79. Sisters

Snow's still here.  Lots of it.  I actually went out in it yesterday. It's OK where it's compacted and hard but the soft stuff is difficult to walk in.  A bit like sand.  Which I suppose makes sense, given that a lot of what's on the ground started out as hail.

Nice day.  Wife of a friend of R's met me in town.  We went round the shops.  She bought some lovely boots.  Had lunch and a great chat.  I really like her, she's warm, caring and kind.  Funny too and can talk the hind leg off a donkey, which is great, because I clam up at times. 

I'm still feeling OK although I do seem to be developing a cold.  Will phone the chemo ward and see if I need to do anything extra.  I also have, I don't know what to call them; niggling aches and pains.  I've had pains in my boob and also in my collar bone above my boob.  Could be nothing.  Could be bone cancer.  Never again will I be able to just ignore anything minor.  In the back of my head now, it could always, conceivably, be life threatening.  I could moan about it, but given how well I'm feeling I won't.

Oh, oh, oh!  I've met a lovely group of ladies online through the Breast Cancer Care website forums.  I've been chatting with a girl younger than me, K, who lives fairly locally and have also been in touch with other women in the area.  They meet up every so often and are out on Dec. 13th so I'm going to meet them.  How nice!  And how helpful, knowing other people that are going through the same thing.  K is also having chemo at the Freeman and her nurse of choice is also G.  She is approximately 2 weeks behind me in treatment so we're at almost exactly the same stage.  Talking to them has made me grateful that I'm not having more problems than I am.  Nothing like a bit of perspective.

UPDATE:

Cold is developing.  I feel like crap.  Meant to be going to Durham tomorrow with S.  I really hope I feel better than this.  Good nights sleep needed I think.