hi there - hope everyone is well - i have not wrote for a while but i have kept trying to follow what everyone has been up to - the last 10 days have been fairly ok - my biggest problem seems to be is that i am very tired - but i seem to have got that sorted out and have began pacing myself - i suppose you just have to try things and find what suits you really - as far as the chemo is concerned i think i am coping ok with it - living on my own with the little one and having chemo was at first a bit scarry - bu to be honest because i have always been a very independant person and strong willed i find it hard to ask for help - but i now know that i am not doing myself any favours by being the matre so had to ring my cousin last sunday and she came straight round and got the house and me all sorted - i felt much happier in allowing someone else to take control and sort stuff out - i never thought i would say that -
i feel as if i might be getting a cold so must keep an eye on that-my temperature always reads low so keeping an eye on that as well -
my next cycle of chemo is on the 22nd dec so i havedecided to accept a very kind invite to go for christmas dinner at my daughters boyfriends parents house - i have always been the one to organise the celebrations and run around after everyone - this year i am going to take a rest - allow other people to spoil me -
i have been to whitby for the day today - it was lovely - mia (my dog) had a lovely time too -we parked the car and went for a walk down to the pier and went onto the sands for mia to have a good run around - it was lovely to hear the waves lapping up onto the beach and watching mia running around and slidling her head into the sand then charging into the water - once she had seemed to have had enough - which i am sure she would have stayed there all day if i had let her we left the beach and headed of towards the shops - i found a lovely little shop that sold lots of nice trinkets and christamssie things - i began with picking up a few ornaments and then i saw something else and by the time i had finished i had spent £70 opppps - but there was so many lovely things - i could have spent even more - we made our way back to the car as we had spotted some disabled parking places next to the MAGPIE fish and chip place and we thought that we could put the car there and leave mia in ther car while we had some lunch -when we got back to the car we had a parking ticket - our fault really for not looking at the parking metre - that was another £25 - opps again - good job i had already been and spent my monies in the shop or i would have felt too guilty to spend it after that - we moved the car and parked up - showing the disalbled ticket and went for fish chips mushsie peas and a pot of tea -i managed to eat most of it and enjoyed every little bit of it - that done and paid for we headed back home to york - it was a bit misty over the moors but i must say i had the most enjoyable day i have had in a long time - got home just in time for the little one returninng from school - she was going to her friends and once she had left i got my head down on the sofa and slept until she came home at 9pm - well after such an hetic day i am going to get myself off to bed and see what tomorrow brings - love to you all - karen - xoxo
