PHASE II AS GOOD AS IT GETS DAY 31

PHASE II A.G.A.I.G DAY 31

Thursday, a work day and this one was full of changes. Having woken up late I have a quick breakfast and drugs then hit the screen at 10am but not before taking a brief call from a friend.A colleague withdraws from a booked session next week so the rest of us rejig our roles and input into the session. A colleague from the central team joins us and we continue defining the work. By the end of the meeting I have new work to do and a short timetable to do it in. I immediately update my brief bio and circulate it and grab a smoothie for lunch before hosting an open forum for an hour and a quarter. As soon as it is over I start the work on the training session outline and requirements. By four o’clock its done and circulated. Tomorrow the team will finalise the details and we might even rehearse! At last I am free to train, but first I ring the doctor surgery to arrange to get an appointment tomorrow. The lump on my face is sore and appears to be getting bigger so I’m doing what my youngest daughter told me to do. I do not feel like training today but my friend had earlier nudged me and reminded me that I do this to stay alive. So I head for the shed and the bike.

I get back to the house, change and sit down to tuna pasta and a football match. That is how my evening went till I set to and write the blog. Its strange, I guess from the outside I look like a healthy, normal and quite fit person, in fact, in quite good condition for a 72 year old. My blog suggests I am active and busy, which is more or less true. Yet here I am with my battle with cancer and all that entails. This phase seems a strange phase to be in but it needs to last I’ve too much left to do and people to see.

Fire and Iron the basics.