A booby brunch and the CT scan

After a morning stroll to the new Wootton Waitrose last Thursday (28th November) the lovely Gilly Bean and baby George visited for a 'waitrose' continental breakfast!Being 30 has not stopped Gill playing with her food.....She replaced the raisins on the Danish pastry to make the pastry look like boobs!! Quite apt I think, but not good role modelling for George .. Lol!!!

Thank you Gill, baby George and all of my family and friends for their visits and well wishes , which has been such welcome distraction to this 'being ill lark!' Im really not used to being 'limited' by sickness (if that makes sense) and emotionally I have every feeling from feeling guilty for not being at work to feeling a burden on family and friends.

I'm generally feeling upbeat, however it can feel frustrating to get to the point of tears on occasions, for no particular reason! I actually cried (a little!!) on the way back from Waitrose, when I felt overwhelmed by the beauty of nature, as I saw a squirrel scamping past me and up a tree that was in the last throws of autumn colour.It seemed like all my senses had woken up after a long time and thrust upon me this rush of adrenaline through my body!

I'm not sure I fully appreciated how consumed by work I had been until this diagnosis has forced me to stop and tune back into life!

I'm also doing some quite bizarre things, such as tidying away the fairy liquid in the fridge and fresh orange juice in the cup/ coffee cupboard and I try to explain to others that this is because I'm distracted by the 'pesky cell'...I really can't get away with this with certain people such as Danny and Gill, who remind me, whilst laughing , that I'm a little ditzy at the best of times....so I can't use that as an excuse!

Physically; its not as bad as I thought it was going to be after the operation and I'm ok with the physical aspect of it all. There is just a general feeling of 'uncomfortableness' since the operation, particularly at bed time where I can't sleep in my usual position! I also have the most annoying 'numb sensitive pain' under the length of my left arm and occasional piercing pain where my scars are healing .

So.... After lots of baby talk with Baby George and a hair straightening session thanks to Gill.... I was well ready and beautified for the CT scan in the afternoon. With Steve by my side at NGH, I took the required fluids over an hour period before a 3 minute CT scan procedure.This was great opportunity to start the book that my DD's gifted me... Hunger Games..... and I became hooked immediately!

I will learn the results of the CT scan on Thursday 5th December, along with all of the other test results from my operation.