Good News

John has been really poorly this week. He is exhausted all the time, cannot get comfortable wherever he is, he can only eat very small amounts and anyway everything tastes horrible despite my continual attempts to prepare something to tempt him. This seems to be the norm for anyone undergoing chemo therapy but it is frustrating for John (although he's too tired to remonstrate now) and I dont like to watch him looking worse each day.

However today he saw the head of the nephrology department, the man who is in overall control of his case. I casually said to John how old was he, envisaging a grey haired gentleman in his late fifties, none of it, he's about 35!! John said he was very thorough and told him that they were very pleased how his body was withstanding the treatment. John then went on to enquire when they would know if the regime is having any effect, to which his reponse was "Oh we know now it is working". As you can imagine that news bouyed us tremendously, even though John still looks and feels horrible.

We do appreciate the support from all you Blog Followers and are sorry that we are in a hiatus regarding The House Project. Never mind, I am using the time usefully to consider future developments in the garden. I have made a detailed study of plants suitable for our micro climate and ordered thousands of seeds!! Meantime I have just completed planting 500 tulips ( well they were 500 last year but they have multiplied to more than double that - as my back knows).