Category Archives: hope

feeling very spoiled!

14 Tuesday Apr 2009

Posted by in cancer, chemo, friends, home, hope

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spoiled

So I was just sitting here with Susan (Pip) having a nice lunch and talking over our future plans (and making lists!) when Nog came in with today’s post … and a wee package for me!  I read the adorable postcard first that said “Something to protect your little tootsies from the nasty cold floor” … and saw it was from Linda (aka Beatrice). Oh! And I said to Susan that I was sure I’d seen these little slipper sock thingys before and she said – “yep, at Marks & Spencer in Gibraltar”. Ha!

Almost made me cry. Just, you know, the thoughtfulness that someone remembered how the cold floors hurt my bare feet when I first came back from the chemo infusion, and then popped these  in the post for me. And they’ve also got the eensy rubber pads on the bottom so I won’t slip around. Well, be assured that I’ll be wearing them a week Thursday, Linda. And thank you so much!

ps. Just finishing the Heal Your Own Back book and will be starting on Stephen Fry tonight.

don’t be sad because it’s over…

04 Saturday Apr 2009

Posted by in change, family, friends, health & happiness, home, hope, love

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pip_kidlet

… be happy because it happened.

You may have noticed that my sister Susan (aka Pipocas, international woman of mystery and popcorn mule) hasn’t been around much the past 2-3 weeks. I’ve barely seen her myself and we’ve mostly kept in touch by emails and phone calls. First she had a friend from the States visiting for a week, then she had a bunch of legal and work stuff to take care of, and this past week her boss was in town to work out some solutions because … here comes the punch line… Pip will be moving back to the States this summer.
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chemo picnic

01 Wednesday Apr 2009

Posted by in cancer, chemo, food & drink, friends, hope

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brown-bag-lunchPrepping for tomorrow’s chemo session.

Trust me, chemo is no picnic. But that doesn’t mean you can’t bring your own. The last time my friend Judy came with me for a chemo session it ended up lasting long past lunch time.  I hadn’t had any breakfast because I was feeling so nervous, but I wasn’t worried because on a previous visit I’d noticed sandwiches, yoghurts, fruit and drinks set out.  Well ha, on the occasion of which I speak both Judy and I were getting a little peckish around 3 o’clock and so she went off in search of the food trolley.  The only thing left on one of the trays was a mystery meat sandwich that neither of us could bring ourselves to eat. As a result, I left there (around 5pm) feeling very weak and wonky. Not eating on chemo day is a VERY BAD IDEA …

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my hero!

31 Tuesday Mar 2009

Posted by in cancer, friends, hope, hospitals

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the-pabster

The Pabster really saved the day yesterday.

I was very nervous about meeting with Dr Ana again, especially as I’d spent most of our last appointment crying my eyes out and not making a whole lot of sense. But luckily Pablo found time to come with me, even though he’s been crazy busy these days with a new work project, and it really helped having him there. Especially as he’d been there for the death sentence and also when I was suddenly pronounced miraculously “cured” in January…
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pardon my absence

10 Tuesday Mar 2009

Posted by in blogging, friends, health & happiness, hope, life stuff, work

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chair

For those of you who may have noticed…

I haven’t been around the ol’ blogosphere much of late, though I have actually been spending even more time than usual in front of the computer.  When I have had some time to do a little blog reading (usually in bed on the iPhone with Azar on my head) I mostly catch up without leaving comments. Which I know is really bad of me because I know how much I love getting comments, and that you gotta give in order to receive, and all that jazz. But it’ll probably be like this for the next couple of weeks anyhow, while I desperately try to get work and other stuff sorted out.

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