Quote..“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans”…John Lennon, Beautiful boy. I don’t want to wait anymore, I spend my life waiting, as most people do. I waited to grow up, I waited to finish school, I waited to qualify in my profession, I waited to find my partner in life. … Continue reading
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WHAT IF?…..
Quote “Were no hope is left, is left no fear” Milton. I never wanted this blog to be a miserable “woman who’s husband has cancer” moan. But, I want to be honest and walking besides a loved one with cancer is an emotional roller coaster, Yet it is part of life. I am … Continue reading
THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN…….and I hope I am a coffee bean.
Yesterday Michael had his sixth and final chemotherapy session. After all these months of hospital visits, blood tests, emergency admissions, fatigue and side effects we are finally at the end. Another ten days and he should recover from this session, This morning I took him a cup of tea and said “I’ll wake you up … Continue reading
WHERE IS DENISE?…..
A very strange thing has happened. For the past couple of weeks I have hardly been able to turn on the internet, let alone blog, Facebook, emails and all my favourite regular blogs have remained unread……. To my regular blogging and facebook friends. I feel really guilty about this, but I am sure things will … Continue reading
I’M TIRED!……
Not much inspiration for blogging this past weeks. My life has become a round of hospital appointments, hospital admissions and chemotherapy sessions. In addition I juggle to keep going to WORK at same hospital, so it feels as if I live there. I feel that it is really important that I go with Michael for … Continue reading
THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING?…..
With Michael in hospital, and spending nights alone, ….. no more TV dramas about murders, or serial killers for me, I stick to documentaries or comedy. So the other night I watched a very interesting documentary The truth about personality The presenter Michael Mosley is a self confessed pessimist and negative thinker. He wanted … Continue reading
WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A BAG PACKED….
I was amazed how fast the infection hit. At 1810h, Michael said he felt cold and went inside from the garden. He checked his tempreature 37.5C pretty normal. I went off on my bike ride. But he continued to feel shivery and within 30 minutes his temperature was 38.8C. he rang … Continue reading
A DOUBLE WHAMMY….
There are times when I feel I am in a bad dream and I just want to run away and hide. Then there are times I find myself just doing normal things and it seems weird. Life is going on. There are times when I briefly forget. Then there are times … Continue reading
THE NIGHTMARE OF FINDING PARIS ACCOMODATION……
So our lives have become,…… (YUK ALERT!)….. obsessive interest in bowel habits. (Frequency, timing, consistency and volume)…… dashes to out of hours medical centres with wound infections and forgotten wound staples……. Sleeping,….. eating …..and relaxing. (plus the darned racing commentary is back!. Aggh!) Both the twelve year old out of hours GP (it … Continue reading
JUMPING HURDLES
Yesterday I had a bad day. I felt like I was drowning in anxiety. In Michaels racing terms, having jumped over the hurdles of bowel cancer, surgery, infection and post operative do-lallyness and thinking that the field would be pretty flat. we find there is another big fence in front of us. It turns … Continue reading
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