The day I feared arrived, I went to work this morning and emailed all reminding them I was to be away from my desk for a few hours for my oncology appt. I may be naive but I did honestly think that folk would give me a bit of relief from the barrage of stress that seems to be the norm, I was wrong.
I am very emotional at present writing this so there may not be the usual chipper comment I like to throw in to lighten the mood.
Let's get the important stuff done now ey, my psa level is 0.03 which is a massive relief as it shows the cancer is being controlled.
The appt. went something like this - The nurse called my name and led my wife and I to the consultants room, we sat down and he told me straight away the good news about my levels, my reaction was one of relief,emotion,and thoughts of " but why are these things happening to my body" , I will try not to go into the gory and embarrassing things which I explained in great detail to him when he asked how I was, I had just finished telling him THE MOST embarrassing when a voice pipes up from behind me saying "they deal with that at Hastings Mr x" OMG I thought the **** cleaner had walked in and was giving her opinion, I was mortified.....I was not aware the nurse was sat behind us the whole time! Apparently thems the rules.
He told me that my op,radiotherapy and on-going treatment along with the tablets I have to take have a huge effect on my body, I guess I have been suppressing that and thinking well that's ages ago now, but he also said when a woman goes through the change,it is a gradual process and my hormone injections give me the same effect over a few weeks,so in essence I have it worse than women
Hope you don't mind me posting it here, but happy anniversary to you and your good wife, Tom. Some people may never experience the years of love and happiness you've had together, and I know you treasure them.
Hope you don't mind me posting it here, but happy anniversary to you and your good wife, Tom. Some people may never experience the years of love and happiness you've had together, and I know you treasure them. Posted by hhyftrftdr
Thanks for bigging me up Paul, it gives balance to the folk that think I'm an a-ole and my family will testament the fact that I preach that all the time (Balance, not the fact I am an a)
I am embaressed to say I have been a bit self centred lately, I have just started reading your diary from Page 1 and it has given me the kick up the backside I need thank you. I agree with H that it is a wonderful read. The humour and ups and downs, stories and general life stuff have me transfixed, please give Penny my best wishes for the future.
Hope you don't mind me posting it here, but happy anniversary to you and your good wife, Tom. Some people may never experience the years of love and happiness you've had together, and I know you treasure them. Posted by hhyftrftdr
That's very kind of you H, thank you. I will not pry but I hope you are ok my good man. I have to say your anti jackpot idea made me lol., please run for prime minister
My mood has gone from being a doom merchant to being Mr.Happy, funny how a little thing like getting a positive result from hospital can have such an impact, I give advice on not projecting and live in the day and make the most of it and then do the opposite myself.
Just returned from town- Chlothes shopping for our upcoming holiday, I am officially not the lithe model I once was. enjoyed every minute though, even managed to pursuade my good lady to purchase me a new cardigan ( she had threatened to burn my favourite one as I put all my gubbins in the pockets, apparently it looks like a sack)
I have been reading jac's diary from the beginning- wonderful read, a certain part brought back memories of a lad I used to know from my youth, right rascal he was, about 4ft tall when I was 5ft 10, we went to the same schools and played in the rugby team, I was the prop and he was the hoo.ker I recall one match when there was trash talk in the scrum and he got a bit mad at the opposing prop, (got to add he wasn't scared of anyone) he squared up to him, trash talk continued so he put his hands on the guys shoulders jumped up and butted him in the nose, guy went down like the proverbial sack of s....
I don't condone violence but we were lads and it was so funny at the time.
We played 3 card brag in the pub before we were old enough to frequent said establishment, he won all the time, he even showed me how to shuffle the deck to make it so one person gets a good hand and he would get a better one, would never happen nowadays
^ I am very much looking forward to our holiday We booked it a little later than normal due to circumstances out of our control, and the unknown of the work situation, when we eventually did book it the nice lady asked if there were any special circumstances or particular needs. Now I am not one for wanting any special treatment but I have to be honest with myself and them ( especially the kind insurance company .....)
I can no longer sit down for long periods without experiencing pain in my leg and hip, so a 9 hour flight would be rather uncomfortable to say the least, I told the lady of my condition and she said they have a department which helps people like me and she passed me over to said special needs dept, another nice lady informed me that they take out blocks of seats - eg bulk head with extra legroom and choose passengers who have the most need of them and sit them there, I was very happy with that but sort of stopped listening to the important part ( I am a bloke after all)
The important part is that you only find out if you have got one of these seats the day before flight, Dohh, I am not a genius but this seems a flawed system to me...
As we have a connecting flight I had to ring them to go through the same procedure as it was operated by a different Airline company, cue ringing America at 5.30 pm after work, they were really helpful and said yes you have been seated in the bulkhead section, happy days ish, I just have to wait til 24 hours before my 9 hour flight to see if my lottery ticket has come up.i know I can book extra legroom seats at £40 per person per flight, works out at £320 bit of a dilemma now...
Southern Carribean Cruise, staying in Puerto Rico for 3 days then Cruise Antigua, St Lucia, Grenada, St Croix, St John USVi.
We have done the cruise a couple of times now and absolutely loved it, we are visiting a few Islands we haven't been to and a couple we have, Last year we went with Carnival Cruise lines and although it was really nice we both felt that Royal Carribean suits us better so we are going with them this year.
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I'd enjoy messen, too.