Start radio therapy today

I had my first treatment of radio therapy today. It was very easy, I don't think there will be any side affects this week. I had a beautiful hospital gown/top to wear..... ok if you like hospital wear.

I have to take it with me every day.

I have a biopsy tomorrow and my second treatment. Not sure what order yet, thank goodness for good friends though, they have been wonderful. Gina took me to hospital today and julie tomorrow.

Gina and I went to Curry's and purchased a new fridge and dishwasher. Just got to get an oven now. James my lovely handy man came to the house and fixed up the washing machine and put on some new sockets. He is so kind. I rang him this morning and he was there late into the evening fixing it all.

He will be back as he is fixing my oven up when I get it.

Stress , stress, stress!!!

Rich and Kieran helping unload the boxes and move furniture.

It has been a very tiring stressful time. I didn't realise just how much there was to do.

Rich has been playing up again. He came home this evening after being away for 2 days with no contact. He walked out on Friday after he was rude and arrogant to me and my friends.

Such a shame as I would have loved for us to all be together in our new house.

I told him again to get a job, he says he has one but no one has contacted him yet as to when he starts.

I told him if he carried on with his attitude, he was welcome to find somewhere else to live if he didn't like my rules. He decided to leave, Kieran was very upset.

I am very stressed which doesn't help, I have enough going on without him and his computer game all day.

He did well with helping carry the boxes in on Friday but when it came to unpacking and everything else, he changed.

I still have such a lot to do, furniture is arriving Tuesday, I also have to get a fridge, dish washer, oven and sort out the washing machine as the sockets that it is plugged into is right beside the water waste pipe for the machine!!

Tomorrow I start Radio therapy. 3 weeks of it, I am hoping it helps the lymph.

so busy!!!!

We have had our first day in the new house and we have been unpacking our belongings. Rich disappeared last night after he felt nagged about doing chores. He was probably unhappy that him and his buddies didn't get a curry and beers because he had ragged his heels a lot of the time. I told him to tell them they were not needed as if they all worked his pace, what was the point, he was also playing up and swearing at my friends who had been so helpful was the last straw. He has not come home yet and doesn't seem to realise, he does not have a key to get in the new house..... oh dear!

Siobhan and her boyfirend, Kieran and I went out to lunch as I knew if we stayed home, I would let my meal/drink fester and I would not get it. I had a call at the end of the meal to say that Virgin Media had turned up to sort out the phone/broadband system.

We got home and he called back about 10 mins later, all sorted.

I got my lovely car in her garage yesterday only to get a dirty great scratch on her when I drove her out. As I don't use a garage, this is a learning process.

Poor Halo, my car, will now have to get her door sorted.

The electrics in the house are a little concern, sos much so the Kieran is in my room tonight and I am in his. A lot of the electrical switches are stuck due to paint and the washing machine has the water outlet right beside the plug!!!

We will certainly be getting that looked into ASAP.

That day has arrived.....

My friends Julie and Carolyn who dressed as Char ladies to help with the cleaning, it was a great surprise to see them dressed like that.

... It is 6:18 am and I am wide awake. The day we have been getting ready for has arrived. We are moving into Number 14 today, Good bye Number 24.

We still, have a few things to pack, The majority was packed yesterday. We are alll sleeping on mattresses at the moment. I have some furniture being delivered on Tuesday and am going to get a new fridge, dishwasher and oven once we are in the house.

The kittens will be going to Gina's for a few hours while all is being done.

There was a little hiccup, I hadn't had any final figure from the solicitors and had to call them on 3rd Nov, I think it is due to the postal strike. I sent my payment which went out of my bank on the 4th and yesterday they were panicking as they hadn't received anything. I hope they receive it today otherwise it will hold everyone up.

My friends Julie and Carolyn turned up to help with the cleaning in the guise of 2 char ladies!!

I can't believe 25 years has gone so quickly. I was 25 years old when I moved into this house. My fianc'e at the time and I had saved for the deposit and had a little rental van for all our wordly treasures. Today it is a huge removals van. We had Siobhan and Richard, divorced in 1996, I met and married Kieran's dad in 1996, had Kieran in the December, divorced his dad in 2007.

I have had 8 lovely cats, 4 are buried in the garden as this was their home and 2 went out and never came back, then the 2 new kitties who are so lovely.

There has been sadness and joy throughout the 25 years, I had my diagnosis for mesothelioma in November 2006 and the joy of getting a response from the chemoembolisation certainly made up for the unhappy times when I found out I was ill. I have many wonderful friends, some of whom have helped me with the move.

It is the end of an era and hopefully the start of some new adventures. This house will be ours, I won't have any connection with anyone else, It belongs to me and the children.

Thank you number 24 for being a wonderful house and I hope the new occupants have as many great memories as I do and they enjoy the excitement of their first home. I asked if they wanted the dish washer, the answer, they are thrilled to be having a dishwasher, I think that says it all.

Happy Birthday Siobhan.

It is Siobhan's 23rd birthday today, it has been a busy one. We had a funny moment this morning, I asked Rich to get out of bed around 3 times as the removals guys were arriving to pack some items.

He lay in bed after me calling him. The removal guys turned up at 8:00am, me in my dressing gown , Rich still in bed, so the 3 burly guys went up stairs, what a shock for Rich, they caught him knapping!!

Gina came over at 11:15am as I had a hospital appointment at 12:10am. She took me to the hospital, by then the removal guys had done their work.

I felt like I had been abducted by aliens, lights and eyes every where measuring and turning the equipment. Eventually all was done, I have a snazzy hospital gown to take with me each trip to have my radio therapy.

We will be sleeping on mattresses tonight as the beds have been packed.

I am exhausted and will be glad to settle into the new house tomorrow.

I is going to be a sad day turning the key for the last time but happy that we will be having a fresh start. Lets hope its the start of something good.

Still busy !!!

I have had a very busy couple of days. Packing up the items in the house is a mammoth task. My lovely friend Gina came over yesterday and cleaned my oven and helped with packing. Today my friend Jules came over and helped with more packing and we cleared the kitchen cupboard.

Tomorrow is Siobhan's birthday so hopefully she will enjoy it, it is also our last day/night in the house : (

We are all looking forward to getting in the new house and know we will have more room but we have to leave our lovely little house. The children have lived here since birth, I have been here for 25 years.

I have a biopsy on the right groin lymph on tuesday which will settle once and for all if it is malignant and prove it isn't Mesothelioma seeded in it. I also start radio therapy on Monday. It will be Monday to Friday for 3 weeks. Depending on how the lymph in the chest responds, it could be 5-6 weeks. I have an appointment at the hospital tomorrow to line everything up ready for next week.

Siobhan and I went into the british heart foundation shop and bought some furniture for the new house which will arrive on Tuesday.

Kieran's teacher said he could help with the house move, that should be fun!!!

The removal guys will be here tomorrow to start packing and loading up what we have so it will be quicker on Friday.

It has all come about so quickly.

So busy today.

3 days to go and we have done such a lot today. Rich and his friend helped get the sofa out through the lounge room window as it is too big to go throught the door way. The window guys were very good, mind you, I did pay them ! Also got all the rubbish out of the way which is a big relief. Got rid of my 2 sgharps bins at last as they have been here for a few week waiting to go to were thay need to. The council collects them and takes them off for incineration. Got the freezers defrosted and ready for pick up later today by my nephew.

I am now having a quiet coffee before starting again. I am worn out every day so far.

Kieran seems to be getting on better in school. He still has a sore throat but hasn't bothered too much about it today so it must be getting better.

I cannot believe how much stuff we have got rid of since sorting through cupboards and rooms.

I never want to move house again. For weeks I have been asking myself how I get my house in a box..... it can be done but when I moved in to this little house, it was my first husband and me, no children. Now it is 3 children and me. There is an awful lot of stuff to pack.

The poor cats are totally confused. They keep looking around and discovering empty boxes and open cupboards. They will be staying with Gina, my friend, on Friday as I don't want them getting stressed with the move.