To all my friends - mostly from the old What Now site - I had a phonecall from Judith's mum this morning to say that sadly Judith passed away yesterday in the hospice. I am sure a lot of you will remember Judith for her amazing sense of humour, spirit and courage.
I never met Judith, but I felt a connection to her very quickly in the chatroom. We soon exchanged emails and became friends. I am thankful to her husband…
SCAN DAY
Not been scanned since August 2nd 2009....so to say I was nervous was an understatement. The scan doesn't bother me, them finding a vein to pump the contrast in does. Very bad experience last time.
However, after much pumping of the hand and tightening of the tourniquet....they got a vein. I made them promise not to hold the needle in the back of my hand like last time - took 3 weeks to stop hurting (I…
Morning my lovelies,
Nothing spectacular has happened since my "craniversary", Jack has had his mock results and I am pleased to say he achieved his target or better in all subjects except Phys Ed. Annoying really as he is expected to do well in that, having been a blackbelt since the age of 11 and at things he likes - circuit training, trampolining, badminton.....he gets top marks but football and rugger aren…
THE BIG OP
OK where did I leave off, ah yes in bed with my Neurosurgeon ......... ok ok ON the bed with my surgeon (its only one little letter different) and he was telling me how they would use the Stealth guidance system to remove "buttercup" and that I would have a couple of holes in the back of my head, where I was "attached" to the stabiliser - do you know what image popped into my head.......those stands…
The Lead Up..........
This is a retro blog as I am almost at the 1 year anniversary of my craniotomy. This day last year (was the 27th) I had been taking my tablet regime in readiness for the big op. I had already been to the hairdressers and had layers cut in my hair (boo hoo and turns out I shouldn't have bothered lol).
So here's me before I went to hospital (not taken on the day mind, the day after THE HAIRCUT…
