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so i'm just writing this blog to introduce myself and why i am here.
Basically my girlfriend found out about 3 months ago that her mum's cancer has come back and she now has secondary breast cancer and after many appointments and tests they can only estimate that she has 'years' left.
This has literally broken my girlfriends heart and in turn is breaking mine. Her dad died when she was 5 and because she was adopted she has such a painfully close relationship with her mum, she...
Some of you lovely people left some kind words and sound advice on my blog yesterday. And after talking to my boss I have a good talk to myself. This morning I am back in work still on admin however but am going to the staff room at break to have coffee with the other staff and maybe at lunch time. If I get through that maybe by the end of the week I will be teaching some classes again but small steps at a time. I think maybe I was looking at things all wrong I wanted things to back to normal, but reality...
An update on my nephew. Scan results were yesterday and I went along with my sister to give her support. Nephew had been getting a bit breathless recently and sis was understandably more worried this time. The good news is though that all the scans were clear - chest/mri and heart so we were delighted. Next lot in 3 months but, for now, things are good. Feeling tearful today though the sheer relief that was yesterday but no doubt, two months down the line it will all start to build up again. I don...
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And so it came to pass that on the thirteenth (!) day they did Let Her Out. And there was much rejoicing in the House (til they realised how much tidying up they thought they had to do…). So I managed to avoid any infections this time though I’m still on aciclovir which I think is a kind of broad spectrum antibiotic, itraconazole (an anti-fungal), nystatin (antifungal mouthwash) and corsodyl (mouthwash). First week out I brought accounts up to date and made the adverts for the monthly music mag...
Sorry I havent blogged for a while things have been hectic with Dad being in the hospice, mum does the afternoon visiting and I stay at work til 6pm to go and visit him when I am finished. He has been up and down and round about he has a good week then a awful week. Dad still has the lymphodoema in his leg, the physio is coming to look at that tomorrow. He has been fine a good patient better than he was before at the last place. Tonight worried me, he was very drowsy and couldnt keep his eyes open...
In some ways things are better for me now: other family members coming to stay and help out, a night sitter so I can get some rest, an afternoon respite each week, lots of useful equipment around the house. But all this is because my dad is getting slowly worse, every day a little more weak, every day something else he's not able to do. I find it hard that no-one can really say what comes next, I want there to be a pattern his last days / weeks will follow so I know what to expect. The other day...
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