At the spa!

Wth the devastatingly tragic events that are unfolding in the London tower block fire last night, I can't help but feel very emotional . Living in the city, in a large block of flats over the last five weeks, thinking of how loud and piercing the regular weekly fire alarm testing was, and the 'inconvenience' of long corridors with heavy closed double fire proofed doors to open......

I've been back in Jersey just over a week, and already back into the swing of island life.
It's been so lovely to swim in the sea, walk the dogs on the cliff paths, and play lots of different sports.

I've also started the drug letrozole , a small tablet once a day. I'm trying to ignore the very long list of side effects and hope that I'm not unduly affected . I do need to ask a few questions though , wether or not the ' complimentary ' tablets I'm taking will counteract their effectiveness is one of them.

I am going to need a bone marrow test but no dates as yet, I also need a bone scan to check out the density of my bones as a baseline check as letrozole can/will cause osteoporosis.

I thought that they should know within six weeks if the drug is working ( I presume a blood test? Or scan ? If it doesn't appear to be I may try tamoxifen , another ' breast cancer ' drug..

My throat soreness is pretty much the same, it's better to eat 'soft, sloppy' food than pieces of chicken or meat. The good news is that my neck appears to be healing nicely, it's still quite red and itchy but doesn't look so inflamed .

So a belated birthday gift to Bex was an afternoon spa day with treatments ( not the radiotherapy kind! ) and tea. As its a gorgeous hot day we are chilling out in the lush gardens and making the most of it.

Finally thank you once again for the gifts and cards of encouragement I have received over the last few weeks, arriving home there is a beautiful bouquet of flowers in the kitchen - and it's not the first- thank you .

Prayers for London xx




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