It feels a bit funny writing this blog, which will be seen by strangers and the few of my friends whom I've told about it, rather than giving my news to my family and friends first. When the news is not good, you're not exactly in a tearing hurry to impart it to all and sundry. But I want to talk about it, which is where this blog comes in helpful. And I don't really mind if no one reads it!
I had a CT scan…
Where I live we don't have Macmillan nurses. Instead we have CNS's who are part of the Hospice at Home service. For the last year or so, I have not seen the need to bother my CNS, although I had met her once or twice. Then she retired and was replaced. A couple of weeks ago, I felt that the time had come to make the acquaintance of my new CNS, so I arranged an appointment with her. She was very kind, patiently…
It's happened again: I had a phone call yesterday from an old friend who asked me how I was. Of course I told her about the difficulties I was having with managing post-radiotherapy bowel symptoms. Big mistake. Because this particular friend is really into alternative therapies, as well as being an evangelical Christian. She started by telling me that she had a cold that she was 'treating naturopathically'.…
Haven't written my blog in a while, not since we got back from Corsica nearly a month ago. I was going to write a reflective, musing piece about the solace of walking, but this might turn into something else, as there are other, more pressing, things on my mind right now. I was a great walker - John and I have done several long distance hikes in this country, we've been accustomed to doing long walks around the beautiful…
I've been trying to work out why it is that my blog entries always seem to be about birds. But I'm not even particularly interested in birds! Definitely not a 'twitcher' or anything like that. Hubby (John) says it's because we spend a lot of time at the kitchen table at home watching them on the bird feeders. But it's not that - I've been writing about birds in all sorts of different contexts.…
