Well, the scan was all very exciting last Thursday, quick, efficient and radio-active, what’s not to like! BUT, it has made this week quite frustrating. I’m still waiting for an oncologist’s appointment to review the scan, which I expect to be next week, but it’s not been confirmed yet. It’s very frustrating to know the information’s out there but I don’t know what it says yet. Regardless, despite this frustration, there have been many fun activities in the Faraday household in the last week.
Last weekend was our wedding anniversary, well anniversaries, we celebrate in the 5th and 6th of September because we had two wedding ceremonies. Our ‘White Wedding’, at the registry office, was on the 5th and our ‘Fairy Tale Wedding’, in our garden, was on the 6th. So, in celebration, on Saturday evening we went to ‘Proms in the Park’, in the Jack Phillips Memorial Gardens in Godalming, an evening of classical music led by a brass band and a choir from the Royal Surrey Hospital; Godalming have a series of concerts, ‘Music in the Park’, throughout the summer – so much fun. On Sunday, we went out for dinner, with our Nephew Ronan, to Piazza Firenze, our favourite Italian restaurant in Godalming – it was a yummy as always. Lovely anniversary events with my gorgeous, precious Shirley.
The first half of this week has been music focussed. On Tuesday, our ukulele club started again following our summer break and Wednesday night was our pub jam night. The jam was great, we had a scratch band, led Shirley and I, which included Jeremy, a stalwart of our jams on uke, Ronan, our amazingly talented nephew on bass, and Luka, the son of our neighbours Pete and Claudia, who played drums for us. A one-off performance which was excellent fun.
However, I may have pushed myself a little far and used up too many spoons with all this music activity. After the club session on Tuesday, I started to get some aching in my lower back and pelvis which has continued until this morning. I’m attributing this to my overly enthusiastic activities over the last three days. However, on the more sinister side, it could be an indication of disease progression, this would be very disappointing. Other possibilities are flare pain from bone regrowing where the cancer has been eliminated or simply musculoskeletal discomfort as a chemotherapy side-effect. There’s no way to tell until I see my oncologist, even then some tests would be required. The aching is not severe, no pain killers required, but it’s a constant niggle and therefore as constant, back of mind, concern. Hopefully, by the time of my next blog, I’ll have some information / guidance and a report on my scan from my oncologist.
