Family Christmas Day Photo

We didn't realise Harry was missing from the first photo so we made sure we caught him
for the second photo. And two photos was about all we could get out of this happy bunch.
Christmas Day 2008 - The Blyth Family

We had an absolutely wonderful Christmas day. It started at home with Colin and I watching Carols by Candelight.....this is a must in our home on Christmas Eve. And this year was just stunning and absolutely entertaining. As well, my favourite Christmas Carol of all is O Holy Night always brings me to tears. I love it! And I feel such an amazing gratitude for my Savior whose birth we celebrate at this special time of the year. His birth is such an amazing event and Easter is the reason why we celebrate his birth...because of his sacrifice for us. I feel so blessed to have participated in special Church services and Sacred Music Nights at our (LDS) church here and it sure helps to get the real magic of Christmas happening.

Being with family is the best thing at Christmas and again I am so grateful that no-one was missing.......!! (We thought this year it may have happened, but thankfully we are all united again).

Enjoying Christmas day through the eyes of little children helps me to focus on the simple things in life and to remember to find Joy in the Journey.

It has truelly been a special day because I am alive and well and able to enjoy everything with my loved ones.

Christmas Angels 2008

Some Christmas Angels have been visiting my house!!!

Monty, Orson, Blake and Sahn have been around a few times!!!

I've seen Blake and Orson

Andrea, Sahn and Orson(again!) have also visited

India peeked in the door!! But wait...there's more.......but they will have to wait for another post.

A Merry Merry Christmas

I just want to wish anyone stopping by my blog a very Merry, Merry Christmas and lots of happiness and joy in 2009.

I have been taking pics of my grandchildren with Santa hats on...while I can! Not everyone is co-0perative.....but I try to do it each year.
Other than writing out lots of Christmas cards, finishing Christmas shopping and starting some baking I am just coasting along.
This year Christmas lunch is at Andrea's house. The first time ever that it hasn't been at ours! She has such a great place with a huge outdoor area with lots for the children to do.
I am taking Blake and Orson shopping for something special they can buy for their Mummy. Blake especially loves to be part of the whole Christmas thing and would be horrified if he didn't get to buy a little something for his Mum. I'm thinking we're going to Dusk and The Bodyshop.

I have been able to get some great deals on ebay for Cricut Cartridges. I just had delivered the Home Accents one and it is gorgeous. Lots of swirls, birds, butterflies, decorative frames, flowers, words with swirls. Just beautiful. I think I have another 3 coming!! oops!!! But one only cost me $50 and others no more than $80. Pretty good deal!

Last week on Friday I had a phone call from Peter Gregory, the surgeon who tried to operate on my tumour but had to abort due to the anaphylactic thing!! He rang to ask how I was going, and said 'I will never forget you"...I think it's more "I will never forget the drama of that day!". But it's so nice that he stays in touch...still....after it being over 12 months ago.

Had another treatment last week. This one seemed to leave me feeling a lot more yucky than usual. However...today I'm pretty good again...just a bit tired! The good news is that I don't have to have another CT Scan until April! Whoopee!!! That is sooooo good!

I took some yummy cupcakes made by my friend Kathy, for all the staff in Oncology at Brighton Cabrini. Kathy put some angels on the top and they looked just fantastic. The girls there were so pleased and I felt good wishing them all a wonderful Christmas. They have all been so wonderful and kind and happy every time I go in for treatment. They really are angels!!!

Christmas Cards Part 3

This is my favourite card of all of them. I love the paper...which is metallic (well the top one is) and I especially love the doilly lace punch. I don't know if they are available here in Aus. I was directed to US Ebay by Claire and bought one there.
So, I have made lots of Christmas cards for this year.....and it's been ages since I have actually done that!! And...I've thoroughly enjoyed doing it all.
Now....I just have to write in them and post them!!!!

Christmas Cards Part 2

Probably my least favourite of all the designs I've done....but I've made eight of them so eight friends will be getting one. Actually I love the holly which is again from the Christmas Cheer Cricut Cartridge and the stamp of Merry Christmas in all kinds of different directions looks good too! I think it's the ribbon.....!!! Oh well

One of my favourite designs....I've really enjoyed making these. Especially using different pattern papers that I've had for ages. the tree is also from the Christmas Cheer Cartridge and the letters are Basic Grey stickers.

A close up of my favourite one from this design...added a bit of the old standby...Kindy Glitz!!

I think my most favourite of all my designs for this year. The lettering is Base Camp Cartridge and I used some of my very old, old metal rubons in gold over the letters.

Christmas Cards Part 1

The Wassail Card Kit from Basic Grey....just added a bit of Kindy Glitz here and there...they turned out really nice!!

I just got the little bird die-cut to use in my cuttlebug so I had to add it in somewhere on a card. It comes in three different sizes and is so very, very cute. I also used the Christmas Cheer cartridge for my Cricut for the "Christmas"word

A close up!!!

My 'copy/cardlift' of the Basic Grey card. I loved the design so added it to my card making as well.

Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

You guessed it....I have been so busy. Of course with baby Isabella came lots of baby sitting for me. Looking after three boys, 7, 5 and 2 for three days was quite exhausting to say the least. A lot of fun too though. But with driving to school and kinder and visiting at the hospital it kept me on my toes.
Harrison didn't want to meet his new baby sister and created havoc in the hospital. He is so strong at 2yrs old and we decided he wasn't visiting there again. When baby did come home he wouldn't have a bar of her.....he's much better now though.

So, for the next three weeks until school finishes for the Christmas holidays I will be taking Joshie to school each morning and Riley to kinder when he has morning sessions. Carolina is a bit overwhelmed with trying to get them all ready on time.

After I got home again from my house sitting and baby sitting stint I slept for two afternoons and then got really sick. My voice went, my throat went, my stomach went and I just had to nurse myself for about a week. I'm heaps better now, and have missed going to the Gym. I havn't been for two weeks now!!! I can't share my energy around to too many places at once so I had to be content to just take it easy.

Today Martin, Tambi and the kids came for lunch after Church and we put up our Christmas tree. It's so much more fun when there are children helping and getting in to the spirit of the festive season.
I have taken photos but havn't uploaded them yet....I will get to doing that.

One thing I have been really enjoying is making Christmas cards. I started off using the Basic Grey Wassail Card pack. You make eight cards from the pack and they are really basic so it only took me 1hr to make them all.
Then I made a Christmas Card list and worked out roughly how many I need to make in total. About 50 I figured so I have so far made 8 each of several different designs. Currently the last ones are waiting for one more addition and I'm finished.
I have stolen/copied/cardlifted one design from the Wassail range but the rest are bits and pieces of ideas from everywhere.
When they are finished I will take photos. One of the good things was that i used up some really ancient Christmas paper I had kept and hardly touched my new ones. Except for Figgy Pudding. I must have bought a pack last year when Basic Grey released it for Christmas...but never used it. Mainly because I havn't scrapbooked any Christmas photos for a long, long time.
And.....I just love Figgy Pudding....I think it's the nicest Christmas range Basic Grey have put out.
So...with Christmas nearly upon us I am so reminded of where I was this time last year. About to hear that my cancer was Stage 3 and a couple of days off starting my first Chemo. I remember how rotten I felt throughout the summer and the warmer weather and my clothes are a constant reminder. In fact I have at least one t-shirt I just can't wear because of it's association with my cancer.
I know in the US they have just had Thanksgiving and that is something I wish we had here. A time where we focus entirely on what we are grateful and thankful for.
I have so much.......that mere words are not sufficient to express how I feel. I am so thankful to be here for this Christmas to share this with my family, to have more time for my family, to be there for them as they were for me. I have amazing friends. Some whom I have only known for a short while, others whom I've known for many, many years. Each one of them is precious and from each one of them I learn and grow.
Last year was a horrible year, the start of this year wasn't much better....but as the year has progressed and we are in the last calendar month I understand and see where I was and where I am now....and I feel content, and I feel happy, and I feel so very, very blessed. And, yes I AM THANKFUL.

And the baby is.....................

A LITTLE GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ISABELLA BEATRIZ (middle name after Carolina's Mum who passed away almost exactly 4yrs ago)

How exciting for Dan and Carolina after having 3 boys to finally have a placid and calm little girl. She's placid and calm at the moment.
Isabella was born at 4:25am this morning.....and I havn't had much sleep so that's what I am going to do right now before going to the hospital to introduce myself to my new grandaughter!

ciao

AWOL

What a week it's been!!!! Actually going back to two weekends ago (whilst I'm trying to remember what I've been up to!). Colin and I went to see Nights in Rodanthe. I've read the book of it some time ago and really enjoyed it so we went to see the movie. It's so lovely and romantic and emotional. Boy was it emotional!!!!! In fact one of the characters who is really only referred to throughout the movie had the same experience I did in having an allergic reaction to an anaesthetic drug...she died however. But it just really had a big impact on me and afterwards in the carpark I just broke down and had this massive sobbing session, whilst trying to laugh at myself at the same time. Very exhausting!!!!
On Sunday last weekend 6 of our grandchildren were participating in a childrens program at Church so we went to Cranbourne Chapel for Sacrament Meeting. It is so beautiful hearing the children speak their parts and sing the songs. India loves being on show, McKenzie decided not to participate at all. Isaac looked like he'd rather have been surfing or something, Blakey sang his heart out and really got in to it, Monty sang a bit but yawned a lot more and Orson......was to shy and just dropped to the floor. Such fun!!
I've bumped in to a few 'old friends' this past week, friends I knew from my Scraptacular days. Glenda and Nicole it was so lovely to see you and have a chat for a while.
I've been really busy, trying to get organised for Christmas. I've so far made 24 Christmas Cards. I bought the Wassail (Basic Grey) Christmas Card Kit and enjoyed kicking off with making them. Then I made 8 each of two different designs using up all my really old Christmas paper scraps. They all look the same but different because I've used different papers and different card colours. Will post some photos later.
Then of course we had the horrible house fire across the road. Workmen have been taking all the tiles off the roof and you can see how black it all is inside the roof throughout the house. It's a lot of damage.
And...the morning this all happened I saw and fed our two kittens Bizkit and Balou. However as the day progressed only Balou showed up now and then. By evening and especially the next morning we couldn't find Bizkit anywhere. We went looking all over the place and I was getting really worried because the weather was hot, and hot again on Thursday, then storms and rain on Friday and still no Bizkit. We really thought we would never see her again which was really sad because we are really attached to both of our kittens.
I printed off some flyers with her picture on it and put them in letterboxes in our street.
Come Sunday morning about 6am we hear this constant wailing meowing at the front door and
there is Bizkit. She rushed inside with heaps of loud meowing...we fed her and she wanted to eat but at the same time she was so excited to be home that she wanted to purr, meow and eat at the same time.
She didn't show any signs of trauma, or looked bedraggled from the weather at all. We think someone may have seen her and decided she would make a nice pet....then got our flyer and let her go.
Whatever....she found her way back home and is happy and content. The funny thing is that Balou was quite happy that she was gone! She was way more affectionate and loving...and now that Bizkit is back she seems very put out. Typical girl!!!

Still no new baby grandchild. This is the first time that Carolina has gone past 38 weeks. She has an appointment on Thursday and if she makes it to that they will make another one for the following week and possibly induce her that day.....if she makes it to then.
I've been ready for so long I've kind of forgotten about being ready...if that makes sense!!!!
We went to Lazy Moe's for dinner on Saturday with a large group of friends. I didn't like it much at all. The meals were obscenely huge and not great quality. Fun to socialise with friends though.

Have a very few busy weeks coming up. Babysitting and activities...some more work to do for a friend. I've just completed my second lot of 'creations' for her and she loves them....it's nice to dabble in my favourite hobby and earn a dollar or two.

Little Sahn has now officially been diagnosed as Autistic. She is now under a paediatrician in Frankston who has a downs syndrome child of his own, so he knows the difficulties and the best sources of help.
Sahnie is being referred to a speech therapist and a physiotherapist and again on the waiting list for other intervention programs.
She is such a beautiful, loving and gentle girl. Except when she gets frustrated because she can't communicate. There are things we know for sure though....she hates loud noises, she hates birthday cakes and singing happy birthday, she hates shopping.......she tucks herself in to bed if it all gets to be too much. And...we all love her to pieces. She is so adored by our entire family and although she will only be really comfortable to spend time with some of us, she at least gets forced to socialise a bit when we all get together.

This week.....another busy week. Grandparents day at Rileys kinder and babysitting ...surprise!!!

FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We all got woken up early this morning with what sounded like a door banging followed by some booms!! Colin went outside and our neightbours across the streets house was on FIRE!!! The whole garage was up in flames....the flames were huge and kept bursting through the garage door as well. It took a good 15mts for the fire brigade to arrive. Eventually they cut through the garage door and got to finally put it all out. We thought it was just the garage but talking to the owners this morning no-one was allowed back in the house because the fire had gotten into the heating ducts.....which were then weighed down and the ceiling was collapsing inside. there's heaps of water damage as well. Poor family....everyone got out safely which is the most important.
Our whole neighbourhood was out making arrangements for the kids, clothes for all the family etc.
What a night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brothers

Here is Harrison - behind bars. He sure looks cute - our little mister dynamite. Such a typical 2yr old, very active boy. We are all wondering how he is going to cope with a new baby in the house. He is sensing that something is changing and he is just a bit unsure right now. Well, baby is going to come any day and I'm sure he will love 'it' - eventually.

I have been spending a lot of time with Joshua, Riley and Harrison lately and have been having a lot of fun with them.
Joshua is so proud of his Ben10 watch - it does have a more 'technical' name but I don't remember what it is.
Riley just wanted to make cupcakes with Nanna and he did a great job....very messy but that's half the fun.

Harrison kept trying to grab one.......Riley was very protective of his cupcakes and had to take them home!!!

Catching Up.....Easter 07

Going back to Easter 2007. I have had these photos printed off before i got sick and therefore they have been sitting there patiently waiting for way over 12months. Finally about 3 months ago decided to work out how I wanted to scrapbook them, choose some papers (which incidentally I changed once i started on the project), and then it all sat there untill last week when I finally got to do something with it all.
This is Harrisons first Easter, the day orson learned to ride a 2 wheeler (with training wheels!) with cousin Isaac riding close by to help him learn the ropes, McKenzie looking like Miss Independent (and 18months later she has certainly grown in to that title), Sahnie is crawling around everywhere closely followed by cousin India.

Cousins all eagerly awaiting the call to come and hunt for some Easter Eggs. Me desperately trying to get them all together for a 'group cousins photo'. They are not as co-operative as they used to be!!!

All in all a fantastic day! And I just realised there is one page missing. Never mind.....the general feel of Easter 07 is there!!!

Anniversary

It's anniversary time!!!
Firstly, it was my wedding Anniversay on Friday. 38yrs!!! Yikes!!!! We actually had a lovely relaxed day together. Colin and I went and did a bit of shopping and then went out in the evening. It was really casual but just nice enough.

Today (Sunday) is my first anniversary. It's been exactly one year today that my life was saved!! One year today that I went to hospital for a simple lymphnode biopsy and ended up with all sorts of dramas. One year today that I was given a clean canvas, to have the opportunity and blessing of making big, big changes in my life. To plan a more balanced life.

And...I have looked back with much reflection over the past 12 months and changes I have made and where I am now in comparison to twelve months ago.
It's been the hardest twelve months I have ever lived and yet so much good has come from it all. And decisions and changes that I have made have worked. I am in a good place. I am reasonably healthy...(I certainly don't complain about every sniffle and headache), I have an amazing family and wonderful friends. I still enjoy my scrapbooking hobbie but am not 'obsessed' like I used to be. I am able to 'be in the moment' and appreciate it much more. My faith has increased a hundred fold and 'life is good'.

I also had my first haircut. A proper haircut. My hair actually has a bit of style. It's still pretty short but I can actually do a little bit with it now.

The past week has been full of babysitting. One day after another, and another. All different grandchildren...but it has worn me out just a bit. Had a 'big' sleep today....actually for about four hours.

Alison, thank you for your comment on my last post. I did go to the site that you suggested!!! What a gorgeous baby album Pip is making. Takes commitment to do that everyday! But, I like the idea of doing it about myself and my family. So, might have to look up where she got the book from.
I was naughty...I ordered one of her paper packs!!!!

Well, we have hardly eaten today and Colin is starving which means I need to get off the computer and into the kitchen.

Thanks for stopping by

Not Again?

I clearly remember my Oncologist telling me at my first visit to him that 1 in 3 people will have some type of cancer in their lifetime. At the time it shocked me. However, having been exposed to a lot of wonderful people in Oncology wards I became used to the idea.
And of course having lost two very dear and very young friends in less than 6months has also been devastating and at the same time verifying the statistics.

Today I found out that another dear friend of mine has breast cancer. Terry is the bravest woman I have ever met. She is in her early 3o's with two beautiful young daughters and a very supportive husband. In fact if you are ever in Thrift Park at Mentone you may have seen Terry. Terry is in a wheel chair and often manages to get to the shops at Mentone because it's close to her home. Often you will see her giving one of her daughters a ride with her.
When Terry was 12 she had a tumour in her back. Surgeons operating severed her spinal cord and left her a paraplegic. She still had to endure a great deal of radiation and chemotherapy as well as coming to terms with never being able to walk again.
Over time she met her husband and amazingly had two beautiful daughters. Not without complications...but everything has been going really great for them.
And now...another hurdle.
One of Terry's problems is that Oncologists are reluctant to give her any further radiation because of the amount she has already had in the past. So she is having some very radical surgery on friday.
At Church, our entire congregation have been asked to fast and pray for her and for the success of her operation.
This was all done for me too, when I was having my hurdles and I felt the power of prayer so profoundly throughout the journey. However, there is always the fact that perhaps what we are asking for isn't meant to be and our faith and trust in a loving Heavenly Father needs to allow for those possibilities. Not our will, but thine.

Today has been one of lots of reflection and pondering for me. And I hope that in whatever way I am needed I can be there for Terry, like so many were for me.

Cards for a friend part 2

So here are the other three cards that didn't upload before.

Cards for a Friend

I wanted to give a gift to a very dear friend of mine, Roxanne. Roxanne is a chiropracter at the clinic where I used to work and she has been such a wonderful friend to me. She is such a positive person and has the kindest and caring nature whilst at the same time very bubbly and lots of fun. She is leaving the Clinic next week and I wanted to give her a little gift and decided that I would make her some cards that she can use. So...that's what I've been doing today. I'm not sure if they're all going to come up on my blog or not. There should be 7 cards. So will wait and see what happens

Celebrations all round

And Sahnie turns 3!!!!!!!! I can't believe the time has gone so fast. This little princess is growing up...getting taller....and very determined.
We had a lovely party for her. Don't know if Sahnie enjoyed the actual party. She falls under the autism spectrum (although she needs to be re-evaluated again to see just where she does fit) and a classic symptom of autism is a distate for personal space being violated. So she was very happy doing her own thing. Playing with balloons, on the trampoline, in the sandpit. However when it came to singing 'happy birthday' and having a cake she wasn't so happy. We decided to bring the cake to her, outside. Now Sahnie is not a silly little girl and has seen many a birthday cake (lots of cousins!!!) and she knew what that meant. Everyone gathering around and singing (well noise, actually) and she wasn't going to have a bar of it. The picture of her near the steps was the end of her 'escape strategy'. She took flight and left us holding the cake!!! Even giving her her presents we had to do very carefully and try to keep her cousins at a distance so she could enjoy the experience of opening her pressies. Which she did get to do and had a ball.

We have had so many birthdays in the past couple of months and still 3 more to come in the next three weeks. Monty turned 8 on saturday but his party is going to be this coming weekend. Then it's my birthday and then Tambi's. Phew!!! And in the New Year we start it all over again. Lots of fun though, and lots of excuses to get together and enjoy each others company.

I decided to have a look through all my photos, both printed ones and on my computer to see which birthday photos I havn't scrapbooked yet. I only found 19 birthdays!!!!!!!!!! So, I printed and sorted and edited etc. Then found some layout designs I liked, matched the photos to pattern papers and put each into separate bags....ready to scrapbook. 19 double page layouts sort of ready to go!!!
Thinking I will have time to get started on them, I walked into my scrap room and my clip-it-up had fallen over!! Not a surprise because it was way overloaded and had a terrible lean to it. So, began a clean up....and a re-think of how to organise my still increasing stash. No my clip-it-up only has small things hanging on it....and I have yet to organise the big things. I still want to have easy access and I don't want things to get buried. I still have 'stuff' I bought 6yrs ago that I am sure I will use one day?????!!
Will need to keep my thinking cap on. I used lots of the little stacked drawers but I have to open each one to find what's in there, I forget to look in any of them and they seem to be taking up more room for the value I get from them now. What to do!!!!

We had an unplanned practise run for Carolina having baby. She is 36weeks now and could go anytime. I had already been looking after the boys till late on Friday night. Finally getting home, and settled in bed ready to sleep...the phone rang!!! it was 12.59am so I knew it had to be Daniel. And it was.....Carolina believed her waters had started to leak...she was getting some pains. So, I got dressed and drove back there. They took off for the hospital and I climbed into bed. Not getting much sleep at all through the remainder of the night only to find out that nothing had really progressed much and she was coming back home.
The practise run was good. I need to be a bit more prepared. Like...I need a bag packed with some things for me, pj's, toothbrush, phone charger etc. And I am going to organise the food side of things a bit.

You know how it is...you go into some else's kitchen and see what's in the pantry and have no idea how to make a meal of what's in there. I have a book called Make A Mix Cookery. It has master mixes which are the base for lots of yummy recipes. So, I'm going to make a few master mixes for main meals. Freeze them and then have the recipe of what I intend to make from the mixes ready. That way...cooking meals whilst looking after the 3 boys (did I say 3? how am I gonna cope with that??) won't be a burden.
I'm actually looking forward to being organised for this!

So, I had another cancer treatment last thursday. And I got the results of my CT Scan and blood tests. All perfect!!! My Oncologists words!!! I was so relieved I burst into tears! For some reason this time I was obviously more tense about the results than before.

Again, I feel so very, very blessed. There is so much joy and happiness around me right now and I know that I am in a good place mentally and emotionally. In fact I feel stronger now, and happier now than I can recall ever feeling. I sure can't complain about that!!!

My Angels

I have finally finished my cancer journal and was so keen yesterday, to do a 'normal' scrapbook page that I grabbed the first photos I could put my hands on and went for it.
I copied some of the basic design...but that's OK...we all scraplift a bit here and there. I so enjoyed doing this page. My daughters Sara and Andrea and my daughters in law Tambi and Carolina were my absolutely perfect angels during my cancer treatment. They did everything for me...not only the physical help but emotional and spiritual strength as well. I really honour these girls!!!!

Monty and Harrison.....they played together at the park for half an hour and it was so lovely to see Monty taking care of his little 2yr old cousin.
Monty and Joshua......two cousins enjoying some time together scrapbooking. It was Joshie's first time making a page and he wants to come back everyday to do another one!
Cool dudes......Josh and Monty at Mini Golf. It was so interesting to see how they both played this game. Joshua counted every single stroke 15,16,17 he didn't care how many he had. Monty is more competitive and concentrated much more on getting that little ball in to the hole in the least amount of strokes.

Another busy and funfilled week has passed. Had little grandchildren staying here nearly all of last week.

Took some to see Beverly Hills Chihuaha....so funny! The children really loved it. Although I must admit I have spent a fortune these past two weeks on childrens entertainment. Will have to make some changes there for future hols.

Thursday we all went to Myuna Farm in Doveton. It was such a gorgeous day. The weather was perfect and the farm is very, very clean. Can't find the photos so will have to post another time.

I have 'nearly' finished my Cancer Journal. The last four pages only need some stamping on them. Then there are some bits and pieces I want to add and it will be finished. Thank goodness. I am sick of working with the same paper range. I am eager to clean up the 'mess'. I have had the same things out on my desk for months because of using them throughout this album.

I am looking forward to doing some photo pages, and also doing my timber letter tray. Not sure what to use as my topic. Will I do it about me...the things I love and enjoy doinig. Or about my family????

Earlier this year I subscribed to an American craft mag. I went for the 6month option and have now been receiving snail mail to remind me this subscription is just about finished. I havn't decided it I am renewing or not. Then lo and behold I check my bank statement and notice a large withdrawel amount by this Craft Company. What the..? I emailed them and had no response so I gave them one more chance before taking the matter to my bank.

This morning I get an email to say they will gladly refund the money if I am not interested in the automatic renewal option!!!!!! I never signed up for any automatic renewal. And I am concerned that my credit details are on file there. So, just a warning to anyone out there...this seems to be a common practise in the US. Check your credit statements carefully!

I had to have a CT Scan yesterday which started out OK with the usual drinking of a litre of yucky liquid. Then it was time to put in the needle so I could be hooked up to the contrast drip. Could not find a vein.......two nurses tried.....then the Doctor tried....no luck! So, the scan was done with the contrast. My GP told me later in the day that this is not the ideal way to have the scan done because little things may be missed. I can't afford for little things to be missed so will have to call my Oncologist this morning and see if he is happy with that result.

I have always had bad veins for blood tests etc. Hence having a picc line put in for all my chemo treatments. And the chemo can wreck your veins....and that is a permanent situation. So this could become a problem for further tests etc. More stuff to work out!

Have been to the gym a couple of times now. Although.....I get really,really tired by mid afternoon and that was explained by my GP yesterday. Having been/am still being treated for Lymphoma that is going to affect my energy levels. So I am not allowed to do anything too intense because I will just be wasted later. Guess that's what's happening....so will have to take it much slower at the Gym. (not that my efforts are intense by any means....everyone else there goes like a train)

Jumping in the shower now......going to Paper2 and out for lunch with a good friend....so better get myself moving.