I was due chemotherapy today, but I’ve had a reprieve. Yay! I’m quite weak and barely eating, but the good news is that my blood tests were OK. Since I’ve had such a rough time, Dr Toy did give us the option not to continue with chemotherapy as we have no idea if there is any cancer left. But since we’ve started, it was an easy decision to continue when I feel better, otherwise these last two and half weeks were for nothing. I’m booked in for my next chemo on 4th Jan.
My hair is falling out at an alarming rate and I feel strangely accepting of it. It’s getting absolutely everywhere, so I’ve decided to have it cut really short. I haven’t booked anything yet but I’ll post a photo when it happens.
We’ve had a little saga since releasing the doves on Christmas Day. The weather was awful and 3 doves immediately flew back to their original home! Boxing Day morning we counted just 4 in the dovecote and the following morning there were none! Poor Neil had worked so hard, preparing the dovecote, feeding them, sitting with them, cooing to them for 8 weeks. It was a sad morning as he drove off to work.
The same sunny day, Eve, Solomon, Duke(dog), Tessa and Joe all went for a walk up to the beacon and looked down onto our house. To their happy surprise they saw 8 doves resting on our roof. We ran outside to see them. They are absolutely beautiful, glistening in the sunlight on these frosty sunny days as they swoop from our roof around the garden. One is certainly missing, but the remaining 8 seem very happy flying close by. They never seem out of sight these days, so we hope they can deal with predators like buzzards and foxes. Fingers crossed they remain safe with us and are here to stay. We love them.
We’ve all had such a great Christmas. Tessa, Joe, Marc and Sarah left Tuesday and both couples had long tedious onward journeys. Cara stayed on and came to see the consultant this morning, then we put her on a train back to London.
So now we are team Ceri and Neil again, facing the future together.
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