It's been one of those weeks when someone keeps moving the goalposts. As a result, it feels like we have been going one step forward and two steps back ....
...Much time and energy was spent getting the garden ready for the last big push on the makeover project: rescuing plants from the border which will disappear in the new layout; re-cycling and free-cycling things we no longer need, including lifting old, very heavy paving slabs and giving them away to others who can make use of them; ordering the railway sleepers for the new raised beds; putting in the last of the fence panels to screen the new shed and storage area...only to find out on Saturday evening that the planned start yesterday was postponed for a week, as the contractor's current project has overrun....
...We had made travel and accommodation arrangements for a trip to Heidelberg, cutting short our planned stay to accommodate Steve's next hospital appointment on 29 September, only to get a letter yesterday saying that the appointment had been put back a week, so we could have stayed longer after all....
Today, we have been at hospital again, this time for me to attend the specialist spine clinic to find out more about treatment options for a back problem. There is only one "cure" option - surgery, either one major operation or a number of smaller ones over time. However, although not a cure, steroid injections into the spine can bring pain relief for some people, so that seems like a good place to start...
....The way things are going, it looks increasingly like Steve and I might both be having steroid treatment at the same time. That could be interesting....
Hey ho! We'll cross that bridge, if and when we come to it.
The way the goal posts keep moving, there could be more changes of plan on the horizon. Steve's scan appointment came today, but we still don't have a date for his appointment with the consultant oncologist.
In the meantime, we'll just go with the flow and make the most of this week. Once the contractors start on the garden next week, we're be in for a period of early mornings, noise, dirt and disturbance as everything has to come in (and go out) through the house.....Ah, the joys of living in an Edwardian terrace!
Last but not least, Happy Birthday Meso Warrior Mavis! And many happy returns with love from us xx
...Much time and energy was spent getting the garden ready for the last big push on the makeover project: rescuing plants from the border which will disappear in the new layout; re-cycling and free-cycling things we no longer need, including lifting old, very heavy paving slabs and giving them away to others who can make use of them; ordering the railway sleepers for the new raised beds; putting in the last of the fence panels to screen the new shed and storage area...only to find out on Saturday evening that the planned start yesterday was postponed for a week, as the contractor's current project has overrun....
...We had made travel and accommodation arrangements for a trip to Heidelberg, cutting short our planned stay to accommodate Steve's next hospital appointment on 29 September, only to get a letter yesterday saying that the appointment had been put back a week, so we could have stayed longer after all....
Today, we have been at hospital again, this time for me to attend the specialist spine clinic to find out more about treatment options for a back problem. There is only one "cure" option - surgery, either one major operation or a number of smaller ones over time. However, although not a cure, steroid injections into the spine can bring pain relief for some people, so that seems like a good place to start...
....The way things are going, it looks increasingly like Steve and I might both be having steroid treatment at the same time. That could be interesting....
Hey ho! We'll cross that bridge, if and when we come to it.
The way the goal posts keep moving, there could be more changes of plan on the horizon. Steve's scan appointment came today, but we still don't have a date for his appointment with the consultant oncologist.
In the meantime, we'll just go with the flow and make the most of this week. Once the contractors start on the garden next week, we're be in for a period of early mornings, noise, dirt and disturbance as everything has to come in (and go out) through the house.....Ah, the joys of living in an Edwardian terrace!
Last but not least, Happy Birthday Meso Warrior Mavis! And many happy returns with love from us xx
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