Monday...again!

Thought I'd get in quick this evening as no doubt there will be tales to tell when her ladyship settles down to finish this blog....and it's Monday again. This time last week we had both survived our bambulance ( as they're known in our house) trip to London and were "settled" back in to the Marsden.....how time flies....I'll resist the urge to add "when you're enjoying yourself"!!!!

I've been in the States today, so not been here to "supervise".... But the firefighter was home (night shift for him this evening) and he helped out with the hospital visit...I'm sure our reader will get the details from Jill below....Bex started her new "job" (placement) at Bedell/Cristin this morning, so we were both gone early....I called in at lunchtime to check all was well....and it was...much relief for me....and Bex had also got off to good start...she's working 9 - 1....so happy girls at home.

Came home this evening to a still happy wife...no full length stockings...and also, apparently, a recommendation from the hospital that she could swim in the sea (!!!) ....I'm going to wait to speak to Jack about this. He was apparently in the room when Jill was told this....and I want a second opinion as to exactly what was said.....it sounds too good to be true....and with the water still at a balmy 18.5 degrees it will be good news indeed if Jilly can get back in to enjoy some late summer "bobbing about" (can't think that she'll be doing proper swimming)..... She'll probably just do an imitation of a mooring buoy, just like all the others at Bel Val.

Other news from the hospital is that there's still some discussion going on around what to do with the fluid buildup....and whether we can start chemo without "losing" that fluid. I'm not sure where this is going, but I'm confident that we'll end up doing what's best. One thing's for sure....Jill is a lot more "comfortable" with it...sleeping much better last night...indeed, had things been different then I think she may have actually stayed in bed this morning...maybe I'll risk taking her a cup of tea first thing tomorrow morning (not a habit I've ever got into I might add) .... At least I know that it's not something that will have to be done for long...we both get up early in our house....and I'm sure that "normal early morning service" will be resumed pretty soon.

It will be unsurprising to our reader to learn that Jill went walking again today....and I'm glad to report that her routes seem to have been reasonably sensible....but she must have gone uphill at some stage, as she didn't request any lifts home...so, what goes down must come up....but all seems good.

I'm going or stop now and hand over.....I think I know when I've pushed my luck far enough...more from me tomorrow maybe.

I'm not really going to add too much to this very informative blog, I think the 'boss' has covered all the main points! I thank my son for taking me to hospital today and bearing witness to all that was said, including bobbing about in the sea( knew Steve would never believe me) ! I think it's partly to boost my mental well being as well as helping me physically, sure it will do the lymph fluid some good, as well as the stitches ( AH will agree!)
It seems the messages from the oncology units are mixed, Marsden saying yes, get on with chemo fluid ok, jersey saying drain, then chemo. Blood tests need to be looked at as my white cells were far too low for chemo anyway, I'd need another GCSF ( injection to boost bone marrow into action). I'm actually not really concerning myself with the whys and wherefores of chemo, I'm just concentrating on packing the protein in, and trying to build myself up ready for whatever, whenever!!

Thanks to visitors today, lovely flowers and well wishes from Chapel folk.....

And finally I'm finishing with a fact.... "To pingle is a Norfolk word meaning to play with your food" ! 😀


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