Day Ninety One

It's been a busy weekend moving from Bicester to Swindon and I can't believe how much 'stuff' we have accumulated in such a short space of time!! But we have had so much help and it's reminded us again how blessed we are to have such amazing family and friends around us :) We're staying with Dave's Mum for a few days until our new place is ready.

We drove Andrew & Orla to the airport this afternoon and were really sorry to see them go - it's been so good to have them here for the weekend.

Healthwise, I have been feeling very tired this week and there are times when I've found it hard to keep my eyes open during the day (which is very unlike me!). I had quite a few bone or joint pains over the last few days, especially through Friday night, but thankfully they seem to have eased off today. I'm glad the consultant warned me so I knew it was just a side effect of the new drugs.

Can't beleive it's Sunday evening already - wishing you all a good week ahead!

Day Ninety

Just a quick post to let you know that Sharon has been in good health today. However, she has been tired and is currently asleep - not surprising really given that it has been a busy day for all of us with our move to Swindon today.

A BIG Thank You to Tommy, Andrew & Orla for your willingness to travel all this way to help us out and for all your hard work today. And yes, congratulations on the rugby result!

Also, Thank You to Mum, Andrea & Ashley for all your help today.

Day Eighty Nine

Apologies I didn't get to update the blog last night but I was extremely tired and couldn't stay awake past 8pm :( The ultrasound went really well and they confirmed that the tumour has shrunk to half the original size, which is amazing news!! They also inserted a metal coil into the middle of the tumour to mark where it is when it comes to surgery, in case it shrinks even more in the meanwhile! Thank you so much to Andrea who came to London with me.

The after effects of the chemotherpy have been really mild so far and even with less anti-sickness tablets I haven't felt sick at all. I have been really tired though and have had a lot of flu like pains today - I had been told to expect joint pains 3 to 4 days after treatment.

It's been amazing to see family from home today, Tommy came this afternoon with a van load of my stuff from Cork and Andrew and Orla arrived this evening to help us with the move. Tomorrow we'll be moving our things from Bicester to Swindon - although Dave is insisting that I disappear for the day and leave the men do all the moving!

Day Eighty Seven

Yesterday was a long, difficult day - we left home just after 6am and got back just before 9pm. I found the treatment (and especially the ice cap) very long but one of the pre-med drugs they gave me really knocked me out and that helped a lot and meant it wasn't as painful. I wasn't fully with it all afternoon (my husband says he couldn't tell the difference!) and I was exhausted last night. Thank you to Dave & Heather for bearing with me all day :)

But I really feel the benefits of the new chemotherapy drug today - I slept well last night, don't have as many anti-sickness tablets to take and fell really well today! The best news is that the consultant said that the tumour is continuing to shrink and I'm going back to London tomorrow to have an ultrasound scan to measure the progress.

Heather left this afternoon - it was so good to have her here the last few days and she helped us so much with packing and being there with us yesterday. Thank you Heath :) We're really looking forward to Tommy, Andrew & Orla coming over this weekend to help with the move.

Thank you to everyone for your messages, texts, calls etc - they mean so much to us.