Well, hello there (if there is indeed anybody there!), I can’t believe how long it is since I last posted; nearly a month!! I think it is partly due to my finally sitting down with my lovely Johanna Bashford Enchanted Forest colouring book (thanks Blodwyn).  I find it really therapeutic (well mostly, except when my […]

I am so relieved not to have to drag myself or anyone else up to Springfield CC any more. But, it isn’t over yet! The radiation continued to beaver away for another 14 days.  After that, I was reliably informed, I should start to recover gradually. I stopped counting the days, because it wasn’t particularly […]

December 4th marked my final day of treatment. It’s quite amazing really how those of us who go through it & chemo treatments manage it! Himself has said a couple of times during these weeks that cancer treatments are quite barbaric & he’s right; but as with most things over the years they have become […]

I haven’t said much about Wished For the Specialist Radiographer who does this treatment as well as the brachyradiotherapy under anaesthetic & the skin cancer treatments too (clever lady). She really has to be amongst Springfield CCs greatest assets! Her professional commitment to her patients’ dignity is clearly paramount & I am unlikely to be […]

So now I have porridge-filled legs, a sore fundament, about as much as energy as a discharged battery & the cerebral capacity of a two-year old. On the plus side, apart from that I’m fine really ! The anxiety of anticipation has dispersed & while I may not like it; at least I know what […]