Sunday, July 31, 2011

Strange Day

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A & L's boyfriends are around now and so we see a lot of them. Barbecue No 2 of the weekend but at least this time they didn't ...

Dad's health

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Seems to be better - losing his Jaundice and getting back to normal but has lost about a stone which is worrying even though he could "...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

What a week

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I don't feel like it has been a week - so much has happened and yet time has shot by. It's half-way through Saturday and I'm fe...
Friday, July 29, 2011

The Deed is Done

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My Vibration Plate Exerciser is ordered and as luck would have it - the distributor is 10 minutes away from me. I was going to buy another ...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Exercise - or rather the lack of it

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Well - I'm going to have to change all of that later this week and into next week. I took a count of calories earlier this week and was...

Better

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Everyone seems to be a bit better this morning - apparently no one gave Dad any advice about having the anaesthetic. So I've sent on so...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Mmmmm

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So Dad's home - no biopsy but a plastic stent (lasts about 3 months) not a stainless steel one. He managed to frighten the bejeebers ou...

Down to Theatre

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Well Dad went down to theatre around 12:15 and so I should hear something soon. So this is what it feels like to have a close relative in h...

Distracted and not a little anxious this morning

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I had a terrible night's sleep - no major dreams or worries as far as I recall. With dad going in for his procedure today I do feel qui...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Stated Far More Eloquently Than I Ever Could

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This article in the Guardian Having cancer is an education, and this is what I have learned - "Illness introduced me to a beautiful net...

Thinking about dad tonight

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I know pretty much what he is going through and he reckoned the last 4 days have been like 4 weeks - yes I recognise that too. Not a lot I ...

Just when you thought you'd had your fill of bad news

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I got a call from my Mum saying that my brother's mother in law had died today. She had been suffering from metastasised cancer and la...
Monday, July 25, 2011

So 5 years + 1 day - how's that feel?

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You know what - it feels just great and whilst I seem to always be bleating on about it - life's pretty good for me at the moment. It i...

Itty Bitty Internet

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It's been a bad start to the day - the internet has been appalling - it wasn't great last night either. They've acknowledged th...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

If looks could kill

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I suggested that I enjoyed the time we spend together to Mrs. F. today - funny really as I did say it in a slightly sarcastic way. We were ...

Alomst Missed it - FIVE YEARS TODAY

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Five years ago today - around about 3 pm was when I had the first TURBT and had the tumour removed from my bladder. It was a Monday and I...

Spoke to my Dad

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This morning and it was one of those very rare times that I've heard him actually feel sorry for himself or say that he wasn't parti...

So here's Some Good News

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I've been following a blog called the Assertive Cancer Patient for a couple of years on and off but in recent times have tried to follow...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

Holding back

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On calling too often at the moment and will have 'normal' phone call with my Mum tomorrow morning. Will see what they've been u...
Friday, July 22, 2011

Impressed

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With the level of professional results the three artists put on tonight and the evening shot past. Thanks to Flocky Bicep for turning up an...