Awake and up all night

You have been busy .i have just potted about .not been out as only had treatment two days ago .. glad you managed to get what you wanted. You just have to wrap it now .

Hi again Lynne.

I hope you're feeling ok after your treatment sweetheart xx

I've been crafty - no need for wrapping as gift bags will be fine, and I can recycle those we got from last year as they're still like brand new. I'm not Scrooge, just trying to save some time xxx

I did mine. Afew weeks ago because i new i would be hàveing treatment so got it all done . treatment is not as bad as i thought it would be .it was looking at them bags but had lots of wrapping paper left from last year .so used that up bag sound the way forward for next year 

Well done you for thinking ahead  Lynne, and being thrifty with the wrapping paper.

There aren't any youngsters in our family to buy for anymore, although it's still exciting to unwrap presents no matter how old you get, so don't abandon the paper just yet.

Aw I'm glad your treatment's not made you feel ropey and I hope it stays like that. Have a good evening hon xxx

It took me 3 hours to write 13 Christmas cards today, including addressing the envelopes. They've now been posted and will catch the 9am collection tomorrow. I rarely write anything these days - it's all keyboard, so driving a pen is getting slow and tricky. My daughter usually visits to put up the artificial Christmas tree but she and her husband have been struck down by the particularly nasty type of flu which is rampant in the UK this year. As it's just me in the house, I am not concerned about the tree. I'm only concerned about their recovery which, according to the NHS, can take at least a week longer than the usual 10-14 days affair. I've noticed more people are wearing masks when out shopping. Only 20 days before we fall in to yet another year. I'm sure they are rushing past ever faster.  

Evening Ray.

That's just what I said to my OH recently, how time's flying. Tomorrow marks the day he had major surgery, a year ago, but it seems like yesterday and I remember everything I did on that day. Anyway, it's best your lass avoids visiting as she'll not want you getting a dose of this flu. Fingers crossed they get over it soon. I didn't trim up last year as there was only me here, but I wasn't fussed about it as I quite like being on my own.

I've not written any cards this year; not really sure why but some neighbours have moved on so I hope the others don't bother either. It'll save me a job, just like not wrapping presents, or it could be that I'm a lazy sod. Well done you for getting yours done though.

We saw loads of folk when we were out shopping today but I swear down we didn't see anyone wearing a mask. I've just asked OH and he's confirmed it, so a bit of a puzzler there Ray. xxx

Perhaps the masked shoppers here were avoiding CCTV recognition so that they could run off with mince pies .

xxx

Hey, no idea what I'm doing but my nan died on 8th of October and my dad died of throat cancer on 31st of October! I've never felt this lost

Hello Bells, and a very warm welcome to our group but so sorry about the reasons that led you here. You've suffered a terrible double blow very recently and I can only guess at how low you must be feeling right now. But you are amongst others who can resonate with those feelings and want to give you support.

There are other groups on the site for friends and family, and one for bereaved members too, I think. I don't know how to provide links to them, but when one of our Community Champions reads your post, they'll be able to help.

In the meantime, I'm more than happy to chat if you'd like to. My OH also had throat cancer, I'm his carer, and he had a total laryngectomy exactly a year ago to try and eradicate the bloody thing. He's doing ok but his surgery was life altering and we're still in the process of coming to terms it.

Don't despair sweetheart, it's not going to be easy but it's true that time is a healer. Sending you big hugs xxx