weeks have gone by...

Hi everyone
Well I really haven't been in the mood to write lately - I'm working long hours & by the time I get home, I have to eat, relax & go to bed, sitting down to write has not been a priority...
But - tonight's the night :) got lots to say - I haven't blogged for 2 1/2 weeks.
That week I last blogged was the week after my last & final chemo & even though that chemo was the same sort as the first 3 - I hadn't taken into account the cumulative effect of the chemo & while I no longer felt disgusting, I felt horrible, which is preferable!! I was out of action from Sat to Sat, but I did manage to work on the Tues & Thurs, tried to work the Wed too, but at 10.30am was still not dressed & when I rang work to say I would be there soon, Mandy said don't bother, so I lay back down & didn't wake till 3pm!! Must have needed it. I did have acupuncture twice that week, on the Mon (day of last blog) & Fri. I think it helps balance me & give me a bit more energy than I would have otherwise.
Thanks goodness I was back to normal on the Sun Apr 3, first day of normality after the final chemo!!! Had a wonderful day - went to Karli & Guy's engagement party at her grandparents place in Darling Point, then lunch with Chery R in Lane Cove, then a big shop which I took home, then I picked Fran up, we went to see the movie Biutiful with Javier Bardem, excellent movie but not a happy one! then Fran & I went to Mickeys in Paddo for a bite.
Worked the whole of the next week, except Fri & met up with Jacqui for dinner on the Wed. We went to a Malaysian restaurant in Chatswood called Malak, excellent!! from there I had 1 ticket to see The Mousetrap, which is only allowed to be shown in 1 city in the world, other than London, in a year, Sydney's turn this year!! The play is fantastic, loved every moment - not dated at all. Next time I'm in London, I will plan to see it there too, just to compare!!
On the Fri last week, I had an appt with the Oncology Radiotherapy Dept at the hospital. I had a CT scan & was given my program for radiotherapy. So just cos the chemo is done, I still have radiotherapy ahead!!
I start next Tue, Apr 19 - 1st day Pesach & I have 30 sessions - last one is on Tue June 7, which happens to be Shavuot, so my whole radiotherapy is during the counting of the Omer!!! For those of you with good maths brains, yep that is 49 days & I have 30 sessions. I was told 25, but that was untrue. I have weekends off (for good behaviour!!) 3 days off for Easter & every 2nd Wed the machines have maintenance so no radiotherapy then. My time is the same every day - 4.45pm & I should be there for about 15 mins or so, most of that time is taken up with being set up under the machine - arms here, legs here, bum here, head turned just so please, oops shuffle up a bit, ok that's it DON'T MOVE!! lolol The radiotherapy is about 2 minutes, thats all. Don't wear deoderant under that arm, no lotions or potions on the boob they are going to blast, so sorry if I smell a bit, it's only for 7 weeks!!! Work are being wonderful about this, as I need to leave each day at 4.15pm, but I can go back again after if necessary...
Had acupuncture with Esther last Fri, I always feel better for it, going again tomorrow.
Finally got my act together on Sat morn to clean my bathroom, was so desperate!!!! then I went to bookclub at Robyns. Looking forward to reading & reading - oooh I forgot to say - I bought an e-book reader, it came with 1500 books on it, I'm reading the book by Sir Joseph Banks, his journal on the journey with Captain Cook from London to Sydney in 1768, it's very interesting reading.
Had dinner with Fran, Terry & Alysa on Sat night at the Saigon Bay in Darlinghurst - it's a fab Vietnamese restaurant, T & A gave me a belated birthday gift of a book called 'The Hare with the Amber Eyes' I started reading it straight away - its fantastic!!! recommend it highly. I'm not going to go into what its about because you are all perfectly capable of googling!!
On Sun, Evie & I had yummy Thai lunch in Brighton-Le-Sands, beautiful & warm when we sat down, freezing & pouring when we left, fortunately we had left our umbrellas to stay nice & dry in the car!!! Drowned rats we were. Evie had the brilliant idea of going to the South Dowling Street Antique Centre - years since I was there, Michael & I used to go regularly & Evie & Joe used to go there often too!! Yep I did buy something gorgeous - a glass turtle, I showed it to Ruthie on Skype the other day. It's got a very smooth rounded back, very tactile. It's not an antique, but it will be some day :) We had a wonderful couple of hours there. From there we went to Coogee & had dinner in a lovely Italian restaurant called Annies, can't wait to go back there!!!
I have worked again long days this week. But it's seems to be going well, I am enjoying what I am doing & really like the people I'm working with, though unfortunately Mandy is leaving next week, she & her family have sold the huge family home in Turramurra & have replaced it with a smaller house in Lilyfield & a holiday home in the Southern Highlands!! (must have been a very huge house in Turramurra!!!)
Last night I had bought a ticket to the Chatswood Musical Society opening night of  The Sound of Music & went with Fran & Rachel. It was an excellent amateur production - I mouthed along with the best of them - I love the songs & story. It's always the same story, funny that, but it presents so well that just doesn't matter.
I worked from 7.30 to 4.30 today, first early finish mark for a while & that's really the reason I am writing this tonight.
Tomorrow I'm going to the hygienist at the dentist for a hygiene clean, I think it's vital to have my teeth cleaned at this point, specially after chemo. Acupuncture from there, then to my GP - I plan to have my disability sticker extended while I'm going thru radiotherapy. Never mind that it is very very useful!!!
Hope you all have been able to cope with the lack of communication from me, however I will let you know how the radiotherapy affects me over the next couple of weeks.
It will be very quiet at work next week, Dr Frumar is taking the week off to spend time with his boys who are on school holidays.
Happy Pesach to you all, have lovely Seder nights - I'm looking forward to spending 1st night with family at Shirley & Garys & 2nd night with friends at Fay & Maurices. I hope I don't bore them all with the tale of my first radiotherapy session!!
I think that's all for now, hope all of you are in good spirits & only good things happening in your lives...
Cheers
Debbie xx