There have been a few firsts for me in the last week. It started with Saturday night when I managed to stay up past my usual bedtime of 10pm for the first time. Husband and I watched the England v Italy game and I stayed awake until 1am. Of course I ended up wishing I hadn’t bothered when England lost!
This week has been my first break from work since I went back in January. I don’t usually manage to use up all…
I find myself this morning in the rare situation of having some free time. No work as it’s the weekend, no gardening as it’s pouring with rain, and no tennis to watch. So time for a catch up.
I am missing J very much. Although his death had been expected it was still a shock and I often find it difficult to believe he has gone. One of his favourite sayings was that the music doesn’t stop playing just because…
It’s been check-up time this week. I’m now 9 months post treatment and the team are very pleased with me. It is hoped there is still more recovery to come, but I am at the stage now where I think I’m happy if this is as good as it gets.
I have been continually frustrated at the slow speed of my recovery. The Oncologist says that she doesn’t think it helped at all that I had to have my feeding tube in…
Recently I’ve been filling out a questionnaire as part of a research project I’m helping with. One of the questions asked me to calculate the financial cost to me of my cancer. There was a list of all the items I might want to consider in the calculation. Some are obvious, like loss of earnings. Others take a bit more working out. For example my husband has driven me approximately 2500 miles for hospital appointments…
Someone reminded me today about what I was doing this time last year. I remember it well. The last day of the Financial Year at work and the usual mad rush to get everything done on time. Except that last year I was also frantically writing pages of instructions for the colleagues who were going to cover my sick leave. I was also in the middle of teaching my husband how to use the washing machine and change a duvet cover…
