I have been extra busy this week. & if not thats what it feels like.
Cancer & it subsequent treatment does not just effect you. It effects everyone.
This week I rang to make the appointment to get my PICC line inserted (4th October)
In with the confirmation letter for that was the date of my first treatment (5th October).
Alongside all of that I had arranged a flu jab for 6th October as well as the preschool cake sale.
So I have spent the week trying to arrange things for my children.
To have the PICC line inserted I have to be in Guildford for 10am. This means that I need to leave home by 08.15am at the latest. This, in turn, means that Tony has to be home from work by 8am so I can check traffic, petrol & probably move car seats. He in turn has to drop Isaac at the childminders at 09.30 and then look after Imogen until I get home.
On the Wednesday Isaac has preschool form 09.30 - 12.30, my appointment is at 11am & I know that that is just to see the consultant, that is not the chemo itself which takes at least 2 hours from what I have been given to understand. It also has to be prepared on site.
So Wednesday looks like this.
Take Imogen to childminder, take Isaac to preschool, tell preschool that childminder is picking Isaac up. Drive to Guildford (again), see consultant, Hang around waiting for chemo. Have chemo, drive home, collect children collapse exhausted onto the sofa.
Before all of this though it is my birthday. Tony did have it booked off, but now with all of this I have to spend it without my husband. So we did what any normal family would do.
Spent this weekend on 3 different steam railways celebrating.
We started on Friday night on the Bluebell Railway fish and chip train. I love these as do the kids and so we had fish and chips on the steam train.
On Saturday we travelled slightly further East and went on the Spa Valley Railway from Groombridge to Tunbridge Wells, back to Eridge and finishing in Groombridge. I was ever so good. I love Tunbridge Wells' mix of shopping and so could spend hours browsing and spending, but I didn't :)
& today I forfeited the end of the Grand Prix to take the kids to Goffs Park to have a go on the Light Railway they have there.
And now I am doing admin. Not for me admittedly but Rainbow admin & NCT admin and blogging ;)
And now to bed!!
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