tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104453302024-03-07T07:58:22.538+00:00old enough...When this began I welcomed people to []my soap box[] unsure of where I would take this...it has now taken over from my living with cancer blog as it is far easier to maintain just the one nowadays. So, although the moans may be less frequently posted I hope others may benefit from reading this; that’ll do for starters.old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-36343613266930954112009-06-21T12:20:00.003+01:002009-06-21T12:34:15.675+01:00No more painSunday 21st June<br /><br />This is Alice Paul's daughter, I'm afraid to say my Dad passed away last Tuesday evening after a long struggle with Cancer.<br /><br />We are going to keep his Blog open for a while for any comments or if you want to contact us.<br /><br />This will be the last entry for 'old enough to moan'.<br /><br />Rest in peace Dad x <br /><br />Thanks Alice for starting this off. I promised Paul I would enter his last blog but am finding it even harder than I ever imagined. Paul you are loved so much and are sadly missed. Our beautiful daughters are keeping me going and knowing that you are no longer in pain helps a little. <br /><br />Love always Zoeold enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-3917988926467795982009-06-11T13:59:00.001+01:002009-06-13T17:46:08.191+01:0011 June 2009 – Oncology appointment<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">We met with the Oncology Doctor today and it is more of the same for a while, three more chemotherapy sessions over the next three weeks following by a short break, two weeks this time.<br /><br />We requested a two week break if possible in order to get away for another holiday, this time doing Bed and Breakfasts from home to Scotland and back. We are keeping fingers crossed that I once again improve on chemotherapy and have no set-backs.span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-82696790188986424232009-06-10T12:14:00.000+01:002009-06-10T12:15:02.746+01:0010 June 2009 – Not feeling too grand<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">I feel as if I am being made to suffer today as suffer I have indeed. Upon waking this morning, having slept throughout the night for the first time in so long I cannot recall how long since the last full nights rest, I realised I had not taken last night’s tablets. Add to the lack of medication the fact that I have been overdoing it and the combination leaves me extremely tired and weak, so much so that I was in tears first thing through pain, mental anguish and general lethargy.<br /><br />I have since come around a little today and thankfully we managed to put off phoning the hospital through general concern.<br /><br />Although I have a day off chemotherapy this week I am not feeling any of the benefits as I am unable to leave the settee really being too weak to walk far without pain or being short of breath.</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-83734807204019704652009-06-09T10:45:00.000+01:002009-06-09T10:46:31.927+01:00Update 9 June 2009 - Excellent break<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">We had a fantastic weekend away from home on the Norfolk Broads where the weather was much nicer to us than that predicted by the experts so we managed to stay dry for most of it. Unfortunately I did get wet and cold standing around waiting for a taxi to take us to a Public House for Sunday lunch and I never warmed through for the rest of the day and felt very poorly later. Added to that I had to drive all the way home [3 hours] the following day as my partner was ill the night before we left having eaten something that disagreed with her.<br /><br />Other than that we had a brilliant time and everyone enjoyed themselves and it is definitely something I would recommend, but not in the high season as it would be packed and then there are the boats full of lads on Stag nights! A Stag is OK if you are female, young and on the pull, not so good if you are moored up to one for the night, which thankfully we managed to avoid. [The trick to avoid mooring next to one is to moor on the opposite bank to the pubs!]<br /><br />No chemo this week but I do have my Macmillan nurse coming today and I will have to tell her about the pains I am now experiencing in my back as a result of yesterdays drive home. I was unable to stand upright first thing this morning but I am able to rest better now that I have got some medication in my system.</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-51314476784782342602009-06-04T14:44:00.000+01:002009-06-04T14:45:26.925+01:00A mini-break or two<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">A quick visit to see my GP today to have medication for water retention, still have swollen ankles but not as bad as they were, and more medication to alleviate the pains from constipation that can be excruciating at times.<br /><br />I am hoping the next three days, when we are boating on the Norfolk Broads, will be as good as the last two have been for me; that way the mini-break should be good for everyone involved. I shall therefore not be online until the beginning of next week, so cheerio for now as I make hay whilst the sun shines, or in our case as it drizzles with rain.<br /><br />If this weekend proves successful we are hoping to have many more times away between chemotherapy sessions.<br />A friend has offered the load of his caravan on a seasonal site for a weekend.<br />We are thinking of travelling to Scotland stopping off along the way via Bed and Breakfast establishments.<br />A trip to Ireland would be in order as I would love to take my wife to Dublin. </span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-82213928307385859932009-06-03T19:31:00.005+01:002009-06-03T19:46:10.473+01:00Chemotherapy #3<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">A good day once again as I only required one nurse [and I got the best in Rose] who only needed the one needle and one attempt once again so either I am getting better or the nurses of been retrained in how to deal with patients like me and veins like mine.<br />I told her to put the needle underneath [underside of my arm] as I do not like it on top, to which she giggled and made me blush!<br /><br />Felt extremely tired yesterday evening after my chemo session and that has continued today so much so that when we went on a family ‘walk’ I was encouraged to use my wheelchair for the return journey, which I did. Not only was it new to me but also to my daughter who pushed me uphill most of the way. Oh, and nearly out of the chair up the road kerb sides!<br />You do not realise just how bumpy the pavements are until you are in a wheel chair.</span></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;"><br />Joined the We are Macmillan. Cancer support website <a href="http://www.whatnow.org.uk/" target="blank">http://www.whatnow.org.uk/</a></span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-84815427733606608492009-06-02T09:20:00.000+01:002009-06-02T09:21:12.645+01:00Bloods OK – Monday 1 June<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">A good day yesterday in and out quickly for blood tests with a really nice and talkative nurse who appeared pleased to have someone to have a sensible conversation with and someone who doesn’t moan too much, Me?!<br />Let’s hope the chemo goes the same way today and I have nothing to moan about later on today.</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-67736883766374962102009-05-30T16:16:00.000+01:002009-05-30T16:17:52.494+01:00Stomach pains continue – 27 May<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">It was once again 03.00am when I was running a bath in order to alleviate the pains in my back and stomach. It came as a surprise to me then that I had to run another bath at 06.00am to do the same. My partner, Zoe, woke me up at 08.00am as I still lay, fast asleep, in the bath water.<br /><br />In order to give my stomach a rest I had unwisely lay off taking Paracetamol during a good part of the day, an experiment I shall not be repeating today given last night’s unsatisfactory results.<br /><br />I still have the problems with stomach pains which at times have me bent over double trying to get some relief. I will have to monitor the situation and inform those who know better of the symptoms, which hopefully can be attributed to the effects of chemotherapy and nothing any more sinister than that.<br /><br />Good thing about being up so early is the lovely birdsong that ordinarily gets lost amongst the traffic and background noise. Listen out for it, it really is magical.</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-90431068090491809592009-05-28T13:25:00.002+01:002009-05-30T16:19:08.973+01:00Stomach pains<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000066;">I do not understand why my stomach should be giving me so much trouble today but I am in a little bit of pain around the abdomen and I am unable to relieve it no matter what I try.<br /><br />I will monitor it for the rest of the day and see how it goes.<br /><br />I had a later start to the day than intended and was woken up abruptly by a really bad dream. In the dream I was attempting to get home to my family only to be apprehended by someone I thought I knew but turned out not to. They started to take me off in the opposite direction to home. I panicked in the dream and began to vomit, fortunately it did not translate to real life as I was not being sick just a minor dribble.<br /></span><span style="font-size:+0;"></div><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"></span><br /></span>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-41298892992153834672009-05-26T15:21:00.001+01:002009-05-30T16:19:50.827+01:00Chemotherapy #2 of 3<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">I can honestly say that it is getting easier to have chemotherapy now that I am feeling better again. I am able to relax more and as a result I believe those around me, including the nurses, also find it easier to administer the medication.<br />One nurse [Lorraine – she has now drawn the ‘short straw’ four times out of five] and one needle results in one successful trip to the Oncology outpatients.<br /><br />We can now begin to look forward even more to our plans to holiday between chemo sessions.<br /><br />Naturally I shall begin to feel tired later and maybe a little sick but in the scheme of things that is no great hardship.</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-3504494128606753822009-05-25T17:37:00.000+01:002009-05-25T17:38:41.619+01:00Spooky<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">The University Hospital was like a ghost town today due to it being a Bank Holiday. Does this mean that if the government were to declare every Monday a Bank Holiday then the Country would have less sick people and statistically the Nation’s Health would look so much better?<br />It’s almost as if all the sick people had got better overnight and the hospital looked as if it was no more than an extravagant resource.<br /><br />However, we all know this not to be true, and I am glad that the nurse [Sam], despite not getting paid overtime, was there to take my blood as the pathology lab at the local hospital I normally use had closed down for the Bank Holiday completely.<br /><br />Now I am hoping that the results they get from my bloods are good enough to allow me to have chemotherapy tomorrow.<br /><br />I have had much less pain in my back recently, due primarily to the chemo, although today I have had to use the top-up medication twice, something I have not had to do in almost a full week.</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-22616265162043386642009-05-23T12:10:00.000+01:002009-05-23T12:11:22.250+01:00So far, so good.<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">I am feeling as good as I have in a long time, naturally I still suffer from the effects of chemo, such as shortness of breath and my ankles still being swollen and sore, but the pains in my back are once again under control. I can smile inwardly as well as outwardly once again.</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-31831873718700164702009-05-19T17:36:00.001+01:002009-05-19T17:51:56.037+01:00Chemotherapy - #1 of 3<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">The best ever! One nurse, one attempt and the needle was in, no problem, thank you Marie for a wonderful job. I cannot say I enjoy having chemotherapy but if they all went like this it would be a pretty boring blog. Marie was so expert in administering the needle that I felt very little pain at all, in fact I felt less pain from that than I did the taking of bloods the day before.<br /><br />One complaint I do have is against the three cars that did not care to wait in the queue like the rest of us and decided to use the ambulance lane just as one came along. If I was the car park attendant those car owners would be going back to flat tyres after their business at the hospital. I really wish there was something you could do about inconsiderate people like these, what if it had been them in the ambulance?<br />[Back on form with a good moan, must be feeling good]</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-59720321397216009222009-05-18T14:00:00.000+01:002009-05-18T14:04:46.557+01:00Blood tests<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">Too early for results from my blood tests today but if they are as good as the taking of bloods was then all bodes well for tomorrow’s chemotherapy.<br /><br />I would like to say a quick thank you to everyone rooting for me and to those who pass-by this way and take the time to read all about my progress, especially those leaving messages. Thank you.<br /></span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-59159599224988081892009-05-14T14:55:00.001+01:002009-05-14T15:04:17.342+01:00Oncology appointment<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">It is more of the same, chemotherapy for three weeks and then a break for one week provided my blood levels do not continue to fall. I am overtly sensitive to the medication and therefore I may have to have yet a further reduction in strength. However, should I continue to improve through receiving chemo then they are aiming to ‘stabilize’ me with a view to giving me more time off therapy and a possible referral for the expensive and little known about Cyberknife treatment, which is not off the cards just yet.<br /><br />I have been given some water tablets for my swollen ankles and will start on them tomorrow.<br /><br />So, things are looking good at the moment and if I continue to improve as I have been doing then there is no reason why I cannot expect a better quality of life once again, but this time without overdoing things when I am feeling fine.</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-32514705566802299842009-05-12T12:12:00.000+01:002009-05-12T12:13:29.222+01:00Anal GP<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">Just as you turn the corner and you think things are on an even keel and that the pains are partially under control, enough to live by, when you get a phone call from a jumped up GP who believes he knows my pains better than me and obviously does not trust his colleague [my actual doctor] who did a medication review with us less than two weeks ago!<br /><br />After getting onto me for taking ‘controlled’ drugs in such quantities, as cleared by the MacMillan nurse, the Oncologist Doctor at the hospital and my own GP he wants to cover his own arse and is more interested in the paperwork to say I am taking this medication. Why he hasn’t looked on the files they have on me or phoned the hospital I do not know but he sees it fit to upset me and insist that I supply the information his surgery should have before he prescribes any more medication.<br /><br />My MacMillan nurse is now onto the surgery and I have said if it happens again I am taking the surgery through a complaints procedure until they get it into their tiny little minds that I need the medication to nullify the pains.<br /><br />One of his concerns is that I could die in the night if I overdosed, he took a step back when I told him I was going to die anyway with or without the tablets that are there to make my life better, something phone calls like this do not do. </span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-60276378751513431012009-05-06T17:15:00.002+01:002009-05-06T17:20:02.128+01:00Chemotherapy session #3<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">It has been a much better chemotherapy session today with just two attempts with the needle by the one nurse, the poor girl who has had to deal with me for the previous two weeks has had to attend me again today.<br />Although I am quite adamant that the needle will not go in either the back of my hand or arm they will insist on trying, but now she says she will listen to me in future as the first attempt in the back of the arm failed.<br /><br />I am now hoping that the chemo will begin to do its magic as I have a week’s break between now and the next one in which time I can expect and appointment to see the Oncologist.<br /><br />I have also been prescribed eye drops for an infection I picked up earlier in the week in both eyes and I expect them to be less sticky first thing in the morning.<br /><br />I should have a wheelchair delivered tomorrow all being well but I would have to be ‘assessed’ on health and safety grounds to have a bath seat supplied because water is involved. I have instructed them to cancel the bath seat as I am not going to subject myself to being poked and prodded unnecessarily to satisfy some jobs-worth, red tape or H&S directive when I have been party to more than my fair share of examinations already.<br />_________________________________________________</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">The laptop is still poorly and I am expecting an engineer to arrive tomorrow with a new hard drive or motherboard under his arm.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;"></div></span>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-69650063817597114662009-05-04T22:17:00.002+01:002009-05-04T22:20:00.977+01:00Laptop ill too.<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">Just to let folks know that my laptop is knackered again and I have an engineer coming out on Thursday to fix it. I will try to get on when I can with updates.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">This week is blood on Tuesday and Chemotherapy on Wednesday.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">Speak soon</span> </div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-64683168826296762622009-05-04T11:55:00.001+01:002009-05-04T11:56:32.457+01:00Feeling better today thank you all.<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">I do believe that the chemo and increase in tablets is working or that the prayers of friends abroad and closer to home have been answered as I am feeling less pain of late. I have had a good couple of days over the weekend, although I did overdo it by planting out pots in the garden, I just needed to get out and do stuff for myself, and suffered the following day. I am much better again today, although a little tired, which is to be expected.<br />No blood tests today with it being bank holiday so they are put off until tomorrow, and the chemo session is now on Wednesday followed by one week off. Let’s just hope that it continues along this vein [excuse the pun].</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-24875323325961163702009-04-30T17:30:00.002+01:002009-05-01T15:32:51.042+01:00Macmillan Nurse visit<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">My assigned <a href="http://www.macmillan.org.uk/" target="blank">Macmillan Nurse</a>, Anne, came to see us today for the first time in ages. She tends to leave us alone unless we request contact other than her calls to see how things are progressing. She is so thorough when she is here that we feel really well support and as if nothing is too much.<br />I am now on the list to receive a chair for the bath to ease me getting in and out of and also a wheelchair for when our jaunts to the Garden Centre or shops prove too much for my back. She has also increased my medication in-line with that already discussed as well as one other.<br /><br />[She is now on the phone again as I type this, how uncanny is that? Clarification of my medication for the GP records]<br /><br />She has also instructed me to apply for a <a href="http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/bluebadge" target="blank">Blue Badge</a> to permit us to park in the allocated disabled parking zones in towns and shopping centres.<br /><br />So you can see, she has just about every angle covered again for a while and like us is hoping the Chemo begins to work effectively, which today I may be so bold as to say may be improving.</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-63985432336354731262009-04-28T18:06:00.000+01:002009-04-28T18:07:27.532+01:00Chemotherapy #2<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">It was a horrendous start to the day for me as I spent most of night on the toilet whilst at the same time getting weaker and weaker. I awoke not wanting to get out of bed, trying to eat enough and drink enough fluids to get the body functioning.<br />It was an uphill struggle to get ready after a bath just to go to the Hospital for Chemo and I would never have done it without my partner who was there for me once again.<br /><br />The chemo session did not go too well initially, four needle attempts and three different nurses this week, which is one more of each than last week.<br />Twice the needle was ‘in’ and twice it had to come out again, firstly because it was painful when the fluids began to flow and therefore incorrectly fitted, and secondly there was no ‘flash back’ that indicates that the needle is sat in the vein by getting blood to flow throw it.<br /><br />I think, having had the same nurse two weeks running, that we may have given her a complex if not knocking her self esteem as it is difficult for them when it does not go to plan, especially if the patient is distressed or in pain.<br /><br />I have also been instructed by the hospital doctor, in conjunction with my MacMillan nurse, to increase by pain killer at night and first thing in the morning.</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-65290971270014830552009-04-23T12:17:00.000+01:002009-04-23T12:18:27.430+01:00Barium Meal Xray<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">Approximately 40 years ago, as a young boy, I had a barium meal xray for which I was offered sixpence [2 ½p] if I drank all of the barium solution, which I did not.<br />And today at my second barium meal xray I did not finish all the solution either, how come it has not improved in all this time? Prior to the meal I had to have a spoon full of sherbet type medication that was swallowed down with a miniscule amount of fluid. I was stood up, lay down and rolled over in the machine until they could find a decent image to take, if they could not then they would ‘flood’ the area. I did not ask what they meant by that but I imagined enema and hoped that it worked, which thankfully it did, so ‘flooding’ was not necessary.<br />I guess I just await the results now and see what has been causing me to feel or be sick.</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-25490424716579228782009-04-21T17:28:00.001+01:002009-04-21T17:32:10.190+01:00Return to Chemo<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">First day back at Chemotherapy since February and it was not a good start to the day, I could drink or eat little without feeling sick. I slept most of the morning and it took me all my energy to get washed and dressed. I am not eating or drinking enough to sustain a grown man’s body. I am now down to 9st 9lbs.<br /><br />Once at the hospital the inevitable happening and my veins went into hiding, warm water bucket and a heated pillow would not bring them out. Eventually, three needles and two nurses later, the needle was in and Chemo began. Fortunately I fell asleep for most of it so the half an hour passed by seemingly quickly. Now let’s hope it does its job and rids me of some of the pains.<br /><br />On a brighter note I had an email from the Hotel and Spa we were at last week asking if I minded them putting my thank you letter up on their website. I naturally have no problem with that whatsoever as it was sent from the heart and everything in it was sincere and honest.<br />Don’t know when it will appear but here is the link to the Hotel’s website.<br /><a href="http://www.fevershamarmshotel.com/" target="blank">Feversham Arms Hotel and Verbena Spa</a></span></div><div align="justify"></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-65477620641462374222009-04-17T13:43:00.000+01:002009-04-17T13:45:54.316+01:00A welcome break before a return to normal<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">We have just got back from a three night break at a fabulous hotel and spa in North Yorkshire at the </span><a href="http://www.fevershamarmshotel.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">Feversham Arms Hotel </span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">and spa. The staff could not be friendlier and the hotel any nicer, it is the nicest place I have ever stayed in.<br /><br />Unfortunately I was not well enough to enjoy any of the Spa treatments and even had to miss one night of the Michelin Star restaurant food but I was able to relax and enjoy myself with the family in beautiful surroundings.<br /><br />Now it is back to reality and I have to start Chemo again next week which will hopefully have an instant affect on the pains that have returned with vigour.<br /><br />I am looking forward to a Barium meal xray even less than I am the chemo and I have one of those booked for next week also!</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10445330.post-75889559593515290522009-04-09T15:05:00.000+01:002009-04-09T15:06:14.902+01:00Health update<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000066;">The Bell’s Palsy is not getting any worse and you could say the same about me but it is still not getting any easier. I am able to get out of bed after breakfast and come down stairs but I am doing very little after that at the moment as the pains are getting worse.<br /><br />I am back to using more of the OxyNorm medication as a top-up to combat the pain. We are on a break soon and I am hoping that my condition does not get any worse, I would be happy for it to get better but to be honest looking at it realistically I will settle for the former.<br /><br />On a good note our family are all grand and our girls are busy getting on with their lives, which is how it should be. They were with us yesterday evening as we discussed the treatments they may want at the Hotel Spa we have arranged to go to. [I will post more about that around the time of going.]</span></div>old enough to moanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13252855148660419942noreply@blogger.com1