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Some bits of this I have just put on the warped sense of humour thread but can't remember what i did and didn't and warned them I repeat myself cos I can't remember stuff any more and seem to have 2 different sets of people so doesn't matter I guess.... OH SHUT UP and get on with it! Sorry.... just seen nannyb has joined us over there on the dark side hooray!! anyway, back to blog...
Woke up feeling happy today and silly... I think the comments and you lot help a huge amount on that...
Surgery done, back at end of April, not too painful, happy to see end of illestomy, not that it was that awful as you eventually get into a routine so daily management becomes automatic. The hard part is re-starting the digestive system, 3 days of absolue hell in hospital from projective vomitting to chronic diaorreah ...So several months on , re-started back at work, but body balance and toiltery issues persist. Following a limited diet as advised by Stoma nurses, no fruit, vegetables (unless root...
I have heard this word used for many years by our old friend Russ (he will be so pleased he has been published :) ) Usually Russ quietly saying it to Dave, at which time Dave would be throwing something up the wall, stamping on it or breaking it in half. Not always a pretty sight to see your man jumping around screaming like a spoilt 2yr old just because something went wrong, but funny all the same.
Many moons ago during first fateful marriage (twenty two-timing, rotten, stinking, fat, dirty bastard...
I collected her ashes today and settled the bill at the same time. She is now in the Conservatory, facing the garden she loved, while I have spent the evening getting all her clothing ready to take to the LOROS shop in the morning. She wanted her ashes in 3 places, some in her garden, some on her fathers grave and some on her favourite hillside outside Urbino in Italy - where her family come from and where she still has relatives.
I'm having a bit of chill time tonight with a bottle of Grolsch and...
In the words of the late great John Lennon.... . But I think in our case it's "Cancer is what happens when you are busy making other plans"
Reading some other blogs, wouldn't it be nice if we could just jump off sometimes and do one thing at a time? But although you think your world stops when you hear those words, it doesn't does it? and all the other silly little 'life' stuff just keeps on going... and then people say oh should you be moving now?? shouldn't you be taking it easy?? yeah...
Couldnt do Daves biopsy today.................................NO CANCER
Cant stop crying ........... eyes look like piss holes in the snow .......mmmm maybe not the best expression to use ....oh who cares anyway, I bloody dont.
Want to scream my joy from the top of the roof but havent got a ladder big enough !!!!!!! Suppose the next best thing would be to climb in the loft again and do it..........Might scare the natives though.
Just had a vision of me in...
Doesn't time move slowly sometimes.
I've now tried the pre-op stoma pack, talked to two patients & done more research. Everyone seems happy with their chosen op, but of course haven't been able to try the other to compare. Neither feels quite right for me.
Most seem to have had to have urgent surgery - my process feels immensely drawn out. I'm concious that it's now 3 months since the initial tumour was removed and I'm fearful that an invasive recurrence will pop up before I get...
well i've started my phased return to work. few half days and a full day tomorrow. bit tired after work but nothing major. still having problems with constipation which wears me down but i cant really complain. my biggest fear is the unknown. i was visited a few times in hospital from a pal ronnie who had just had an op for bladder cancer. he was doing well and looked great. fast forward 6 weeks and he is now in a hospice with the cancer spread thru his bones. he can bearly talk and this big lump...
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