Getting by with a little help from our friends

14/04/2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

When our friends first approached me to ask what I thought about them doing something to raise money for us it made me cringe a little. I didn’t want them to think of us in a sympathetic way, didn’t want to be thought of as a family that weren’t able to cope, that needed charity. […]

Waiting

07/04/2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’m waiting. I wait in traffic to and from the hospital I wait in waiting rooms with uncomfortable chairs. I wait with him for to have blood taken I wait with him for clinic, to see a doctor, or the nurse. I wait for news I wait with him for a bed We wait for […]

Temp Control

31/03/2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’m becoming a little obsessed with checking everyone’s temperature Well, not everyone, I’m not walking down the street armed with a thermometer checking how hot or cold people are. I check the kids at the first sign of them being under the weather and I get Mr C to check his temperature. Everyday. There’s a […]

Thanks for being D*cks

23/03/2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

Chemo weeks are tough. Stating the obvious! They’re bloody horrific for Chris, and I don’t ever, ever dream of comparing how tough they are for me to what he goes through. They are nowhere near the same level. For me they’re mentally as well as physically tiring. I spend the week very tense, although I […]

So Far They’re Doing Ok.

28/02/2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’m aware that we’re still very early on in Chris’ treatment plan. Although already it feels like we’ve lived this for far too long. My wonderful kiddies are doing ok. So far. We make effort to keep things normal, ticking over and they take everything in their stride. There are signs, particularly in the weeks Chris […]