I have been very mindful lately that my core body strength is diminishing and even though my mind is telling me "I can do this", my body is not allowing me. For instance, we went to Bendigo to the movies on Saturday with 3 friends and then on to an Indian restaurant for dinner. We couldn't get parking near the restaurant so ended up walking 2 blocks, which was a considerable strain for me and I ended up paying for it the next day.

My feet are quite swollen now with excess fluid caused from a combination of my organs not working as well and lack of exercise. The very hot weather hasn't helped. Marg gives me a foot massage each day to try and help reduce the swelling. My stomach is also quite distended and very hard with the tumors.

Spending a lot of time seated in the lounge room reading and snoozing. The medication is continuing to have quite an affect on my day, but it is still keeping the nausea and pain at bay. Marg has gone back to work, tentatively, 3 days a week and I managed to make a steak bernaise with roast vegies for dinner tonight. I'm really appreciating the effort to cook a pleasant meal for the family - even if it takes me 3 times as long as it used to.

The girls start back at school next week, so we are gearing up for that. Sheila (my mum) will come up Mondays and Tuesdays to give us a hand.

Blessings to you all
Ray