All quiet on the Western Front.
Week 15
Saturday 16th > Sunday 17th
Well that was a weekend of differing temperatures! Freezing, wet &
windy on Saturday at Reading RFC, then warm & sunny at Rams on Sunday.
I went up to Reading RFC to watch Rams compete in the Berkshire Vets Cup
against Reading RFC. We ran out as comfortable 41-14 winners. But by God it was
cold! I had 5 layers on & reckon 2 more wouldn’t have gone amiss. It was good to
catch up with some friends from Reading RFC who I haven’t seen since I was
diagnosed. Saturday evening was spent at friends having dinner & trying to
persuade them to let me have a go with the parking assist system of their new
car. They wisely declined!
Sunday was spent mainly at OBR helping out with the Mini Festival,
however I felt pretty knackered so left around midday (most of the hard work
had been done by that time) & headed over to Beaconsfield to watch Max in
his penultimate match for the Colts. They manged a 26-14 victory & he got
on the score sheet again! I think that’s 7 for the season, got to be a record
for him.
I’m going to have to make a decision as to whether I drink or not again
soon. I can see it would be easy to slip into old habits quite quickly if I’m
not careful.
Monday 18th
> Friday 22nd
I don’t think there will be that many updates this week, it’s a case of
treading water & waiting until the appointment with Scary next week. I used
to be a pretty keen golfer going back a few years, but I haven’t played now for
probably 4 years, so if anyone is on the lookout for a set of clubs etc……………..
£200 ono
We took advantage of Carol not working on Mondays to have a pleasant lunch
in town at Cau. The food there is pretty good, it’s the service that leaves a
bit to be desired. I don’t like being asked “Have you ever eaten here before?”
I really don’t see the point, it’s not like they’ll be serving food in a
different manner to any other restaurant. Whilst I’m on a roll, “Have We finished?”
is not the way to speak to customers. They also served the burger I ordered on
a brioche bun, that is simply wrong!! & finally, they added a tip to the
bill, again, wrong! The Trip Advisor review is currently awaiting publication. Other
plans were put on hold as the weather was pants & I was feeling pretty
rough.
3 hours sleep in the afternoon, I think I may have pushed things a bit
far over the weekend.
I woke on Tuesday morning with a throat that felt as though I’d
swallowed a load of blunt razor blades! Not great & probably reinforces the
thought that I’d overdone it a tad at the weekend.
The day was spent largely on
the sofa watching old episodes of Californication, a cracking show for about 7
or 8 years ago. Well worth looking up if you can find it. Oh, I also polished 7
pairs of shoes, I must be ill!
Another breakfast meeting with my boss on Wednesday, I’ll be going back
to work on 3rd May, initially for around 3 hours a day, with a view
to building up to full time by the time I get back from our holiday at the end
of June. I’ve got to say I’m so grateful for the support I’ve had from work.
I’ve heard stories of companies hanging their employees out to dry once the “C”
word is mentioned. That hasn’t been the case with my employers. Ok, a couple of
not great letters, but that’s more a box ticking exercise. The guys I work with
directly couldn’t have been better. I’m looking forward to getting back into
the swing of things. It’s unlikely I’ll go out & see any customers until
we’re back from Corfu, I want to be able to get some weight back on so that my
suits aren’t hanging off me.
The one question they’ve got is when will I know
my results. At the moment I just don’t know. So I’ve mailed the CNS Ladies to
see if they’re able to give any time lines for me to pass on. My main concern today is with my hair line!!
It seems that the back of my head on the right hand side is not growing &
probably suffering from the RT zapping, this is going to cause a very strange
looking mullet if it is the case! Looks like Carol will have to get used to a
No.1 all over as I’m not going to go around looking like I’m wearing a syrup! A
quick trip into town tomorrow I think to see what Paul the Barber reckons.
On Wednesday evening Max had his final training session as a Youth rugby
player, on Sunday he’ll play his final youth match against local rivals
Reading. I think Sunday could be an emotional day, in more ways than one. Bring
your hunting horns if you’re coming along “Tally Ho………..”
I received a mail back from the CNS Nurses. The plan is for Scary to
stick a camera up my nose next Thursday & then towards the end of May I’ll
have a CT Scan a couple of days prior to seeing Scary again when she’ll
hopefully be able to give me the results, be it good or not so clever. I
remember a conversation I had with Jo some months ago when I asked how I’d know
if I’d been cured. Her reply was that I’d start to feel better. Well, feeling
better is pretty relative. Compared to 6 weeks ago when I was on my way to RBH
in an ambulance I feel 2000% better. But do I feel better than I did back prior
to undertaking the RT & Chemo? I’m not sure. My voice is still pretty
knackered, I’m very tired, & at the moment my throat is bloody sore, which
it wasn’t in early December. Does this mean that the treatment hasn’t worked?
Or does it just mean that it’s too early to be able to say I’m now ok? Time
will tell, shame I’m an impatient old Hector!
Thursday morning was largely spent making a screen show for the Colts
End of Season Presentations on Sunday. I like putting this sort of thing
together, its fun to look back at old photos of some of the lads when they were
U7s now that they’re 18 year olds J
It’s seemed like quite a long day on Thursday. Carol left for work
before I got up & Max left for school just after, he won’t be home until
around 8.30pm & Carol around 7pm. That’s a long time to be in your own
company.
I was never a massive fan of Prince, but I can’t think of another year
when so many icons have buggered off in such a short time. He was undoubtedly a
great guitarist & songwriter, also without question a grade 1 nutcase! I
did however love Victoria Wood’s work & was very sad to hear of her
passing. Such a wonderful comedian in a totally unobjectionable way.
Friday started with a bit of drama. Penny (the cat!) had obviously been
in a heck of a scrap overnight, there was blood all over the kitchen floor
& she could hardly walk on her rear right leg. An £80 trip to the vets
later & she appears not to have broken her leg, but is badly bruised &
severely pissed off! Injections & antibiotics dished out before she goes
back for another assessment tomorrow. I’d put money on the fight being with the
neighbours “Bengal” cat which is a massive & vicious creature! It’ll have
my size 10’s up its backside if I can get near enough to it! Penny spent most
of the day underneath our bed, hopefully recuperating. Whilst she’s not exactly
fond of me & doesn’t sit on me at all I am becoming quite attached to her
& wouldn’t want to lose her after only a year.
The weekend will largely be spent in or around a rugby ground, for the last
time this season. Rams have their final home match of the season against
local(ish) rivals Chinnor. Whilst still not mathematically safe it would take
some rather strange results for Rams to get relegated. The match at Chinnor
earlier this season was a cracker (Unless you’re a defence coach), the final
score was 41-39 to Rams with Chinnor having two attempts at a conversion on the
final whistle to draw the match. With a decent forecast tomorrow it should be a
cracking match. It’ll also be my last time on the camera for the season. I
haven’t been to as many matches as I’d have liked back in September, but I’ve
only missed one home game & I was technically there at kick off, just in the
back of an ambulance! Sunday, as previously mentioned, will be spent watching
Max & the other Senior Colts playing their last match of Youth rugby. It’s
then back to OBR for lashings of Jelly & Ice Cream J
My second “Rant” of this week’s blog relates to Planet Rock, they’ve
recently changed their bandwidth on DAB, what was a great station to listen to
whilst in the car has now turned into a bloody nightmare. It drops signal all
over the place & makes it just about unlistenable to. What a shame, whilst
it’s a station of limited taste, that taste was mine J
Next week has the makings of being a busy week, Dentist, Website meeting
& the all important meeting with Scary Spice on Thursday. The others pale
into insignificance compared to Thursday. The week is ending on a fairly positive
note. Whilst my throat is a bit sore & my voice a tad croaky I actually feel
ok. My weight is continuing to increase, slowly & I’ll be back at work
soon. It’s almost as if life is getting back to normal.
As always, thank you for reading this blog, it’s really appreciated.
To be continued…………………………..
#shouldertoshoulder
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