This time last year Steve was about to start chemotherapy (his second regime since being diagnosed with mesothelioma in June 2009) and for the next six months or so we went into hibernation. Time revolved around hospital visits and managing the side effects of treatment; our travels were curtailed and life was more of a challenge than a bucket of laughs.....
A year on and we are back to enjoying life to the full. It's been a busy week getting out and about and be sociable; lots of miles and smiles including...
.....a trip to London to meet up with fellow photographers, where I enjoyed putting faces to names and taking a few pictures....
....a trip to Bristol to visit our son Jack and Steve's mum, now approaching the first anniversary of moving into a care home after being hospitalised for many weeks following an infection in 2012...
.....a trip to Windmill Farm in the grounds of Waddesdon Manor to visit the wonderful modern building housing the Rothschild archives and some choice pieces of art, which is only open to the public on rare occasions....
.... a trip to Leicester yesterday for the Mesothelioma Patient and Carers Day, where we met up with some of the meso warriors and their partners, including Tess and Alan, Stephen and Lesley, Diane (although we didn't get to talk to her partner Mike) plus William and Anne from Plymouth...
It felt rather strange being there without other familiar faces, especially fellow bloggers Mavis and Jan; many of us felt Debbie's absence keenly, I'm sure. For those of you unable to get there, I'll write up some of the key points from the conference in my next blog....
.... out last trip was very short, just along the Thames Path to The Punter, our local gastro pub, where we had lunch today with daughter Katie (who has been staying with us this weekend) before she headed back to London...
More miles and smiles to look forward to in the near future, but that's for another blog!
A big hug to all the meso warriors out there at whatever stage you are at on your journey. May you have many smiles, even if you can't travel many miles in the coming weeks for whatever reason x.
A year on and we are back to enjoying life to the full. It's been a busy week getting out and about and be sociable; lots of miles and smiles including...
.....a trip to London to meet up with fellow photographers, where I enjoyed putting faces to names and taking a few pictures....
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| Parcours on the South Bank |
....a trip to Bristol to visit our son Jack and Steve's mum, now approaching the first anniversary of moving into a care home after being hospitalised for many weeks following an infection in 2012...
.....a trip to Windmill Farm in the grounds of Waddesdon Manor to visit the wonderful modern building housing the Rothschild archives and some choice pieces of art, which is only open to the public on rare occasions....
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| Meeting Room, Windmill Farm, Waddesdon Manor |
.... a trip to Leicester yesterday for the Mesothelioma Patient and Carers Day, where we met up with some of the meso warriors and their partners, including Tess and Alan, Stephen and Lesley, Diane (although we didn't get to talk to her partner Mike) plus William and Anne from Plymouth...
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| Tess and Steve |
.... out last trip was very short, just along the Thames Path to The Punter, our local gastro pub, where we had lunch today with daughter Katie (who has been staying with us this weekend) before she headed back to London...
More miles and smiles to look forward to in the near future, but that's for another blog!
A big hug to all the meso warriors out there at whatever stage you are at on your journey. May you have many smiles, even if you can't travel many miles in the coming weeks for whatever reason x.
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