Thank God for the good people in the world

Here is this weeks update that has been full of light and love as well as the usual challenges. 

For the first time ever, both lines on my Hickman worked perfectly this week. This was the case for day 2 as well. I’m well pleased. It may be because I’ve got a caught a cough and cold. All the coughing may have dislodged something. I’m hoping that the antibiotics and antivirals as well as antifungal drugs do their stuff and it passes soon. I will admit to feeling pretty rotten just now. I didn’t get up till 11.30am today. Lol. 

I’m still bruising nicely. It seems this may be a result of all the steroids I continue to have to take. 

Some more good news is my car key has been found. Thank you to all those who prayed to St Anthony, who is the patron saint of lost things or St Jude, who is the patron saint of lost causes or who just prayed or sent positive vibes. I’m so pleased my chemo brain only misplaced the key rather than lost it out in the street. It is now safely in a Farraday Pouch and has a tracker keyring attached curtesy of my big sis Dawn. 

Also a huge thank you to all of you who contributed to the crowd funding set up by my good friend Tina after a suggestion from Alan. I picked up a new dash cam today to replace the one stolen and I had it hard wired to the car. You are a brilliant bunch of people and I am so blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life. I hope I have managed to tag each of you who donated apart from a couple of anonymous donors. I may also invest in some CCTV with what’s left over in order to prevent a reoccurrence. 

The latest from the consultant is that the horrible pain I get after eating may be as a result of my pancreas not working properly. They want me to do one more test before commencing on yet another drug which may help sort things out. I wish I could stop taking tablets but if it helps I’ll put up with it. The pain is so awful I’m willing to try anything. I’m also being referred to a gut specialist doctor to see if anything else can be done. 

It also seems that despite my never give up attitude and going up and down the stairs as often as I can, I have some muscle wastage. This, again, is because of the steroids I take. I’ve been referred to a physio for some help, as it’s becoming more of a struggle to get up and down the stairs. It’s horrible to feel that you are going backwards despite your best efforts. 

The other thing I needed this week was a B12 injection. Let’s hope that helps with the ongoing anaemia I am experiencing. 

I’ve been thinking about all the good people in this world. Sometimes things can feel a little overwhelming. It reminds me of this wonderful quote which I will finish with. “To the world you are just one person but to one person you may be the world!”