Week 12th Dec. - Birthday week - probably need to forget that!!

So week off, well not really, we have decided that as I am back in SA for Christmas that we will do our Christmas Day on the 17th, so mad panic to sort the house out, loads of little jobs get done, new light fittings put up, bathroom floor scrubbed and the slate tiles re-sealed, pictures put up, house has been in a state of redecorating for what seems like 3 months!! so rooms to finish there, Moved half the house down to the shed, chucked out most of the stuff that was already there, usual sort of stuff that people do, just haven't done it for years!!, put new wardrobe up in Kendals bedroom.

So how is my mouth doing, well beginning to eat better having seen the doctor last week who also mentioned to eat loads of calories, I mean that is like a red rag to a bull so come on, cakes, ice cream, etc...all in the name of recovery of course. Jaw isn't as sore and my gum is healing well, can use my electric tooth brush on it now to clean it.

Orlanda gets her job offer from the bank so she is very excited and will look to come down to SA now on the 9th or 10th January. It will be great having her around

So, Friday we go out for dinner for the B-day, really enjoyable, just local in the village. I also see Prof. Haq who checks me over and gives me my prescription for Aimspro to get me through the treatment stage. I don't really know what to expect, he believes it will really help reduce the side effects, he already believes the healing of my gums has been quicker due to Aimspro, I hope he is right as this will be a great supportive treatmenet for other people if it works for me and trust me I will rant on about it forever

so, Saturday, all the family over and Carol puts on an amazing dinner for 21!! We somehow manage to fit everyone in our dining room, have a great night and realise that it will be the last night of drinking anything decent for the next 3 months!! So out comes a 1990 Dom Perignon, which was lovely, slightly flat, dark in colour but tasted sensational, certainly a thought I will keep with me through these dark moments of radiation treatment.

Write a card to each of my kids, which is very emotional for me and I am sure for them when they read it, but I think it is important they know how you feel, that I am a fighter and will win, that I am positive and trust the medical team to get me through this but most importantly I love them more than anything else in the world and whatever happens that will never change. So, off to the airport to start the next stage of this journey, what do I expect - don't know, what am I thinking - that it will be tough, that I will get through this and that pain serves to remind me that I am getting better, that the treatmenet is working and that I'll have a few years left in me yet...

As I go through these next 35 plus days I will try and update the blog daily