AWAKE.........

Grogg    and LondonLass    I could have chatted to you if I'd picked up my phone but I was so wide awake....I've emptied the dishwasher, cleaned out the kitchen poele and washed the kitchen floor! I think for me it's the new pills. They have also caused constipation....what fun! And will they actually do anything when the doctor cheerily tells you that the nerve damage is ' definitive' and it's creeping up the leg....just below the knee now. 

I hope you are both back to sleep. I won't bother now. My son has some ' pocket money' work to fill in until the reordered van parts arrive and as he has no transport and I need my car later, it's like the old days when teenagers need lifts. He does cycle but it's quite a long way and it's frosty this morning so I promised to help out.

I'm sorry your family have been affected with the Covid. I suppose, given the numbers it's inevitable that someone we know will be affected but it doesn't lessen the worry. My sister said that my parents and her husband and herself  were all tested this week after Dad got a chest infection but they are all clear of Covid, just normal winter ailments.

So I'll say good morning to you all now although I suspect it will be a while before anyone is up to see it.

I have no idea why the picture posted there!

Love Karen

P. S. Have you seen, that if you put your phone in landscape, you can now go back as many pages as you like. I only found it by accident as I hold my phone in portrait for safety.  I expect it shows all the time on Laptops and Harddrives. Is this new or did I just miss it?

Morning everyone,

Grogg sorry your night was so difficult.  It’s amazing the things that get done in the middle of the night when you can’t sleep, but so frustrating when you know you are tired.

How lovely to be seeing your new great niece, even though just a window visit.  Something to look forward to.

Lacomptekp I always admire your energy.  I’m sure you do more housework before breakfast than I do in a week!!  The nerve damage you mention, is that from chemo?  It was mentioned to me as a likely side effect of the new chemo drug I have just started.

LondonLass sorry to hear your night also wasn’t good.  But hope you can enjoy your day.

Very grey and overcast here but not wet so I’m going to try a longer walk.

Judith

You have to look closely, but I was excited to discover yesterday the first of my cowslip seeds has germinated!  Ive never grown them before. Hope for the Spring!

Judith

Morning , LondonLass,Lacomtekp& as I know you are an early riser!

Finally got off just after 5am and woken by my daughter searching for hair conditioner 29 minutes ago!  She has OCD and won't use bottle on shower floor only on shelf and that one was empty.  I had to find one from travel bag!  I'm annoyed at her though as she's so rude when her anxiety is high !

I'm having a cup of tea in peace now.   I never get urge to crab kitchen floor in ,idle of night; just eat Lacomtekp

I did wonder about the pile of mud !  Was this to do with constipation 

LondonLass hope you still asleep  

I'm always gobsmacked at how medical professionals treat you .   Absolutely disgusting.   I'm in Wales so our lockdown eased but I do understand how much more difficult and depressing each lockdown is.  Govt not telling us 2nd wave peaked just pressing on with shutting us indoors!

sorry your family ill.  Since March I e only known 3 people test positive and one had flu symptoms for a week back in April , my sister in law who died of sepsis but with COVID and the other tested last week as precaution but is fighting fit !  Hope your family recover soon xx

I can see it......I live in an area where cowslips grow wild. They suddenly appear about March. I'll take a picture in the spring. I suppose the leaves must be in the bank but I've never noticed because I thought they died back in the summer so don't  be too disappointed if the seeds grow slowly for a few more weeks.....

As for the nerve damage. ...well, yes, the Taxotere did cause the original problem. Nowadays the drugs and doses have been modified in an attempt to reduce the reaction I and one or two other posters who were treated five years and plus ago, suffered. Even then ut was unusual, the severity of the reaction wasn't common. The indicators to check out are burning feet or hands and peeling skin. If your feet particularly start to burn underneath and down the sides ...I always compared it to standing in a bowl of boiling water that you couldn't lift them out of.Later the skin from my feet came off in sheets not flakes. .....just contact your nurse or oncologist and tell them. But I don't think , with weekly doses, that will happen to you. If it does, they can reduce the next dose and even it means that your chemo is extended by a month, it will be worth it. I have permanent nerve damage which is now progressing probably from a different cause but activated by the chemo....the neurologist was certain of that although oncologists rarely admit to it.....and it could have been prevented if I had acted earlier but I didn't want to make a fuss and thought these were side effects everyone gets. 

So, don't worry too much. This was quite rare then and certainly much less common now but at the same time, don't take any chances. If in doubt....make a fuss and ask for it to be checked!

Lovely seedlings,I admit I wasn’t sure what I was loooking at!!
(“ a picture of worms?” Lol)

-so sorry you have COVID in your family! It must be so worrying...

Another little photo of a rose from our garden for anybody who needs it...xx

Oh dear, I’m so sorry the sleepy dust didn’t help some of you! 
and seaspirit44, really sorry about the Covid striking, hope recovery goes ok. 

Morning all, hope you night owls manage some naps during the day! I slept really late this morning, (sorry!) have only just finished coffee! 

Stay safe, all

Hugs xxx