DVT DAY 339

Its Wednesday and in theory a quiet day so I amble awake to get a breakfast smoothie and a coffee. I’m sitting on the sofa catching the morning news when to my surprise a delivery person wanders up my snowy path and waves at me. There is the now familiar plop of a parcel being left on the porch floor. I finish my smoothie, check my emails and saunter to the porch and get the surprise of the package being for me. I’m excited and wonder what it can be as I am not expecting anything this quickly. I am delighted to find it is my Arizona Coyotes retro celebration ice hockey jersey. Those of you who know me will be aware that I collect ice hockey jerseys and that my favourite team is the Coyotes. I watch them on their website when I can. I just love the speed, agility and brutality of the sport. Even more I love the jerseys. I grew to love them when I was blown up like a balloon with the steroids that accompanied my chemotherapy. I found how comfortable they were and how they hid my bloated body. Since then I have grown my collection. I really like my new addition.

What an excellent way to start the day. I tidied some papers and checked my diary. I then did the final edit on the paper that a colleague and I have been working on and sent it to him for agreement. By now it was time to attend my “Elders” meeting, to which I wore my new Coyote jersey. The meeting was constructive and I found it useful, it remains to be seen if the things we talked about become a reality, but I am hopeful as it appears we are about to have a media presence. As soon as the meeting is over I ring a friend who had tried to call me as she was delivering one of her hand made garments to a friend. It was good to catch up and compare the experiences of trying to keep organised and attend to our wellbeing. Lunch followed and the spectacle of our resident squirrel putting in an appearance. The poor thing could not at first raise the lid on the squirrel feeder due to it being iced up but he persevered and finally got it open. He spent some considerable time feasting on the nuts and grains supplied. It was good to se that he is surviving the cold spell and the snow we are having. At least today he could fill his belly.

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Time to train. So I change into my gear and head for the garage as today is going to be a rowing day. Its cold and I am not feeling like it today so its a struggle. Getting to the end of the session becomes the goal. I persevere and get to the end.

Post training its off to have a shower and wash my hair that’s in need of a refresh. Of course once out of the shower I am straight back into my new Coyote jersey. I decide to start the blog early and upload the pictures I am going to use and begin to draft it as I have some indoor athletics on in the background. My intention is to have a lazy evening and an early night as tomorrow I have meetings and an open forum to host. Most importantly the DVT clinic is ringing me for a check up in the morning and I am hoping that they will discharge me. I have my thigh and calf measurements all ready for them. If all goes to plan I will be able to draw a line under the DVT and lose it from the blog heading.

Stop Press: The mighty Brentford beat Reading 3-1 to go top of the Championship. Leicester beat Brighton with the last head of the ball to go into the quarter finals of the FA cup. Its a good night for once. The Bay gets irritating as the series gets dragged out. Definitely an early night.