Men at work

Thanks for the lovely soft mizzle drizzle rain today (Yes Pat and Rachel...thanks! I love it!) and for some of the above who have made me smile going about their business... The squaddies very clearly visible from the top deck of a double decker bus despite their camouflage as they were in ordinary coloured classrooms at the barracks at the time... The lone railway worker strolling across a little deserted cove by the tracks and hopefully thinking 'Wow, how lucky am I?' The town bus driver at changeover saying to his replacement...'Everything's normal, nothing's not working and none of the students have any change!' We all had a laugh at that...

And to the surgeon Mr McGrath for confirming that for someone with lymph node mets so far from the primary site the prognosis is not good and the major surgery required for a cystectomy and urostomy is not recommended as the two to three month recovery period is not considered a worthwhile way to spend their limited time..............................but because I have so resoundingly bucked the trend, confounded predictions and thoroughly gobsmacked the entire team then the answer is YES YES YES!!! From both the oncological and the renal point of view it could increase life expectancy and as I've made it clear I'd like to be in a cozzy on the beach this summer (never mind the quantity feel the quality folks!) we are aiming for the end of March or beginning of April. My emotions are all over the place but, apart from feeling kind of guilty that virtual friends are hearing so much bad news lately and mine is not and a natural trepidation at the next rather large step on this journey...they are in a pretty good place, you know...