The Ostrich
I have always admired the ostrich. A bird whose body is essentially against him, a long neck which flows into a chest, middle and behind which could only be described as apple shaped, it still somehow manages to be graceful and scary in close quarters. Not all the appleshaped women I know match that description!
It also, proverbially, buries its head in the sand, and that, that is precisely what I am about to do. CT scan went as they do on Tuesday and I had the results today. I knew as soon as they ushered me into the Professor's room that there was potential trouble on the cards...
First the good news: the site of the recurrence is entirely clear.
But, and there always is one, isn't there, even on the ostrich! My thymus gland which sits in the middle of my chest and the lymph glands around them appear swollen. Now this could be for a couple of reasons; the thymus regulates the white blood cells for the immune system so it could be inflamed from the huge amount of chemo I have had in the past couple of years or, and it's a BIG or, it could be the old cancer raising its head again.
Which, I may add is the opposite of what I am doing! I have three girls, four including myself to get to school next week and nothing, bar nuclear war, is going to stop me. I have a whole normal, ordinary life to grasp and hold on to and I am not letting go. I will scratch furrows down the cliff holding on, make my fingers bleed but I will get on with my life.
Head, sand anyone?
Minerva
Friday, August 31, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
What a Holiday!
What a Holiday!
Fear not my dear friends, all is well. Minerva, Daughter 1, Twin 1 and 2 have been holidaying away for a whole month in Southern sunny Spain. We returned last night and are adjusting ourselves to life back in a country where the hours aren't measured in beaches and swimming pools. A wonderful relaxing month and then back with a bump to reality!
CQ - I do admire you. Yes indeed a CT scan is in the diary for Tuesday, Monday being a bank holiday here and an appointment back with the team for Friday. I do feel well apart from the most terrible joint pain when I have been in one position for a while and stiffness when standing or walking up stairs. I will ask about these things tomorrow but then anything is better than cancer!
Otherwise, like all on holiday, I have sunned too much, slept too much, read a huge amount and eaten far too much. The next few months will have to show some moderation but then going back to work is like a holiday for me in itself.
I hope you all had wonderful times of your own and that those of you who face your own trials had the love and support of those around you to help. With those helping hands at our elbows, the rocky path of life doesn't seem so steep or so difficult.
Love to you all,
Minerva
Fear not my dear friends, all is well. Minerva, Daughter 1, Twin 1 and 2 have been holidaying away for a whole month in Southern sunny Spain. We returned last night and are adjusting ourselves to life back in a country where the hours aren't measured in beaches and swimming pools. A wonderful relaxing month and then back with a bump to reality!
CQ - I do admire you. Yes indeed a CT scan is in the diary for Tuesday, Monday being a bank holiday here and an appointment back with the team for Friday. I do feel well apart from the most terrible joint pain when I have been in one position for a while and stiffness when standing or walking up stairs. I will ask about these things tomorrow but then anything is better than cancer!
Otherwise, like all on holiday, I have sunned too much, slept too much, read a huge amount and eaten far too much. The next few months will have to show some moderation but then going back to work is like a holiday for me in itself.
I hope you all had wonderful times of your own and that those of you who face your own trials had the love and support of those around you to help. With those helping hands at our elbows, the rocky path of life doesn't seem so steep or so difficult.
Love to you all,
Minerva
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