Feeling 32 today - mad shopping spree online that only _I_ could do; as my family would say.
John Lewis, with the help of my friend Holly - new TV:
Panasonic Viera TX-39AS600 39"
Two shelving units from this new range at Next:
Chiltern Tall and Small Shelves - the latter of which I intend to use as a TV stand.
And then some pretty bedding and a few other bits...
I've been stuck indoors with tiredness and the heat for a few days; napping at random and trying not to feel sorry for myself. Going out daytimes has been a no-no with temperatures hitting 35' in the centre of town one day. I had to go up for chemo on Wednesday but avoided all else - hopefully by the time I have my MRI on Monday it'll be cooler than it is today - another 26'.
Two people have died in my cancer world this week. One lady I met at group - L, who has been in hospice care or St Thomas' for most of the past few months. I don't know the details yet - I haven't been for two weeks because of sickness and the heat, but it will be hard to learn more. Knowing someone even only for four-six months is very intense in a support group situation, and I'm going to miss her a great deal.
Another lady from the online-only Facebook group I'm part of died extremely unexpectedly; experiencing a pulmonary embolism after an elective surgery to have her ovaries removed. She lived in Thailand and died the next day, out of nowhere, despite the best care offered. Heartbreaking; and hard to hear about.
Support groups feel a bit like a marriage in this way - for better or worse - you get amazing responses when you need help, have questions or just have a rant in a forum that people know about it... but it hurts when someone gets sicker or dies. Better or worse.
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