Jolly time in the eye of the storm

Just a quick update, unlike the previous tome, to say things are going well here in the "eye of the storm". I have recovered from the set of IVE chemos to a good degree, still a bit tired, very unfit, and with a wobbly tummy, but all of that is easy to manage with sleep, gentle exercise and good food. I have basically got two weeks now when I am reasonably fit, but need to get fitter, before submerging in the BEAM chemo, so I will probably not be blogging too much if things go according to plan.

Plans for this break of good health got off to a good start when a bunch of my old Dumfries based friends came over for dinner on Saturday, joined by my Mum once her late plane had got in. Everyone got on well and all the old stories were recycled of famous toga parties and harmless pranks we managed to escape from unscathed as batchelors. Everyone seemed to have a good time chatting and eating, I noticed how sensible we have become as folks switched to water or tea after midnight rather than reaching for the whisky! Our kids and the Eggos kids played together until the end of the party at 1am, when they headed back to Dumfries to make early morning football. All together a great evening with good friends.

This jolly night followed after we watched Ireland win once again at the Rugby, just, against Scotland and England beat France to leave the championship wide open for the final matches next week. Which will leave me with a dillemma as I was planning to head off to Skye for a bit of gentle hill walking next weekend and to get away on my own for two days with my, hopefully, repaired Aston, so now I may stay home on Saturday to watch the Rugby with the boys and make a shorter trip up north!

Plans are then to return to Edinburgh for some medical check ups and final preparation for the chemo before taking the last weekend away with the family for a nice treat, we shall have to look up good hotels with swimming pools and horses for the kids and a nice resturant for us.

Mum stayed for two days so we were able to catch up and put the world to rights over some gentle walks, and a nice lunch treat overlooking the castle, before we picked up the kids from school. Plans to go out on Sunday were cancelled as I felt pretty tired after the late evening (stamina of a mouse, me) and had to go for an afternoon sleep but again this gave us a good chance to chat when I was not sleeping so things worked out OK.

Hope you all are doing well, 20 days to transplant 15 to BEAM chemo and the countdown is going well according to the blood counts and tests, I will let you know if any upates on that otherwise I am going to enjoy the next days of relative health and freedom as I know the next two months are going to be a rollercoaster adventure.

Cheers

Gerry