Up date Thursday 8 August to Sunday 11 August

Thursday 8 August.
Woke up feeling a bit groggy so decided to take it easy through to lunch, had a short nap and did a bit of reading. Wendy wanted to go to the RHS gardens in Wisley so as I didn't feel too bad we decided to go and have a light lunch in the gardens. It was a beautiful day and they had a display of scarecrows in the flower beds mainly of local celebrities, we had mushroom soup for lunch and a piece of cake each. Then as we started walking around the gardens it became very apparent that I was not capable of doing much walking and I ended up sitting by the lake watching the gardeners raking the lawns etc. whilst Wendy went on a short tour of the grounds. It was a nice day out but showed up my limitations.
Friday 9 August
I had another bout of diarrhoea during the night and at 6 am I started taking the Loperamide tablets. This time I took some Dioralyte to replace the salts I was losing, maybe I should have done the same thing on Wednesday after the first incident, and that was why I was feeling groggy on Thursday! I made sure that I got plenty of rest during the day and took another dose of Dioralyte before I went to bed to make sure I had replaced my lost body salts.
Saturday 10 August
Feeling a bit better today and washed my hair when I got up. I was a bit surprised by the amount of hair that gathered around the plug hole. Hhhmm what to do? Some hair had already come out and I kept finding it around the house but I hadn't realised how much it was. Decided that the thing to do was to get a short haircut all over and leave the hair at the barbers and not at home!! Got back from the Barbers after 1.00 pm.  George is a good barber but he likes to chat and there had been 3 people in front of me. Spent the afternoon cutting back an overgrown shrub in the garden and after dinner had a rest and went to bed early at 10 pm.
Sunday11 August
Feeling even better today. Cycled off to Church, made my choice for the colour of the new chairs the church was buying to replace the pews, had a good cup of filter coffee and cycled home for a light lunch.
After lunch we drove over to Chorleywood to attend a Thanksgiving Service to celebrate the life of Germaine Donald, the mother of Wendy's brother in law Robert Donald at Chorleywood Free Church (Baptist). It was a wonderful occasion and a good insight into her life was given by her son, daughter in law and her grandchildren and two great grand children. She had been a stalwart member of this Church for 60 years, and was highly regarded in the local community for her many voluntary activities and for over 40 years was an active fund raiser for Cancer Research. During my first round of Chemotherapy she would frequently ring me to see how I was coping with the treatment and to find out if I had any specific issues related to my treatment that she and the Church could pray for. She was an awesome person beloved my many. I shall miss her calls this time around but I know the church will continue to hold me in their prayers and they were pleased to meet me and put a face to the person they had been praying for.