Marg says:
I was asked last Sunday night by a neighbour and friend how I was feeling and I replied, "actually, quite relaxed at the moment, although part of me feels I shouldn't be".
After several months of 'normality', what I'm quickly re-learning is that you really can't become too complacent or comfortable with cancer. A misunderstanding by us about the chemo treatment meant we were taken by surprise and quite shocked to find out that it wasn't going to be the third and final chemo treatment (for this round) on Monday. Provided the CT scan (which will be done in 3 weeks time) shows that the chemo is having some affect on the tumors, Ray will remain on fortnightly chemo treatments for the next 5 months!
It was a disheartening moment for both of us, but something we have come to terms with very quickly. As Ray said to Dr Warren "What will be will be".
So, in spite of it all, we left the oncology unit at Bendigo Hospital at 3pm, stopped at Bunnings to pick up some weed matting for Marli's primary school garden, stopped off at home to get changed and then headed down to Melbourne for a Japanese dinner with a friend and then on to the White Album concert.
It was fantastic and a lovely start to my birthday celebrations. We got home at 11.45pm (it's now an hour and 10 minute trip between Castlemaine and Melbourne via the new freeway) and Ray drove all the way. He felt slightly nauseous just before we got home, but not too bad. A little nauseous today with a sore throat, but still got out for a walk late afternoon.