09 Thursday Mar 2023
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Got my second Covid booster today – Pfizer bivalent. It had been scheduled for last November but then I GOT COVID in October, so had to wait five months. And well… so far so good? Barely a sore arm and no other reaction yet. Let’s see how I feel mañana.
08 Wednesday Mar 2023
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Instead of me going into crazy over-protective overdrive re: Morcilla’s small head lump that I noticed a couple of weeks ago I decided to get back in touch with my fab vet Sonia to ask her advice. She’s texted twice now, asking about the lump (which she first diagnosed as a wart, no problem) and also asking if there have been any changes. And no, not really. Not that I can easily tell. But I’m still having occasional pangs of GUILT that maybe if I’d brought Loki in to be tested sooner there may have been a better outcome. On the other hand I don’t want to put Morcilla through an unnecessary procedure (she’d have to be put under to remove the lump for a biopsy). So watching and waiting.
07 Tuesday Mar 2023
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I was so happy to be invited to the Premios Solera Sevilla presentation honouring the best of Sevilla’s sherry ambassadors. The event was hosted by the Consejo Regulador de Jerez (Sherry Council) at the fabulous La Fortíssima rooftop terrace. And what made this so special for me was that all the recipients of the awards are not only friends who work together to support sherry wines here but they are also friends of mine. To be included in this event was very special indeed. See the winners below…
06 Monday Mar 2023
Posted in cancer, health & happiness, hospitals, sevilla
There’s a preventative breast cancer programme here that keeps you on file to remind you to get a mammogram every two years. Apparently I was taken off the list when I didn’t reply to the notice they sent me in 2010. I don’t even remember this but as I had just come through second chemo and was getting PET scans every six months I guess I didn’t think it was necessary? Well apparently… wrong! Anyhow, had a mammogram done in August 2021 via my GP and today I called up the programme to get back on the list and… yes! I will be advised about the next mammogram which will be scheduled for August 2023. These fuckers are never fun, but neither is cancer, take it from me. So if you are able to do so, make sure you get screened every two years. Take care xx
05 Sunday Mar 2023
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PJ Harvey does Leonard Cohen
Fabulous theme song for the dark and fabulous Bad Sisters
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