Sounds like things are going well Joan - except being hit with the dreaded black toe. Are there many pirates in your family history?
That radiotherapy doesn't sound like fun - does that have any side effects? How long do they make you lay there with your right arm above your head? I guess looking on the bright side, you will have marvelous posture when you are done - strait as a board in fact.
Glad you are seizing the days and reclaiming them for outings with friends - that's the way to do it!
I don't think there are any pirates, Diane, although couldn't be 100% sure - we do have a couple of ancestors who were merchants trading with the West Indies - hate to think what that meant. I'm sure way back when, there were a few cattle rustlers. I think any Scot who went back far enough would find a couple of those.
The radiotherapy isn't too bad. The treatment itself is completely painless - wouldn't know it was happening if it wasn't for the noise the machine makes. The side effects can be skin reaction, although that doesn't usually happen for a couple of weeks, and extreme tiredness. The doctor says the tiredness doesn't last more than about two weeks after it's finished. They're getting a lot quicker at treating me now - only took about 5 minutes on the board today, I reckon. The actual treatment would only take about 2 minutes, I would say, including the machine moving around me. It's very quick. I discovered today that if I turn my head towards my right arm, it's better. Was facing away from it before, which was I expect was straining my neck and arm. Don't know why I didn't think of that before. I have to put both arms above my head, but the left one is fine.
Ha, ha, Diane, very funny. I could have been a bit more descriptive about exactly how I lie on the board, but this is a public forum and I have to preserve some dignity!
Excuse me while I have my dinner. I will return.
Very nice dinner - Tasmanian Atlantic salmon. Not sure how they get away with calling it Atlantic salmon. I suspect that it is farmed and maybe the first smolts came from Atlantic salmon. No, it's not a misspelling of Antarctic. All the shops call it "Atlantic". I read "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" not long ago, which is why I'm up on the terminology. Funny book - shades of Yes Minister. Then I had to watch Top Gear, which is why I took so long, not that anybody will have noticed, as you'll all be beavering away and Diane will be pushing up zeds, unless she's up to milk the cows. Do you have milking cows, Diane? Anyway, I digress and I should be getting to my bed myself.
Re the nails, Bill - one of the side effects of the chemo drug I was on is that your nails can come away from the nail bed and fall off. Hence the reason for painting them with nail strengthener. In fact, apparently the 'in' thing, especially among young men on the drug, is to paint your nails with black nail polish. I don't like to attract attention to myself, so I just stuck with the clear stuff. Apart from when I inadvertently painted one or two black.
Thanks, Roger.
