I am in my last week of Radiotherapy now. I have had 10 sessions which means only 5 more to go. Yay! It is pretty boring, I am having it at either Guy's or St Thomas' up in London and it is a pain doing the travelling.
When my appointments first came through they were great, about 11:30am or so every day and all at the same place. The first day when Ash and I went up there they gave me a revised schedule and the appointments were all over the place. Times and location. I whinged a bit and they changed it for me but it was still not great and now it seems like every time I go up there they change another appointment. To be fair, they have been fairly accommodating but it means I have had to pay more for my travel as some of the appointments are before 9:30am which means getting full priced travel. It's a bit annoying and especially before Christmas when I'd rather be spending money on presents for people!
In terms of money, we are doing OK. I have just learnt not to look at things any more. An example of this was this weekend when we were in the Cotswolds (fab weekend) and were looking round the shops, some of them I didn't even bother going in and some I went in but didn't really look at anything. There's just no point when you know you can't afford it. Luckily for me Ash bought me a fab sheepswool scarf and some really funky glove/mittens this weekend - I needed them - it was FREEZING!
We went to Boughton-on-the-Water with Ash's mum and her husband and his sister, her partner and their baby. We stayed in a really lovely (and reasonable) B&B. They were very welcoming at the B&B and left a bottle of sherry and one of port in the lounge for the guests. There was just us lot and one other couple staying there and between us we managed to polish off the bottle of port in one evening! The sherry stayed - yuk! It's horrible stuff!
Sunday morning it was -2!
Boughton-on-the-Water
The B&B (It was called Strathspey)
I've been pretty tired with all the travelling up and down to London. It's a shame the appointments weren't the same time every day as that would have been a nice routine. I have managed to catch up with some people though and had some fab days out. I've done:
The National Gallery & Lunch with Nicky
The V&A & Breakfast with Mum
The London Dungeons & Lunch with Lindsay and Hazeley
and there's more next week.....!
I am planning on going back to work just before Christmas for four days then it is two weeks off (have to take holiday for that) over the festive season and back to work on the 5th January.
I think I won't be having surgery until probably late January/early February as it will take some time for my skin to recover from the Radio. It is already starting to turn a little red and be a bit painful (like sunburn). According to the Radiologists it is still looking pretty good although I will be 'cooking' for another month or so after I've finished the treatment.
On the plus side - I'm almost completely ready for Christmas this year as I've had time to do everything - it's brilliant!
Lots of love
Liz
xxx
