Lovely Evening in the Yorkshire Dales at Easter.

We had a great time visting Auntie Pam - and what a great view this is from her house and the pub is only 100 yards away so cooked only ONE meal (joy!). Spent time shopping in York - well Harriet and I shopped till we dropped; then called to East Ayton to meet friends for a mad lunch (Anne, Ian, Matt, Becka, Danniel, Mandy, Dad and Andrews Dad). What a fiest we had!!

Wheezie Me!! and my lovley family.

Oh well the zapping has done something...made me wheeze and cough (and I don't smoke!!), well they did warn me that this would happen. Any walking any distance can be difficult at the moment. But still can manage lunch with friends and a laugh (generally at my own expense.
Well the other day the neighbour was having the front garden tended to by a nice gardening man. Andrew, Harriet and I where sat on the settee - so I turned to Andrew and said "I think I'll go and ask that man if he will trim my bush", it was not until Andrew and Harriet stopped laughing that they pointed out the error of my ways. I can't help being a little innocent sometimes!

Family - Harriet and David are both stressing about forthcoming exams and I really hope that they both do there best; it is never easy to study. Unfortunately Harriet's boyfriend has just finished with her tonight - left the house saying "I don't want to go", then sent her a text later saying they should finish. Confused young lad I think - well it confused me as well!!

Andrew is on the overnight Ferry back from Amsterdam - thought he might phone again, but he might be stuck at the Bar.

Anyway looking forward to us all going away to London this weekend. Stopping in a hotel one night, and going to see Billy Elliot / Tower of London Saturday. Then off to Sandie and John's to have drinks, put the world to rights and play with the kids.

Anyway need to go to bed - meeting Sian for a breakfast get together tomorrow, well it will be 10am (that is breakfast time for me!!!).

Zapping!

Well I started my two weeks of radiotherapy treatment on Monday 12th April. They are zapping the lung tumour as it is starting to obstruct the Lt bronchus and is causing me trouble breathing, wheezing. Have been told that these symptoms will get worse at first, but in the long run I should see some improvement - lets hope so!

As usual I am not allowed to use soap or perfumed products on the area that is being zapped, so we have Simple soap and lots of cream to rub into the skin. At times my back feels as though it is burning and seems to be worse at night - so I sneak down for some co-codamol and a coffee.

Anyway had a great day yesterday spending time with Harriet, chatting and eating cake at Wistow garden centre in the sun (yes the SUN). Had a walk around and Harriet took some lovely photos of the flowers. Last week Harriet got offered a place to do `A` levels at QE (which is a really good college), however Harriet had stated that she may prefer to go to Regent (not so good!!). Anyway we discussed her options yesterday and stated that she wanted to try and study photography (as well as English, Maths, phycology and Drama). We look on the college web sites to see if both colleges offered this option - and QE college course seemed to offer the best choice for Harriet. So after some negotiating (well life is all about negotiating and choices), it was agreed that Harriet go to QE - YIPE!!!
Iam so pleased as I think that should my illness become more of a problem to me I feel that Harriet would get the best support / help from the staff at QE; although I never mentioned this as I did not want it to be one of Harriet's deciding factors. Well now it is time to study for both Harriet and David - so stress and hormones for the next 6 - 8 weeks, try to buy lots of ice-cream and diet coke to keep them both happy.

Easter Break.

Well we finally all got away together as a family; the first time since August 2009! We went up to Yorkshire to stay at Auntie Pam's - laughed, ate, drank and had chill out time together. Then over to York for a few days, which included `girls`retail therapy, meeting friends and Andrew and I had a night out together in York at The Indian lounge (great food, miserable service!!).
Although I still had trouble sleeping, I really did appreciate the time that we had together and it was great to see the kids and Andrew relax, joke and laugh with and at times at each other. We ate too much food as usual - but at least I got out of cooking. One mad day was when we met with friends from Scarborough and Malton (you know who you are!!), and we had a lovely meal together at the Denison Arms (East Ayton), great food and excellent company - have not laughed so much in ages.

Spending time with the family whilst I was (reasonable) well made it very special, the good weather and great time with friends and family also made it a very memorable time. I know that I can not escape the though of `cancer` and the worry of what may happen next, but I can try and live for the moment and carry on laughing and loving.

Thanks X