Hello. Its been a while!
I thought id rear my head today as its a year since my last chemo. My first anniversary.
So what's new?
Remarkably not much.
The diet hasn't shown its face since my holiday in Brittany! Ive still lost a stone, but its up and down. Ive started doing it many times and then i get invited out to different eateries and it all goes out the window.
At least I'm being invited out now tho, although its the same people.
Since my hols I've been to choir, about 9 times. 2 were performances where i sang solos! And although the second performance i was recovering from a chest infection, they weren't too bad!
Im no Beyonce tho!
Thats me singing in the front!
Ive seen the lovely Lyn, sometimes accompanied by Rose and Nat, or Nose and Rat as i affectionately call them. We've been for lunch, for dinner, for a party, for walks. They are a constant stream of amusement. In fact today, for my anniversary, Lyn took me out for lunch and plied me with Prosecco!
Had a lovely time.
Ive seen Jane a few times. We go back a long way. We're like 2 peas in a pod although i do recall once going in to an office for a meeting and it was commented that Jane had brought her mum along! Bloody cheek!
We went for a cream tea the other day. I didn't realise where the venue was - it was one of these groupon things. We ended up driving to Fareham, nearly an hour, for the most revolting cream tea I've ever had. The sandwiches were made up with different types of bread, which intrigued Jane quite a bit. She doesn't get out much! The little cakes were stuck to the plate. The jam was more like Gelignite! And the cream tasted a bit sterile. Similar to Drapolene!
We did have a treat on the way home tho. Stopped at a red light and a motor bike drove past and turned and looked at me. More of a stare. When the lights changed to green, he revved up, and zoomed off, doing a wheelie on the way, but an epic fail. I think it was to impress us. It didn't!
'Hi ho Silver, away', and 'Kemosabe' were our catchphrases for the journey home.
I was invited to a Jewish engagement party which i attended with Lise. Had a lovely time. It was an experience. The bride and groom to be - Ofra and Andrew - were so sweet. The food was lovely, especially the cheese cake, to die for. And i was intrigued by the Grace after Meals. The humour was rife. My table neighbour got himself and his wife a drink (coke in a wine glass - it was all soft drinks). He commented maybe he should have got everyone a drink. Somebody replied, 'It would be a cheap round!' Oh that tickled me!
Lise, me, Ofra and Andrew.
Visited Joe in London. Had a lovely time with him and Jon. We ate and then went for something to eat and then had dinner, and i think we may have had something to eat after all that!!!!
And watched a bit of Ru Pauls Drag Race. Loved it, what a hoot.
And an evening with Sharon and Simon, which was very entertaining. But then its always entertaining when Prosecco and dips and nibbles are in the mix. A very enjoyable evening.
And of course the odd trip to Chris and Chloe which is always entertaining.
The negative side is the trips to the GP. Ive been a few too many times. Itchy underarms and hot flushes (both a sign of Lymphoma!), bad back, followed by X-rays of spine and hips, underarms again, a cold which became a chest infection (last time i had a chest infection i had a heart attack!), and anxiety!
None of it has been sorted as yet. I still have itchy underarms and hot flushes, chest infection is on the way out, antibiotics now finished. But i have been referred to the rheumatologists. An urgent referral. I got the appointment today, 10th September! I hope I'm still alive by then, id hate to miss it! I may be MRI'd. I was hoping id left scans behind! And of course, I'm still going to bed and waking up half an hour later in a right state cos i haven't done something! Of course its all in my head. And fatigue on top of all this.
Anyway, its my 3 month check up the end of august. Can you wait that long till i come back with more scintillating tales of my day to day life?
