For the most of this period I have been feeling quite well and have tried to lead as normal a life as possible. On the Thursday after the drip feed and still had my pump attached which goes under my pillow at night and in my left hand trouser pocket during the day. I weighed the pump a couple of times during the day to check the rate of infusion into my body it was actually pretty close to the prescribed rate of 2.5ml per hour. Spent most of the rest of the day trying to get rid of some computer virus called Babylon which was slowing the computer down. I eventually managed it using a free program called Malwarebytes which seemed to do the trick.
Friday need to go into SWRU to have my pump disconnected in the afternoon. In the morning I helped Wendy doing some weeding and burning up some dried weeds from earlier. Still feeling quite well but I expect by next week I shall be suffering. After lunch Alison and I went into Kingston Hospital, Alison had to see her tutor and I had to have the pump removed. Unfortunately I got there too early around 3.45 pm only to be told that the pump was not empty and could I come back at 5.15 pm. The nursing staff were quite interested in my pump weight records though it worked against me as they knew it had not delivered the full dose which is why I had to come back later. Luckily I had my book with me so I was able to read more of "Sovereign" and the visit of Henry VIII to Yorkshire.
Saturday another fine sunny day so we spent much of the day on the allotment and in the garden mainly tidying things up and filling in fox runs under the fences. We went looking for barbed wire to put in under the fence but Wickes and Homebase don't stock it any more, perhaps we should try a Garden Centre. As we had had a busy day Wendy suggested we use up some lunch vouchers by going out for dinner at the local Beefeater in Twickenham with Alison. We had a lovely meal but had to wait some time for it as they were a man down in the kitchen. Result we have a free bottle of wine next time we go there!! Also our waitress had a badge on that said "If I don't tell you about our breakfasts then you can claim a free, she didn't so we have a free breakfast for Sunday morning.
Sunday up early as we need to get our free breakfast before Church. Fantastic breakfast eat as much as you like breakfast bar plus a full cooked breakfast order as much as you like from the list. A really nice experience tempted to do it again one day we would highly recommend the food as it was all very fresh. After church we did not feel like lunch so we cycled to Hampton Court to watch the pro cyclists cycling round the 100 mile Olympic course through London and Surrey, don't blink or you miss it. We then had a picnic lunch of one apple each as we watched the Thames river traffic followed a walk round the Palace gardens and a lovely single cone chocolate ice cream eaten in the rose garden. Another lovely day and still feeling well.
Monday got up fairly early and spent most of the morning reading my book. This afternoon I had to attend a clinic run by my surgeon in Queen Mary's Hospital Roehampton. He has taken a keen interest in my case and wants to see how I get along under the Chemotherapy treatment. We set off in good time for the appointment but got caught in some heavy showers and had traffic problems in Kingston due road works to replace some sewers that had filled up with fat and the flow rate had fallen to just 5% of full capacity. The clinic went quite well and I picked up one or two tips from the surgeon. Due to meet him again on 28 October. Return car journey was done in really heavy rain all the way, the biggest downpour we have had for quite a while.
Still feeling quite well I had thought the effects of the drug would be showing by now, I wonder what tomorrow will bring?
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