So, had another CT scan on Monday. It actually went okay, taking a surprisingly short time to complete both the scan and then going to the chemo room to get my port flushed out. Less than an hour for both! Though of course this didn’t take into account the previous two hours of drinking the barium (aka strawberry-flavoured snot). Still, I was there and back again in no time. But now … what to do?

By chance I ran into Ricardo & Isabel (of The Team) on my way into the hospital. They were on their way home after a typically long day in the Nuclear Medicine department. I asked Ricardo when my scan results would come through and he said he should be able to get them by Friday. But do I really want to know before the weekend? Especially as Sara & Steve will be arriving here on Saturday night …

On the one hand, if it’s good news (ie, no new tumours) it would end up being something to celebrate. But if it’s bad news … well, that could seriously screw up the weekend. So maybe best to wait?

Meanwhile, Sunny continues to have health problems. Remember when he had to go to the vet’s in July? Well, his digestive problems haven’t got much better I am really quite worried. When I came back from Zahara he was noticably thinner and I’ve had him on wet food and have upped his daily dose of malt since then. But he is still only pooping every 3-4 days, which is not good (though he still has a good appetite). The vet has told me to give him a squirt of liquid paraffin every eight hours, and that if there is no improvement in a couple of days I’ll have to take him in for more testing. But you know, he’s 16 now, so I worry this might be the beginning of the end, which is an unbearable thought.

On a more positive note, things have been quite interesting lately. I’ve been offered a job (like – they’ll pay me!) to write an article for a travel website. I’ve also been asked to write a review on an e-book that takes place in Seville, and a guy who runs a website about Seville wants to meet with me about featuring Sevilla Tapas.  Also, two people are interested in talking with me about doing tapas tours. Eek! And yesterday another travel writer sent me his article on Seville tapas bars to ask my opinion of it (!). All of which comes from me wasting spending time online, especially on Twitter, which is where most of these connections came from.  So there, all you Twitter nay-sayers!  😛

Still no students though, which makes all this social media stuff even more important as some of it might end up turning into part time work I can do from home. And it somehow feels like I’m on the right path, so I think I’ll stick to it.

Anyhow, just a little update here. How are things going with you?