....although with Tony and I, a full grown border terrier and now a rapidly growing puppy to boot, its begun to feel like our little 4ft bed we had in our flat after Jack was born so that we could fit a cot in!!!!!!!
I opened my eyes this morning to the sound of my alarm, not a puppy crying as he was curled up fast asleep by my side, Dexter had moved up onto Tony's pillow as he went to work a couple of hours before. However.............after I opened my eyes it was obvious to me I had a "buttercup" headache. A mean old raging headache just behind my right eye. Of course this may have nothing to do with buttercup but, after my first visit to the neurosurgeon and telling him I had a few "morning" headaches before the seizure, he said that they are classic brain tumour symptons.....so you can understand my worry. Still I get up, get dressed, make Lara's lunch.......eat my anti-seizure and anti-nausea tablet........manage to go to the toilet (something that didnt happen for 8 days on the last cycle, so lets be thankful for small mercies) and thats probably too much information for some but hey ho, do I care LOL An hour later I wash my temodar down with a huge glass of water - I detest water......unless its sparkling but the bubbles make me burp (I know my Mum would go deeply red at me writing that ha ha) and trust me, you really don't want the flavour of temodar on the rebound!!!!! So I glug and glug and hope to get through the whole glass before the temodar backwaft........but no it always floats right back atcha!
Tony texts to see how I am, I tell him about the headache, he texts back - phone Kim.......I text him - lets just wait a bit. I hate bothering the hospital and lets face it, I can't phone them at every headache can I. I could really do with my steroids but I have to wait an hour before I can eat.....and steroids can not be taken on an empty stomach. Hour later and I am forcing myself to eat rice crispies at which point Sean reminds me its wayyyyyyyyyy past breakfast! Pop my steroids and anti-biotic which is only taken on Mon, Weds & Fri throughout the entire month. Tony texts me back to say that some morning headaches are caused by anxiety, depression or low blood pressure.....hmmmm I know I have low blood pressure but am I anxious and depressed too......gawd I hope not!!!!!
The headache slowly dissapates into a dull roar but my get up and go, had gotten up and went! I have just lazed around.....did hang out one load of laundry but I haven't washed up or vacuumed nada.
Lara came home and went straight back out - fishing! Tony came home, we are sitting in the garden having a chat and my mobile rings "mummmm I am so sorry......you are going to be so mad at me........I didn't mean to, it was an accident"......"Lara calm down and tell me whats wrong"......."I climbed up a tree to see where the big fish were and I think my mobile fell into the pond"......"you think?"....."well its not there now" ....insert sobbing between. "well you better come home, you know I won't let you out without a mobile".....repeat sorry sorry etc etc. Only my daughter, who is very girly but at the same time a complete tomboy could do that!!! The phone wasn't a top of the range just a Samsung touchscreen blah de blah (not a moby nerd) but it was her Christmas present and we just can't afford to replace it.
Jack had a new phone in January an INQ1 a social networking phone, but when I got my new cute C903 - Jack asked for my old K850i as the camera and video is much better than his. So, Jack gave his INQ1 to Sean and I put the free sim that came with my upgrade - this means we can all call each other for free. So, Lara can have Sean's old sony walkman phone which is black and not touch screen and was Lara happy - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO but I have said its that or stay in all summer - simple!
So yet another bloody drama in the Perry house! I hadn't even thought of dinner today and really couldn't be asked, so I grabbed some frozen pizza's out and cooked those for the kids.......ewwwwwwww wouldn't catch me eating them but they seemed to enjoy them. Tony and I had salad with toasted pitta breads and halloumi, it was about all I could stomach.
Tony and Lara have gone off to feed the birds .....tuppance a bag! Sean and I are watching Bogus with Whoopi Goldberg and Gerard Depardieu......old but funny film.
Off to nose around and drink more ginger beer oh and take my anti-seizure meds.......always bloomin forget the evening one!
Thought for today:
Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.
Arnold Glasow
FormerMember
what a day. You're a wonder Debs. I hope the headaches fade away and that the treatment cycle goes well. After last year, a year of practically ignoring my poor pooch, (I live alone, so no-one to take up the slack when I go to bed for the day), we've embarked on a programme of retraining, the first part of which includes ignoring her requests for attention unless I call her to me, so this morning when she leapt on the bed for a cuddle I just had to turn away! But the lesson this afternoon was fun and she's becoming a star!
I love the pictures you draw of your family life, the meals, the dramas, daily doings.
