Thursday and it is a long lay in before a late breakfast with my partner. Meds of course and then some organising before I accompany my partner to the hairdresser at the gym. After a swift coffee and mince pie I settle into reading The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa while waiting for my partner. At the end of the wait my partner and I go shopping for Christmas meat and last minute presents.

At home the post has arrived and with it my new chemo pack. Its like getting a secret club pack. It makes the coming chemo feel more real.

So I have the paper work now and the admin that goes with it. So tomorrow I take the blood form and get my bloods done ready for my oncologist call on Christmas eve. The ball has started to roll and I feel I am moving forward. With everything read and sorted I draft a brief LinkedIn post to include the publication of The Cancer Years. An Anthology: Man to Man. It feels like I am rounding off an important phase of my journey by doing this. With that done I stettart to draft the blog. It is apparent from my messages that doing a Santa run this year is not going to happen so tomorrow I shall be doing what I can to get DPD to do the leg work for me.

Tomorrow I shall be logistics man and get my nails done before having my bloods done. It feels like life has become accelerated so I will motoring on and resting when I can. Tonight is devoted or research and TV wall paper before downing my night meds and getting a decent nights sleep.