Hiya All,
Well, been busy, busy, busy - probably doing too much, as per, but what the hell!
Em and I had a blinding weekend! She had an inset day on the Friday, so we went up to London for the weekend. Stayed at the Charing Cross Hotel - rather expensive, but worth every penny. Really couldn't get a better placed hotel - no more than 10 mins from anywhere you might want to go to.
We went to see Mamma Mia on the Friday afternoon - what a fantastic show! Hugely cheesey and all the better for it! If I thought I could have got tickets for that evening's show, I'd have very happily sat through it a second time. Fabulous! DEFINITELY will go to see it again sometime.
We hit Oxford Street on the Saturday morning - thought it was best to get there early, before it really kicked off. Proved to be a wise decision, cos it was heaving by the time we left, at about one-ish. Rather disappointed with New Look - no bleedin' kids clothes! I think the other shop in the street usually carries them, but it's undergoing a refurb - bugger! Went back to the hotel for a rest, then met my mate Tracy for a slap-up feed at Joe Allen's in Covent Garden - yum!
Decided to go over to Westfield on the Sunday morning, before going home, to see if the New Look there had what we were after. Thankfully, they did, cos I'd have been well pissed off if they hadn't, since the trip over there was fucking nightmareish! Weekend engineering works strike again! Arse!
Anyhoo, we got home about 4ish on Sunday pm, well shagged out, shopped out and showed out! A good time for one and all!
On the MM front, not much to tell, really. Still waiting for another consultant appointment at the Marsden, for further discussions and to do the consent forms. The work-up tests and line insertion won't take place until after Christmas, hopefully all in Brighton. My feet still hurt from the Velcade (particularly bad today, in fact), but I've just gotta put up with it, I suppose.
Got a 40th birthday party to go to on Friday (Happy BDay Juliet!). Had a nightmare deciding on an outfit, what with being a big ol' fat bloater cos of the steroids (and being a greedy fucking cow, to boot!). Tried a couple of spangly sequinned numbers - loved them both, but cos of the bloated stomach, as soon as I put tights underneath (and although my legs are still brownish from my hols, I am NOT going bare legged for love nor money!) I look like a sack of shit with a rope tied round the middle. Attractive! So have plumped (plump being the operative word!) for an a-line 60s-ish shortie dress, with leggings and kinky boots! Having said all that, it really doesn't matter, cos I'll probably sit in a quiet corner with my stupid Kevin Keegan hair and and just get steadily pissed! Sounds fun!
Anyway, I think that's all for now, cancer-buddies!
Big love,
A xxx
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Thursday 5 November 2009
Morrissey, mucus and mini-transplants...
Hi All,
Had a fabby half term - didn't really do much, but sometimes that's the best way. Had my sis and niece to stay for most of the week - a lovely time was had by all. Went to see "Up"; really good film, def up to Pixar's usual standards. The short film that went with it was brill too - I sometimes enjoy those as much as the main film. Well worth seeing. And finally got to see Morrissey! My lovely friends Mary and Mike had bought me a ticket for my 40th - Mike and I were going to go together (Mary's tastes run more to the Phil Collins side of life - bless, I suppose someone's gotta like it). We were supposed to go in May, but it was cancelled cos he was ill, then it was on the news a couple of days before we were due to go that he'd collapsed on stage in Swindon (or somewhere equally grim). Bugger! But he resumed the tour on the night we were supposed to go, so went we did! And it was bloody brilliant! Did loads of old Smiths stuff, as well as new - don't mind admitting "How Soon Is Now" brought a tear to my eye! Top banana! Ended the half term with a raging cold, unfortunately, which has now turned into a minor chest infection -lovely! I felt like shit on Sunday/Monday - I'm slowly improving, but it's really knocked me for six. Hope to be back to work next week.
Went to the Marsden yesterday, for another meeting with Mark Ethell, the transplant guy. They're talking about an admission date of around 13th Jan. Gulp! They're proposing a mini transplant, with immuno-suppressive drugs and low-dose total body irradiation as a conditioning treatment - which means no chemo! That made my eyes light up, I can tell you! Obviously not looking forward to any of it, but don't really have much of an option.
I think that's all the news that's fit to print, so will close now - will post more when there's more to say.
Big love,
Axx
Had a fabby half term - didn't really do much, but sometimes that's the best way. Had my sis and niece to stay for most of the week - a lovely time was had by all. Went to see "Up"; really good film, def up to Pixar's usual standards. The short film that went with it was brill too - I sometimes enjoy those as much as the main film. Well worth seeing. And finally got to see Morrissey! My lovely friends Mary and Mike had bought me a ticket for my 40th - Mike and I were going to go together (Mary's tastes run more to the Phil Collins side of life - bless, I suppose someone's gotta like it). We were supposed to go in May, but it was cancelled cos he was ill, then it was on the news a couple of days before we were due to go that he'd collapsed on stage in Swindon (or somewhere equally grim). Bugger! But he resumed the tour on the night we were supposed to go, so went we did! And it was bloody brilliant! Did loads of old Smiths stuff, as well as new - don't mind admitting "How Soon Is Now" brought a tear to my eye! Top banana! Ended the half term with a raging cold, unfortunately, which has now turned into a minor chest infection -lovely! I felt like shit on Sunday/Monday - I'm slowly improving, but it's really knocked me for six. Hope to be back to work next week.
Went to the Marsden yesterday, for another meeting with Mark Ethell, the transplant guy. They're talking about an admission date of around 13th Jan. Gulp! They're proposing a mini transplant, with immuno-suppressive drugs and low-dose total body irradiation as a conditioning treatment - which means no chemo! That made my eyes light up, I can tell you! Obviously not looking forward to any of it, but don't really have much of an option.
I think that's all the news that's fit to print, so will close now - will post more when there's more to say.
Big love,
Axx
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