Well, all those who've told me about Macmillans these past few weeks have been right on the ball!
I emailed them yesterday as they have a support centre inside Southampton Hospital itself. Within about fifteen minutes a response came back which was out of this world! I have been welcomed with open arms and the mail sounded wonderfully sincere. I've been offered all kinds of support and help and can't believe it…
Well folks, time to finish the packing (done in the mornings when I'm relatively pain free) and closing up shop here in Ireland after being a resident for 17 and a half years. It'll feel sad to leave, and even more scary to be living alone for chemo - but I already have some support lined up......unlike Ireland support is there in the UK - and I hope there are not any nurses like in the breast cancer unit in Cork - otherwise…
Just taken painkillers and hope to be active in about half an hour. Sadly, it seems my life has to be arranged around the few pain free hours I have every morning. Now down to packing, clearing up a little (amazing how much one gathers in just a few short weeks) - most of it papers, papers, papers.....bonfire time!
Thankfully nothing has to be packed perfectly; I've got a few boxes which have been here for some time…
Took painkiller just prior to leaving the house this morning and by the time we got to the hospital I was anesthetized and wavering along the corridors like a soton student on a Friday night :-) MRI was uneventful as the nice man doing them was wonderful. We talked about the idle PET scanner which I found out was close to his heart, and the fact that it had been installed 3 and a half years back and the hospital kept…
Well, it's finally warming up in Ireland....though they say it's been warm for a few days - up here on the mountain you wouldn't know ... go down to the valley and it's hotter. Loads of rain and wind from 7 o clock last night, thrashing the TV ariel around and making viewing almost impossible...snow storm and noise time, all night!
Gawd knows what it'll be like on chemo, but I tell you something, I…
