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We went to the Rushcliffe Park at Ruddington but I was unable to walk from the car park to the playground because my back is aching so much. It is far worse than the “old injury during the pit” pain that I normally get and it is very frustrating. It stops as soon as I sit down. Eleanor had a great time on the park with Jonathan and she came back to the car and we had an ice cream. She really has been very good except…

Tuesday 7th April and it looks like a beautiful day. I went out with Eric last night to chew the fat over a few things – I only had a few diets cokes, but my back was killing me. I think I will stop the statins while I am off chemo and see if that improves things. It really is frustrating. When I went up to bed my little girl was sleep weeing – she was on the toilet fast asleep and when I woke her – or so I thought –…

Monday 6th April and it’s my second chemo free day but I still feel very tired. My little girl came last night and she is staying until Wednesday so we can have lots of fun when the grown ups aren’t around (Tee hee). Picko wasn’t in the club last night – no doubt the bingo wore him out on Saturday. You should have seen his little face when they decided to play another game of bingo rather than “play your cards right…

Saturday 4th April and I decide to take Irene out and have a couple of diet cokes. Alex IM’d me just as I was getting ready for a bath so I was late. Irene said “don’t have a bath have a shower – it’s quicker" but I needed a bit of a soak on my nether regions. Precautionary you understand. Also my feet have started being very sore. I got in a lovely hot bath and somehow wrapped the plug chain around my foot pulling the…

Friday 3rd April and I am really pleased that I was able to carry the PA system to my car even though it did pull my back. I had a meeting at 09.15 this morning and set my alarm on my phone for 07.30 except that I had not put my clock forward so it didn’t go off until 08.30 which meant my regime to get on-line was somewhat rushed but I managed it Two more lots of chemo tablets and then I have got two weeks(ish) off except…