Update 26 and 27 July

Friday 26 July
Woke up early this morning and felt quite good. After breakfast Wendy cycled into Kingston to go to the market and buy green groceries for a farewell lunch the Methodists were organising for their lay pastor on Sunday. I stayed at home and got on with my blog. When Wendy came back with all her salad food we had lunch followed by coffee, I sat in the armchair to drink mine. However when I woke up Wendy had gone out. I guess I needed an hour or so of sleep, she left a note to say that she had left for Sainsbury's. Quite a good restful day as we were going to the Olympic park with our friend Liz tomorrow to see Mo Farah, Usain Bolt and Jessica Eniss-Hill competing in the Diamond League athletics event.
Saturday 27 July
Woke up early and decided to have a shower and as we were going to be out all day I changed my stoma bag to a drainable one and made sure I covered the air vent to stop water getting in to it while in the shower. In order to have a shower you need to be able to keep your PICC dry otherwise there is a strong risk of infection. This means pulling a rectangular shaped bag with a largish hole one end to fit round your upper arm and a small hole at the lower end to fit over your lower arm into the right position. So stoma bag vent blocked, PICC protected by a stretchy plastic bag it is safe to get into the shower. After the shower I got dressed and went down for breakfast feeling fresh and well and ready for an interesting day ahead. We breakfasted on cereal and toast, prepared a packed lunch with plenty of water and left home at 10.30 am to catch the 10.50 am train to London Waterloo. From there we caught the Jubilee tube line direct to Stratford and the Olympic park. It was a great day out and gave me a chance to forget about whatever else is going on and enjoy life. This was the first athletics event that I have ever been to and it was interesting to see how they fit all the different events into a 3 hour slot, (A cheer goes up where do you look?). A fabulous stadium but looks a bit large to be used by West Ham as a football stadium!!
Seem to be on the up at the moment I wonder what tomorrow will bring.