A New addition to the family!

Some of you will already of heard me talk about our beautiful grandaughter Ellie Mae. 

This morning brought the long awaited arrival of our gorgeous grandson Max Ross. He made his appearance at 4:25am and weighed in at 8lb 7oz.

Two Baldies Together!

As requested, 2 baldies together, side by side!

To Baldly go where other women have gone before!

Well it's finally happened and this is how I look! It's not so bad after all, although a bit chilly at times! You certainly know when there's a draft. It takes a bit of getting used to and so far have managed to go out twice in public with a naked head and have felt perfectly alright about it, although on both those occasions I have had the support of someone with me. As yet I have not ventured out alone with a naked head, I feel that will be a little harder to do. 

Dean and Sven want to paint my head like a Cadbury's Cream Egg!! I think I do a good impression of a Buddhist Monk and Nick wants to stamp a best before date on my head with the lion mark on it!

Anyone know a good hairdresser?

Well here I am again, sorry I haven't posted again recently but I've been a bit tired and have had little energy. I'm now feeling much better. Chemo number 4 went better than expected although when we arrived at the hospital last Thursday it was requested that my bloods were done again, as my count was down and I had got a cold so they just wanted to check me over. My chemo was supposed to start at 12:30. After some time they had the results and we were told that everything was alright and my chemo was to go ahead that day. So at 2:15 pm they got it started. I had been a bit worried as I mentioned before about my arm hurting but at the same time I felt glad that it was to go ahead. They managed to find another vein to go into and it wasn't so bad at all to which I was very relieved. 

As you can see from the photo I now haven't got very much hair left at all and it's difficult to know what to do with it these days! Any suggestions? I did think about a pony tail but can't find a bobble small enough! :)

Oops! the post is late!

Hi everyone, sorry it's been a while since I put a new post on here but to be honest I have been really tired and have found it quite difficult to concentrate long enough to write anything worth reading. 

What's been happening ?

Not a great deal really. Mostly I have been quite tired and although my mind hasn't wanted to rest, my body has needed to rest. It has been very frustrating at times to see that there are things that need to be done and to have the time to do them but lacking the strength and energy to complete the task or in some cases to even get started! 

As you will have read in my last post I wrote about the veins in my arm beginning to harden and that had caused me some pain. The problem with the arm increased even though I applied gel which was prescribed by the hospital and I tried to keep movement in my arm, stretching and turning as much as the pain would allow but by the second week it was really very sore and painful to touch. By the end of the second week everything had got on top of me really and the emotional side of it all got the better of me! I think it was an accumulation of everything, like not having the energy to do normal everyday things, added to that the constant soreness in my arm all heightened  by the accumulation of fatigue which all ended in tears. A few tissues later and big cuddles and comforting words from Nick and I was right as rain, once again feeling much better about it all.

My next chemo is on Thursday and I am a little apprehensive but that is only because of how my arm has been and how it was the last time. Perhaps it won't be so bad as there is still a couple of days for further improvement. 

Nick needed to work a few days in Andover which isn't too far from where my sister Sharon lives. We thought that would be a good opportunity to spend some more time together so that's just what we did. Sharon, who is now doing very well in her recovery and I, had a sofa each. It was nice to be able to yet again spend more time together and to give support to one another. Nick could travel each day between Sharon's and Andover and this meant that we didn't have to be all those miles away. :) Aaahhhhh 

As you can see from the picture I am still managing to hold on to some of my hair! The thing is that I am actually very bald on the top of my head and the photo is making me look better than I really do! The hair is really extremely thin and I am losing more each day now. I'm not sure how long it will last, maybe a week or ten days. We'll have to see. I am now feeling more positive about losing my hair and I am thinking it will all be ok. The truth is I don't really know exactly how I will feel until it happens but at the moment I feel fine :)