3 Too Many

T Day = 25 (Adjuvant chemoradiation) – 11 Radiation & 18 Chemo to go this round.

**** Happy Birthday Lachlan!!!! *****

Another earlish start – well 5am anyway – but a good solid sleep through the night.  Head is aching – but that is the price I now pay for the steroid decrease – so am willing to do that trade.  I know I keep saying about the decease in steroids – but really for a week now everyday has been an improvement on the last in terms of how I’m feeling, coping, behaving, and dealing with things. It is making it easier to deal with the side effects of the radiation and chemo actually.  Which makes it easier all up. 

Advantage of been up early is that I can do yesterday’s blog – sorry about that but was far too tired to do it last night.  Get blog done and do some work as well – productive morning.  Then Lachies and Jacob appear at 6:30 with Sue about 5 mins behind them –  can’t growl as it is Lachies birthday so he is excited – obviously.  Get Lachie to put the dog out and he does a double take at the new footy goal outside – big grins He then sits at the table where his other pressies are and goes through opening pressies and cards.  He also gets a digital camera from us so is wrapped! On with the day – Lachie gets ready quickly and heads outside to kick the ball at the goal for as long as he can squeeze in before school – the whole time he has a huge grin on his face – nice to see and a moment to remember for me.  Did have a moment again though writing in his card as your mind goes to how many more of these will I get to do?  Guess that’s why I need to store and make all the good times count.

Off to drop Lachie at school then off to work as zapping is not till 10am today.  Jono takes me round to the hospital.  The mask fits better today  – thankfully so as they decide to do the CT scan (for checking alignment) today which means about an extra 10 mins locked into the mask.  I manage to control my breathing and survive it without panicking.  Hopefully tomorrow it is a little looser too.  We then go back to work via the Coffee House – great coffee!!  Into work and follow-up on a couple of jobs and close another 2 – nice to feel normalish.  Head off about 1:15 then as Sue picking me up as energy fading again – a normal for the arvo.

Get home and Sue goes out, so I put my feet up for 30 mins to charge up before the lads arrive home. They both get in and both have won their Thursday school sports footy games – Lachie 13-0 and Jacob 7-1.  Good work.  They graze then don boots and outside to take shots at the goal – looks like the goal is going to get well utilised. 

Joh (big sister)  then arrives from Aussie as a surprise for the boys –  funny as they sort of stood there and looked at her and Lachies gone – oh Hi Aunty Joh – then gone  – oh ah Aunty Joh!!! and run and hugged her.  Same as Jacob.  Was quite funny to watch as they had no idea she was coming over!  Sue then arrives back sporting a new hair do – just as this is happening so got to see it too.  All very cool.

We do the birthday cake or afternoon tea as Lachie wants to eat some, and it is his day Very nice cake – caramel flavoured and chippies.  We then have home-made curries  for tea (Butter Chicken & a Beef Korma) – again Lachie’s request, and have M&M trumpets for desert. Can’t eat another bloody thing!

Blog time and a milo then have a catch up with Joh as she is her until Sunday morning – only a flying visit.  So will sign off now.  Have a fantastic time where ever you are reading this and take care of yourselves.  Remember to take care of each other as well as yourselves. M&D time – cheers!

Kia Kaha.