Awake and up all night

Gill.

I've just noticed. How did you put a BLUE heart on you message.

I'm honored!

Thank you so much for that sweetheart. I wish you only the very best too. 

One of the things OH's condition has stopped us from doing is going to the football,  as apart from his neck stoma he also now walks with the aid of his stick, so crowds are out for the foreseeable. We'll not let it stop us though, and once he improves a bit more I'll get us seats amongst others with health issues. The problem is he'll have to remain silent, which is a bummer, but when we watch matches on Sky he gets as animated as ever - it's actually gone a long way in helping his recovery.

Aw I hope you'll be ok when having chemo and it won't make you feel too ropey my lovely. All of you who goes through treatments and surgeries has my total admiration as I think you're all so brave.

Hugs and love xxx

I use my phone for posting, but if you go into emojis and scroll down, you should come to several colours of hearts and the blue is amongst them. Or,  just type 'blue' and it should bring one up xxx

Thanks Gill  

  xxx

Ray, fingers crossed you're fast asleep now, so this is for when you check in next.

In early July, 1968, we had what was known then as the 'freak storm'. I was in class and it was around mid morning when suddenly everything went deathly quiet, the sky became a sludge green colour and eventually darkened to blackest night - then the heavens opened. For about the next 30 odd minutes a massive storm ensued with golf ball sized hailstones that made an incredible racket and caused untold damage everywhere. Our teacher was racing round the classroom in a blind panic, smoking like a chimney, and the kids were screaming and crying. It was pandemonium but I was in my element! A bonus was we were let home early as lots of windows had been smashed, but my cousin and me decided to check out the damage the now petered out storm had left in its wake.

We crunched our way over the thick layer of hailstones and gawped at broken glass and the odd felled tree, but when we got to her house their caravan resembled focaccia bread as it was totally pitted by the force of the stones.

Later that summer we went for a holiday to my uncle's farm in Austria, but travelling home we went through Germany and passed a forest where umpteen trees were down. My mam chatted to a local when we stopped off, and he told her that a huge storm had wreaked havoc about a month before. I wonder if it was the same one you experienced?

Sleep well my lovely xxx

You'll have to join them one night and have a go on a skateboard m

What did we wear before covid I have my covid boosters regularly . My immune system is low like most people with cancer . 6 years ago I had cancer and had major surgery to remove it and 7 sessios of chemo sll during covid and just before I was allowed to go back to work and before I had my first covid jab I caught covid crazy . I had my jab but was positive for 3 days . I am negative now 

Yes. With treatment my OH's immunity has gone up and down. She is now having an injection called Denusomab which is for bone strengthening and to help white cell production, but she had to have regular checks She tends to get tired when her immunity is low. We're not going out as much as we did, so not seeing as many people.

The sky went slate grey here just now and we got a downpour