Category: January 2024
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Friday, 19 January 2024
Auntie L has arranged for me to go on a mystery date with her this morning. She picks me up around 8am and we head off. At first I’ve no idea where we are going but then as we travel over the top of a hill I see a beautiful field of yellow in the…
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Tuesday, 16 January 2024
It’s simple tasks today – blood tests pre-chemo – these will now become weekly again. Prescription fulfilment for chemo – more steroids, yuk! A port flush with the District Nurses – I almost cancel this as it’s only about a week until chemo starts but decide to go ahead to ensure Murphy’s Law doesn’t get…
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Thursday, 18 January 2024
At lunchtime Dr Sk calls with my PET-CT scan results. The cancer has not spread to my brain and there are no other new lesions elsewhere in my body. Yay! The existing lesions have grown though, so the cancer is as aggressive as before. This fits in with my feeling that the lump under my…
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Wednesday, 17 January 2024
I ask Sister C for some help with some sewing projects. By that I mean, please come and mend some clothes that I’ve had sitting in a pile for ages because I can’t sew. The irony of this is that I did the photography for a sewing book called The Sewtionary (a step by step…
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Monday, 15 January 2024
I get out of bed in the morning and find my whole body is a bit sore from the surf – even my feet hurt! I had such a great weekend away but now it’s business as usual. Susannah is working and I lie in bed feeling contemplative. The cats were very pleased to see…