Day 4

Well the anti hiccough pill seemed to work. Had my best night's sleep in a while.

Today was a suit and tie job as I was going to the opening ceremony of a new garden at the Hospital. The garden was situated between the cardiac unit and the chemo suite. It's very nice but I was surprised how much it had cost to create. A figure of £37,000 was extracted from the management. Fortunately it was paid for by subscription and not from taxpayer funds.

The garden was created in memory of the late Jenny Cocks who had worked at the Hospital for 32 years before her untimely death in 2002. her family attended the opening and seemed happy with what had been done.

I took the opportunity to visit the chemo unit and got some foodstuffs as promised by the dietary people. I drank water only.

One of the oddest feelings is the tingling and numbing of the fingers when the temperature drops a little bit. So not only is going into the fridge a bad idea so is going out without a coat and hat on. It looked a bit daft today with the sun shining but the wind kept the temperature around 12 degrees. In the papers today the met office is predicting a long warm and dry summer. Let's hope it is right.

Martin's Mum, Penny, is very kind and had picked up a recipe book for people having chemotherapy. She bought a copy for us.

What I am forgetting is the warning that all the pills would make me very tired so when I got back from the Hospital I needed to sit down.

Emily and Adam came for tea as well as Andrea. Martin will be late back from Bedford tonight. The kids were in very lively form. For tea I had some cauli cheese with bacon and managed 2 helpings. Well we are coming to the end of a busy week. Thanks for all your support and messages. They mean a lot to us.