Well here we are, half way through. It feels momentous!
I am feeling better than last time but I still have some nausea so I have some different anti-sickness drugs being delivered to my GP tomorrow so that should help.
Today my nurse was Jo. Jo is gorgeous, she is a bit younger and a lot smaller than me! She was as different again as Sam was from Jackie. When I asked her why she had decided to become a nurse she visibly shone and said “it was just always what I wanted to do, I suppose its just about wanting to help people”. She is originally from London, she moved to Norfolk just after she was married 20 years ago with her husband to follow a job opportunity he had. She joined the N&N hospital on the oncology ward shortly after. Although initially Jo was reluctant to leave London, she now says that she wouldn’t want to go back. She and her husband have brought up her children in Norfolk. It was lovely to chat with her 🙂
When I did my visualisation before my nap this afternoon the knights, their horses and swords entered as the last time but waiting to welcome them was a glory of unicorns (what a fabulous collective noun 🙂 ). I have received all sorts of gifts from all sorts of people with a unicorn theme which has seriously reinforced the full-time resources and it seems that there is strength in numbers! They were expertly guiding the knights to where they are most required and also added some kind of ‘electrical’ power to their swords which has made them work more like wands in attacking the tumours – the battle is well and truly on!
It would appear that my wolf could very well be Dude in disguise!!
Talk to you soon
Lots of love Mand xxx
As always Mand, really enjoying your style and the way you are smiling through a very tough journey. Love the recent pics too, you and Dude in shadow and you in the meadow are quite evocative. Keep smiling!! Love to you and Phil.
Mand, this journey along your road to recovery makes me think about that time we were doing training for your Brecon Beacons walk. Do you remember that day we climbed Win Hill?
We stood at the bottom of the hill and looked up an almost precipitous path. The way ahead was steep, rocky and we couldn’t see very far up at all because of the forest of trees.
We took breath and began climbing ~ almost on hands and knees to start with ~ it was tough and it took a lot out of us. Boulders, tree roots, broken branches all added to the difficulty. We thought the climb was never going to end
But then, at about half way up, the trees thinned out somewhat, the path ahead a little less steep and we stopped for a breather. Looking back round we could see where we had climbed from and what we had already achieved. Yes, the path ahead was still quite steep, but less so and somehow, in the knowledge of what we had already done gave us the resolve to gather ourselves and set out onward and upward.
And do you remember when, after that long, arduous climb we did eventually reach the summit? That momentous feeling of achievement and elation, the invigorating clear air, the exhilarating view. It was like being on top of the world! We got there and you successfully achieved walking the Brecon Beacons.
So here we are, half way up Win Hill again. Whoop whoop!
Onward and upward ……..
Lots of love