Wednesday 1st November

First day of the month, first new blog post on my 'new' second hand laptop, first day in about a month I'm NOT coughing!

Thanks to Hospice today I had an amazing relaxation complimentary treatment today, it was wonderful and I felt very good after it, so good in fact I managed to cut the grass when I got home.

Thanks NC for the amusing card with the iceberg and lawnmower, I was smiling about that when I was forcing the toy mower through the knee high 'lawn'.

I had yet another visit to my doctor on Monday, really just to update him on my growing medical history, but also as I still felt bad. However, I'm feeling a bit stronger and fitter today, so despite being issued with yet another course of antibiotics I've decided not to take them!

He also booked me for a chest scan, I'll have to see about that one, no date as yet.

I spoke to the Marsden yesterday and left a message, a doctor called me back today and we chatted about how I've been over the last two weeks.

I said although my groin/leg pain niggled on and off I really only had one bad spell with it during the last fortnight, and I didn't feel it warranted any treatment as such yet.

I sighted a few reasons why we should hold fire with the radiotherapy (excuse the pun).

#1 I've had two bouts of radiotherapy in the last 12 months.
#2 I'm only just recovering from a nasty infection.
#3 Unless I start fairly soon I'll be into Christmas, and the thought of spending the next four/five weeks in London is not appealing.
#4 I want to give tamoxifen a chance to work, I've only been on it three weeks, so wont know if it's being effective until end of December.


She said she'd discuss with Dr AG and get back to me, which she did this afternoon. They seem to think that waiting is fine, and they have booked me into the Marsden for scan and clinic appointment first week of January, unless things drastically change that's the plan so far.


Ok, so thats the information side of the blog...

The rest is going to be HOLIDAY PICS !!!!

Hippos!

Table Mountain

 View from rooftop terrace at hotel in Cape Town.

Boulders Beach.....

Enough!!