Lots going on. Most years (indeed all that I remember!) I have had a birthday on the 13th Jan. This year it is being postponed to Saturday.
Tomorrow I have the pleasure of going to the hospital for 7.30 in the morning. Not for me this time: P is having grommets fitted and adenoids removed. She has to stay off school for a week which is lovely timing as I am back at work next week for the first time since the op. Once again, we are indebted to her grandparents (my mum and dad) for keeping the household running and childcare at all hours of the day, and sometimes night.
[As an aside, I think that they are loving spending time with the girls, but it gets a bit much when a 2-and-a-half year old who was awake until 10.30 one evening, then gets into your bed at 5.30 in the morning lively as anything and says: "We do the Hokey Cokey, Gran?"]
So, poor P may not be feeling all that great over the next few days and later on today I will be shopping for some extra entertainment to keep her going as she recovers. She will enjoy the weekend when B returns back to us after his first week of work in Wales. He's doing his best to throw himself into the new job, but it is a big change and he feels torn as a substantial part of him wishes he was here to support us with all that's happening. Anyway, I look forward to birthday cake with the whole family and a meal out with him on Saturday.
Also this week I have been getting a head start on my return to work by ploughing through the hundreds of e-mails in my inbox since I went on sick leave in November. I am happy to be getting back to it, but I'll only have one week to cram in as much as possible before my first cycle of chemo which starts on 25 Jan. There is no knowing how I will respond, but I suspect work that first week is unlikely.
The chemo cycles are over three weeks: Oxaliplatin given intravenously (I think!) over 2-3 hours in Northampton once every three weeks and Capecitibine tablets twice a day for two weeks with one week off. Maybe the week off before the next oxaliplaton dose will be the time I feel fittest? No telling yet.
Well, must dash now to what is starting to feel like a second home: the health centre for a blood test. My GP is still monitoring my bloods post-operatively.
Love to all!
