Welcome back Cathy () xx
Well, I'm still here! Hotel NHS can't get rid of me that easily, despite the largely rubbish food!!!! This is their version of a cheese and pickle sandwich:
I seem to remember making something like that when I was about 4!
Anyway! I escaped late on the 23rd after the usual wait for pharmacy, and spent most of the day yesterday sleeping and/or coughing! Feeling better today though and looking forward to a quiet day. Thanks to Sal (LondonLass ) for being fab friend and keeping contact with me and filling you all in where necessary!
I went in due to a temperature on 16th as we are told to do (I actually made 38.9 on the Tuesday, and I NEVER get temperatures normally!) and then spent the week being stabbed, prodded, scanned and filled with drugs of various varieties! My discharge report said that I had pneumonia, Type A influenza (despite the jab!) respiratory failure and haemmorhagic brain mets. I'm quite sad that they missed out Ebola as I'm sure I had that too!
Reading that, not really surprised that the doc on the first ward I went to took me by the hand and told me that I probably wouldn't survive the admission! Well, he was talking to the wrong person, but we had to make some awkward phone calls to my son, my sister and my Mum, only to tell them 24 hours later that actually, reports of my demise were somewhat premature! The consultant on the respiratory ward looked very confused and said 'no, we'll have you home by Christmas' and didn't add 'in a box', so that was positive!
As Sal said, they found brain mets whilst I was in but I've probably had them for a while without symptoms - te doc scanned my head as I had a really bad headache, but I think that was due to the flu rather than to the mets themselves. It disappeared after 24 hours, and has been fine ever since. Quite why they have bled is another thing. Apparently, they are unusual and atypical in form - now why doesn't THAT surprise me??? 
I'm having another scan on NYE to see what they look like then, then they'll make decisions on whether to restart the chemo and the anticoagulant injections. Obviously, the spread is not something we wanted, but hey, it is what it is so we shall see what difference it make to the overall progress of the bloomin disease!
The worst thing was, I missed out on my Christmas ballet weekender to Leeds! However, I still have tickets booked until September and I I've got a 50th ballet Gala to go to in Leeds on 4th Jan, so hurrah!!!
Right, back to watching Christmas films and eating rubbish!
Big hugs to everyone - hope that everyone enjoys their day, however they are celebrating!
Welcome back xx
margaret
Wonderful to see you back 
, you amazing lady ️️
Happy Christmas all Fruitloops xxxxx
Onwards and flatwards (don't do hills) and keep walking if you can!
