Sunday and I wake up knowing the missing blood results are not in, but I check anyway. Still not there. I make my partner and I warm drinks and we laze in bed till we are ready to move in on the day. I down my trusty muesli, another coffee and my morning meds and head for the garden. Its a labour of necessity today as my front hedges have burgeoned this spring. I gather up my tools, which includes a heavy duty hedge trimmer. I start be dealing with the passage way down the side of the house. I cut back the hedge so that I can get the recycle bin out to the front garden, and then attack the front hedges. I shear my hedges and then gather up the clippings, compacting them as I go. Its a high spoon activity and it does not take long for me to work up a good sweat. After some hours of work I have run out of spoons so I pack my tools away and sit on the pation with a coffee and a scone.
Clearly scones and coffee are good for me as I have a burst of energy and plant out some of the bedding plants that were bought yesterday. By the time I’ve done that I’m ready to watch the rugby semi final on the TV. My team Leicester Tigers lose to the Sale Sharks, they clearly miss my season ticket support. As the sun abates I once again head for the garden and put in a couple of Lavatera (Mallows). My jasmine has died as has my long standing fuchsia so I put in my mallows to replace them. I am hoping that in due course the new plants will establish themselves. If I’m successful the new plants will flower from June all the way through to September or October. I really am out of spoons now and retreat to the reclining sofa and watch Country File. Tonight my partner and I dine on pasta and strawberries before we slide into the evening. Maybe the BAFTA awards, maybe more Night Agent, hopefully football highlights as my team won today. What is for sure I will not be waiting up till midnight to see if the rest of my bloods are in. Tomorrow I travel to York to see my mentor as part of my readying myself for Thursdays radiotherapy oncology appointment. It is the time to gather up my resources, check the resilience batteries and have options for all the possible/likely outcomes. At the moment I think I am in for a bit of a grind in the near future with the medical profession.
