Another week has come and gone
and I thought nothing much had happened until I took a look at the calendar.
While it has on the whole been a
quiet week, there have been some lovely interludes and special time spent with
visiting friends. I appreciate these visits very much!
Early last week I met with
Graeme, the movement guru at Portland District Health (can’t remember his
title). He’s a very personable young man and is coordinating the exercise
program I will be doing at the Cancer Rehab Group (which starts tomorrow) and
the swimming program I will be commencing shortly. Before starting the
programs, I needed to have a physical assessment so they can have some ‘before
and after’ data but he told me that really they can’t get me to do about 95% of
the assessment because of my inability to be on my feet! I reckon the
assessment should be easy – just put ‘before’ – very poor muscle tone and
fitness levels, because that’s what it sure feels like to me after being off my
feet for several months. Hopefully the ‘after’ data will show an improvement.
Brian has taken me for some lovely
drives over the past week – off to beautiful Bridgewater Beach for a coffee and
just to sit and marvel at the spectacular coastline, and you can’t ever tire of
that.
We also checked out the two
cruise ships that came into Portland on two consecutive days – P&O’s
Pacific Pearl and Pacific Jewel. There was a lot of action around Portland and
plenty to tempt the tourist dollar, with market stalls and tours around the
town and region. Many people simply strolled around the town in the perfect summery
weather and it was good to see so many people about. Both cruise ships return
to Portland within the next fortnight (with different people on board of
course).
Meanwhile I am still feeling
well, with no noticeable side effects from the cancer tablet. I’m getting
pretty slick at scooting around at home in the wheelchair and have only driven
over my foot twice now. I also had an amazing discovery in my kitchen this week
– I discovered a kitchen drawer that I never knew existed!! As I was sitting in
front of the stove my foot accidentally pulled at the panel under the oven and
low and behold out it came to reveal a low, wide, flat drawer with oven trays
inside!! I can’t believe I’ve lived in the house for two years and not known
about it before!
Meanwhile this week it has been
Brian who has not felt well. The pain and discomfort he sometimes experiences
(not dissimilar to a UTI) has been particularly frustrating for him, and forced
him to spend quite a lot of time lying flat to try to manage the pain. We hope
and pray for some improvement, and this week he will go to Geelong for some
tests before further treatment. Bring it on.
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