The Great Escape

Love is... Keeping in  touch with Skype.

Weeekend in Australia
I have just had 5 days break with a friend in Sydney.  Fabulous time and lucky to be invited.  A much needed holiday from kitchen handing and gardening and cleaning.  Colin was unable to come as he still can't  travel overseas. I seem to have spent an inordinately  large sum of cash in just 4 days.  Of course the $1000 pair of shoes was just window shopping as I  made a quick exit from that store without opening the wallet.  Not my style.  Money spent at Ikea and Costco on food for Colin.  Still managed to max out my suitcase weight. Was not planning on buying anything!

Walked over Sydney Harbour Bridge,  pigged out on seafood platter at Nick's,  saw the harbour and bridge by ferry at night for $2.50. My friend was great to invite me and i really appreciate the break.  Now I  realise as I  get back to reality that it was truly a break. Even managed a weight gain.  Damn. Walking 20,000 step has to balance food intake. 

We have lost another friend and it is always in our mind.  Colin's blood test made a drop but skyrocketed again last week.  False hopes.  Just wanting him to improve and was quite worried about leaving him.  Worked out that a break would be good for both of us.  He seemed to have taken the mantle of house husband and may have over done it while I was gone.  Enjoying being home again. With relief we notice the drop in the blood test this week.  Hoping still for a continued drop.  Fingers crossed for continual  decreases so he can drop the meds and hopefully balance out so we can travel in 6 months. 

My misery is a bad tooth or as it turns out bad teeth.  I have spent the last months visiting the dentist.  2 root canals and another broken tooth and root canal pending and a lot of agony and excruciating pain on eating cold or hot foods.  That is everything. More painful is the decreasing bank account.  Husband should have been a dentist. I joke they are filming the Block next door to the dentist and that i should  buy and move in so I  can walk to my weekly appointment! Left the pain too long as we had so ma y appointments for Colin and Cameron which I put first. May be it is old age and deterioration!  Stil didn't deter me from eating many prawns in Sydney. 

Live and let live

Love is..... Full of laughter

We are feeling good at the moment.  I  have achieved heaps around the garden and house. Waiting on some hired help to tend to part of the garden this week. Lawns done and the cleaning sorted for a few days. 

We have had 2 amazing weekends of parties back to back.  Home and in bed by 3am on Sunday,  mothers day.  I seem to have plenty of energy so I  attribute that to the supplements both Colin and I  are taking.  Recently added selenium and iodine drops which is easy to take.  Immunity building.  Recent developments in cancer treatment is for the body to fight the illness by itself. Ie Vaccines,  surely it has gotta help.  Even on tv tonight there was a story on lowering our use of plastics.  Are we trying to poison ourselves?

Yes we are feeling good because 2 weeks ago Colin's blood test dropped slightly and it was the first time for it seems,   ages.  I know there was a feeling of relief on both our parts because it was going so high.  Just hoping this week that there is a continued lowering.  There is still a long way to go. 
But we have come sooo far.  Colin has come so far.  It will be 18 months in June and a year since transplant shortly.  Just keep going honey. Just keep going. 

Have skyped Nick and Julie in Barcelona where he was so excited to go to the 3 tier  football stadium. Julie wasn't so keen.  I totally understand that.  Colin and I never got off the hop on hop off bus at the stadium stop.  Everyone else did. Nick and Julie  fly to London tomorrow. So great to see them enjoying themselves.  A honeymoon to remember. 

Mothers day yum char

Major Nelson and I dream of genie 

I like a man in uniform