DVT DAY 328
Saturday and due to my tardiness in not training yesterday I need to get up and train straight away. So I get into my training gear and make my way to the shed to do an hour on the bike. A tough session but I glad I made the effort.
A refreshing shower and a mid day breakfast set me up for the rest of the day. My partner and I took her mothers walker to the care home where her mother currently is, along with some flowers and biscuits. It was a passing visit as we of course were not allowed in. So close yet so far. On the way home we called into the local garden centre to get some food from the buthchers and the mini Sainsburys, so we are food viable for the weekend. Having got home there was time to watch the end of a football match, get my washing done and order tonights Indian takeaway. After that its time to watch the TV and wait for the meal to arrive. The evening sees the family eat and amuse themselves whilst ignoring the TV that chirped away like noisey wall paper in the background.
Tomorrow will bring joy or pain as I step on the scales for my weekly weigh in. If I am lucky I will get a rest day and a treat, which this week will be a winter pudding. Making the most of such moments is important as it is a small gain in a sea of loss. Lost holidays, lost time with friends, lost sense of security and loss of trust of others. It begins to feel like the pains of imprisonment.
The coming week is an injection week and already I feel aprehensive about it as this week it is a right side injection, always more sore. At the end of the week I have a blood test due all in preparation for my annual review with the oncologist. It is the one of the few times that I get factual information about how my cancer is or is not progressing. I wonder if I am about to enter another phase of “its as good as it gets” or whether I will need to find a new name for my blog. I shall know after Februay the 9th when I have my high noon telephone call from the oncologist. It will interesting to see what “he who made a pact with the devil” has to say.
