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I know its not even 9pm, on a Saturday night but I'm in bed and loving it. It's been a long day in the shed. After nine hours of machining, I thought I deserved an early night.
With every bag I make, I learn a little more about myself. Today I discovered that I'm not keen on working with only one colour palate. To be happy bags, my bags need life and life is all about light and shade, and colours. Looking through my stockpile of fabric, I've found there are very few books with plain cloth...
As I replace the cutting edge of urban charity for a snake in the grass, literally (glad the cat didn't see it first!). A good book and a blue sky, I am reminded of another crusade, the mastectomy fall out and the high neck swimsuit…
I do so wish those good couture,
Could lift the necks a little more,
On running tops and swimming suit,
The no boob cleavage rarely cute...
We shave the brave and raise awareness for hair, but I see bare front everywhere! Please could the fashion world catch...
This is a very straightforward "update" blog. It is 6 weeks since I completed my course of radio- and chemotherapy, and the course itself was 6 weeks long. I have used the analogy (and it feels more like an analogy than a metaphor) of climbing a mountain. Each week completed represented reaching a camp on the way to the summit (completion of treatment) and each week after was like reaching a camp on the descent. So now I am back at base camp, 6 weeks after treatment.
Well, I don't feel...
OMFG...............how wrng can I b!!!!!
Woke up this morning like I had not been to sleep. My body was aching my head was banging and this before popping my pills :(
I swear down I have never felt like this before. Still I travel on bus to my appointment.....wait 2 and half hours in the waiting room. I can feel the energy dripping out of me by the second. I cant even look at nobody my eyes are stinging my head banging. Emma (my angel) is there by my side, laughing at my sly comments making me feel...
What a difference a day makes!!!! Woke up refreshed and lots of energy. No nausea No headache....actually feel 'NORMAL'!!!
Im waiting though mayb it will come on the bus journey......Nope
Met my cancer buddy Amy at the hospital. We met at the national neurology hospital while having my brain biopsy. We hit it off straight away!!!
We have lunch.............still nothing I cant believe it I honestly feel nothing!!!! Wow I think it must have settled down already.....I can do this!!!!
Felt good this morning but had funny turn on bus home.
Felt s*** all afternoon :(
Hey
radiotherapy not until this evening so got my mates, Emma and Laura coming round for some dvds and chocolates!!!
Bless Emma she's ringing my doorbell at 7.30, knowing I had a bad day yesterday and that Alan leaves for work at 8, didn't wanna leave me on my own. (Shes my angel!!!)
Anyway we start by watching Impractical Jokers......very very amusing that's the level of my humour!! When I got the all clear Im gonna film UK female version.
Had some home made (alan made it) chicken noodle...
Absolutely s***ing my pants, Alan holding my hand the whole way.
Tablets taken now on route to radiotherapy.
Felt fine until sat down on the tube....... jeez do I feel sick. In the waiting room now...waiting. Jane on the front desk giving me a reassuring smile, maybe she knows I'm in bits!!!!
Sick twice radiotherapy done!!! That was the easy bit. Now on bus home looking like a pisshead all slumbered over Alan on the back seat, unable to lift my head coz Im gonna b sick again, so I sleep....all...
Arrived at hospital not knowing what to expect. I know it was explained why I was there and what was going to happen but now this shit felt real. Although I was diagnosed 3 weeks ago my way of dealing with things is to make light of the situation (how I here u ask? but i'm talented like that...lol), some people say not facing the reality, whatever the reason that's what I did. But today is the day it becomes real. I get them pills to take for the next 9 months to try and kill this terrible disease...
sorry been busy and distracted but today:
had my appointment this morning..... they checked me and said radiotherapy will take 2/3 months to work so i have that time off and do exercise and do what i can. then i will have another scan to see if anything happened.... then might go on chemo. but really its a waiting game for me
