Tuesday 30 July

Woke up feeling good again so decided to get on with my next job which was to fit a black out blind to the Velux roof light in Alison's bedroom about 9 foot high. Alison was helping me by holding the step ladder whilst I went up. She kept me supplied with the components I needed from the pre-packed kit. We got about halfway through and then stopped for a quick lunch break, we managed to finish it off soon after lunch. Alison was quite pleased to see how dark the room looked with the blind closed. The blind has a shiny surface next to the glazing which should conserve heat in the winter and keep the room cooler in the summer. Still feeling in good condition and not at all tired and I left around 2.30 pm to go into Kingston Hospital, where they took blood samples from me to monitor my levels and see if there were any possible issues that would prevent me from having the next round of chemotherapy, which of course starts tomorrow. I went to bed hoping that all would go well and there would be no hangups.