Still at home!

Still here and still adjusting to life outside of a single room. I'm not doing bad though!

Friday
After a night on the sofa (courtesy of a noisy sleeping partner!), Mary, (district nurse and friend) came to change my PICC dressing. Naturally we had a good chat too while the deed was being done.  Mary is one of the warmest, caring and unpretentious people I know, so I was really pleased that she managed to come and tend to little old me!
After her visit I suddenly hit a wall and had to sleep, which I did until Chris and the boys came home.  After dinner, Chris and I went for a walk around the block.  This is the furthest I've been in a week and of course it was done under the cover of darkness with a hoodie on.  The last time we'd been for a walk was the day before I went into hospital and I didn't feel too good when we got back.  This time I felt fine - bit out of breath, which is ridiculous after only going round the block, but otherwise ok.  A good night's sleep followed, thankfully!

Saturday
Breakfast today included my first full pot of coffee.  Those of you who know me, know how I love a strong coffee.  Since chemo though, it hasn't gone down very well.  Chris did a pot on Thursday, but I found it too strong (too strong for me!!!). So today I did it and ground less, making a weaker pot. It went down much better - hurray, back on coffee (for now at least)!
Early afternoon saw the arrival of DadD and Heather.  Haven't seen them for a while so it was nice - shock for them, but nice for me!  They insisted we go out for lunch (oh god how was I going to cope with this???!).  As with everything, you can't pussyfoot around - just got to get on with it.  So, scarf tied, make-up and earrings on, off we went!  The result...........

We went to a farm shop with a cafe (a favourite of Chris' at the moment) and I had another coffee (woah, steady on Trace!) and a sausage butty (local sausages and homemade bread).
They've decided not to stay with us, but spent the rest of the day and evening at ours before pootling off to their Travelodge and we'll see them again tomorrow.  Think I'll sleep well again tonight (Chris willing!).........