I wanted to add more, sooner... but due to the Green Man Festival kind
of interfering with the net, I have been unable to access anything for
a few days .... which was quite nice in a way ;)
So, having planned to attend the festival as usual, plus help out the
recycling team with admin again for a few hours, I had to change my
whole festival arrangement this year! So, only spending a few hours
there, and walking back home (5 minutes from the house as it is on the
Park where the festival is held, which is just brilliant!), to rest,
and only doing an odd hour here and there for recycling, and not having
a drink each evening as we would normally! But I loved the time I was
there and was glad to be so near home so I could lie on the sofa,
listening to the music whilst resting :) I met up with friends old and
new, listened to some excellent music (having heard Bellowhead I
already liked them after seeing them live I now love them!!) Pedro
managed to get some time off too which was fab - nice to meander about
together.
Deri was away with my mum and Bryan, and came back Sunday morning ...
so spent Sunday bimbling about with Deri... her favourite spot is under
the life sized inflatable elephant which stands next to the pond by the
Wishing Tree :D We sat there for a while, blowing bubbles with her
dolphin bubble blower, taking photos of her being sucked up the
trunk............................ we met up with Pedro and ate nachos
whilst watching bands then Deri went shopping round the stalls lol!
Spent the evening in Chai Wallahs............. mmmmm to the 1 very nice
cup of bandy chai I had .... and discovered a band called Dizraeli and
the Small Gods who were brilliant!
Spent some of the time getting me head ready for the hickman line to be
inserted on Wednesday ... and then found out that nothing can describe it,
especially having it under local - erm, if there's a next time, I'll
take the general aneasthetic instead please!!! Ok, it took less than an
hour, and I was home the same day, and it will be very very useful as
it avoids having to have needles take bloods or give medicines, but
bloody hell; you get tugged about and it feels so bloody weird (for those unfamilar with it - the
line is fed through an incision near your collarbone and fed down under
your skin through a vein, then a line hanging down from the other
incision near your breast, which splits into two lines with caps on the
ends) ....... I feel like 5 of 9 out of Star Trek!! I feel as
though I have been hit by a bus, and can't use my right arm for
anything much and it's ACHY now ... yep, it was *not* pleasant but
apart from a sore arm/chest, I am feeling pretty much back to normal! ;)
Woke on Thursday feeling as though I had been run over by a train! Deri
was being picked up by Liz to play on the farm, so I went for a gentle
walk to help loosen up as my body had tensed up overnight.
My mum picked me to go for the check up in the Windsor suite where I
have my chemo. They re-dressed the would and cleaned it up a bit more
etc, and gave me a kind of long narrow bag with a strap to go over your
neck; the two tubes hanging down sit in the bag so they don't swing
about or get caught in anything - I have to say, they are a bit awkward
to have around! Plus they cannot get wet, so I have to have shallow
baths or hold the shower head by hand so it doesn't go over them!!
Last night I managed to sleep on my right hand side for a little while
for the first time, which isn't to bad considering it went in on
Wednesday I guess. But I can't hug people very tightly as it's still
sore. And I can't muck out my duck shed or pick up a full kettle or
lift Deri up ... blimey it's a bit of a pain right now!! ;)
I am taking two co-codomols every morning and every night to help with
the achiness, but otherwise feeling alright, just getting used to
having a 'willy warmer'' as the nurses call it, with tubes in it,
hanging down from between my boobs lol!
