Ug's away

Welcome to my new venture. I thought this would be easier to update everyone and hopefully I may have some fun doing it as well.

For those who are confused about my blog addy, I have named my tumour Ug which stands for 'Uninvited Guest' since I certainly did not give it permission to lodge itself in my body. A friend of mine, on hearing it's name thought that Ug should be as in 'ly bastard' and I have to say I rather like that one!

The year so far has been such a roller coaster and most of you will have read my updates as I've gone along but to re-cap I've had:~

1st 12 weeks - daily injections to thin the blood (most given by Amy, she was a star to do that for me); weekly intravenous anti- body drips; every 3rd week a chemotherapy drip as well; a cocktail of tablets (sometimes up to 20 a day) and as for the side effects of all this..... they were vile.

Next 6weeks after the above - daily radiotherapy; weekly anti body drip + tablets again.

Where I am at the moment - not drips, no radiotherapy, no tablets.....hoorah!!!! This is to give my body a chance to settle down before the surgery to remove Ug (hence "Ug's away") which is scheduled for 15th August. I do have a variety of hospital appointments with my surgeon etc in between now and then but am enjoying the break from my daily visits to the Royal Marsden Hospital { known with affection as my country residence}.

I have had the last 2 weeks off work as the radiotherapy made me very tired but am back now just for the mornings, there really is only so much daytime television I can take! Prior to that I have managed to work for part of the days that I have not been attending appointments. After this week I have taken a weeks leave and am going to spend a few days with my sister Sue in north Yorkshire, travelling with my best friend Carol and am so looking forward to that, I am hoping to recharge the batteries before going into hospital.

Will close for now, feeling very proud of myself for setting up this site, with grateful thanks to Liz (xxx)