From inert to inspired

I fainted from exhaustion midway through reading the landing-sorting-out bit, but am full of admiration nonetheless.

I envy you your creativity. I would love to be able to make or do something, but I have absolutely no creative ability whatsoever. It has long been a source of much woe to me.

On the upside, I do have a beautiful tabby cat. On the downside, she is helping me type ...

I suspect the stem cell treatment will be pretty nasty, but, as with all the o0ther - yes, thank you, Jenny - treatments you'll get through it because you have to - same as your family will cope because, really, what else are they going to do? It's no fun for anyone, but we have to hope that the end result will be worth it.

Happy new year to you, sweetheart, and I hope this year brings the best possible results for you.

xxx

Hi gorgeous... ahem cough... landing???? Moving swiftly on.... hoorah for having a workspace. I make soap with the kids at school from scratch- we have even distilled our own essential oils etc for it so if you fancy a hand, or some recipes etc give me a shout. I am looking forward to having my sausages sorted one way or another so I can get my axe and knife out again and start doing some greenwoodwork again. Not even invincibles help there at the moment.

I got tired reading about all the hospitals and dates etc phew. You WILL be ok and you will do it cos it will help and your kids will be ok too cos like Hils says... its what needs to be done. Scary I know, but remember how scared you were about going in for the week and how panicked you were about that....? And you are like yeah, in for my week, whatever... kids back at school blah. SEE?

So the Heath will be ok too- just a bit longer.

I just hope we are not in at the same time so we can't visit eachother. That would be rubbish. If we were in the same hospital, that would be fab, but we are not... so better not coincide eh?

Here's to inspiration and laughter and love and new health in abundance....

Loads of hugs and that

Little My xxx

ps if you need some colours, for you creativity.... I know where to find a few crayons.... x

You may not have realised it but your blog was so full of optimism and happy thoughts.

• You got to spend lots of time lazing with your girls
• You're not feeling too poorly/exhausted
• visitors, friends and PJ days
• You had an idea for creativeness, saw a problem (lack of space), solved it, and did it!

Well you deserve a trollbead for that my girl. You feel that you can still achieve things (something that I lacked until this year) and your girls will benefit by seeing mum getting up and doing.

As regards the stem cell transplant, just take each bit a little at a time. First your trip next week, results maybe, and finding out more re the change in diagnosis.

The harvest, when its done, could not be more complicated than mine was, as I had to have mine through my groin. Spending hours over three days with my legs akimbo and at one stage with a nurse's fingers in my groin to keep everything going was quite hilarious! No other problems, although having a motorbike rider waiting outside in the snow to take my cells across to B'ham sounds a bit 007.

The transplant is painless, but as immune system is non-existent the result of infections is not pleasant, and you will probably feel as if every bit of energy has been sapped from your body for a few months. What you need to remember is that you have come this far minus any complications or infections, so you must be one helluva woman. If there was to be a complication or infection to be had I was up front...Give it me!!! Soooooooooooo you will breeze it missy.

Love and hugs

Louise (Granny STILL in waiting!)

Gosh Ems, you make me feel so lazy! sulk , sulk, sulk! I can't even find the energy to do writing.

My son and his wife are the creative ones, always making things to sell at craft fairs and exhibitions. Their workshop is the whole house, but they do manage to clear the dining table for meals.

Good luck with the chemo next week and after what you have been through stem cell harvesting and transplant will be nothing to worry about.

I see LM's offered you crayons; I hope you don't need brown, because I think she's used that colour up. What essential oils did LM distil? Essence of grain fermentation? That school sounds like St Trinians.

Everything is crossed for you as usual (getting a bit of cramp now, but it's worth it).

Love and real welsh cwtches,

Odin xxx

Hi Emms 

So good to hear you have something good to look forward to and here'is to creativity.

I like Hilary always wanted to be creative and artistic my brother is a pretty good artist but alas all my efforts look like a 2 year old has done them 

To take on the task of clearing the landing sounds almost like climbing  a mountain and yes certainly deserves something shiny as a reward for all that effort and hard work and the naughty step for moving things by yourself but wont mention it to Odin and I would have done the same

Hope you will be able to take a few photo's of some of your creations and post them just to make me jealous.

Good Luck and all good things for all that is coming up a pity you and LM can't be in the same hospital but sure you will get visits 

Love and Hugs 

Cruton x

I would be cautious of accepting the crayons off LM especially the brown one I hear they have been in some strange and dark places x