And here we are back at day minus 1 again. I now know why they call them ‘cycles’. It’s round and around we go! Tomorrows treatment is the 2nd part of cycle 1. So in a 28 day cycle, Dave gets treatment on day 1 and day 15. Dave is pretty much feeling 100%, and tomorrow we…

Will I, wont I, will I, wont I… These were my thoughts on Friday morning. Should I stay in Canberra with Dave who was feeling pretty good, not 100%, but not terrible either? Or, should I drive back to Wagga and see Will (and others)? As you have probably worked out by the lack of…

People having been saying ‘make sure you look after yourself’ quite a bit. I’m not exactly sure what this means. Not because I don’t know how to look after myself, but because it can mean so many things. Is having a hot chocolate and lemon tart before grabbing some groceries late yesterday afternoon looking after…

This time last week we were heading for the hospital. This time next week we will be doing the same. We will call this off week. And that’s just how Dave is feeling – off. No vomiting, just nausea; no exhaustion, just tiredness; no push-ups, but we will go for a walk when it warms up…

Can some more ‘good things’ happen please? You know, to go with the bad stuff. I need a few more ‘good things coming from bad situations’ just to keep the balance even. It feels a bit lopsided at the moment. My heart actually physically ached yesterday as Will and I drove away from Canberra, and…

A bus. It snuck in through the night and hit Dave whilst he was sleeping. Its pretty much going as the nurse educator at the oncology ward said it would. ‘By  day 5 or 6 you’ll be feeling pretty tired’. Yep. Slept in till after 8, got up and had some scrambled eggs and Bush Goddess…

We knew things were going to get a bit tougher around day 5 or 6, and this seams to be the case. Dave is ranking how he’s feeling based on percentages. On Thursday he said ‘I feel 100%’ and managed 30 push-ups. Today he has mentioned 70 and now 60%. No push ups so far….

Yay – its the Weekend! Even though I’m on leave, I’m still glad it’s the weekend. For starters, Dave will definitely be home for a couple of days and not be tempted to go to work.  We also have Will visiting us in Canberra for the weekend which we are both very excited about. Dave has…

I’m feeling a little odd. Dave has gone to work today as he’s feeling really good and doesn’t want to waste the opportunity to get some work done while he’s feeling up to it. He did 31 push ups this morning just to get one up on yesterdays tally and prove he is fighting fit!…

19th MAY 2016 Dave is fine so far. He has enlisted everyone he knows that prays, to pray and has the most positive attitude of anyone I know. He did sleep in a little this morning (must have been the new padded under-blanket) but then got up to his usual routine including 30 push-ups! He then…

18th MAY 2016 Any early get up after a only fair nights sleep. My itchiness from the bites has subsided but still awoke with the need to scratch a few times! We took our time getting ready (including a big bowl of porridge with brown sugar) and headed for the Hospital at about 745am, it…

Tomorrow it all starts. 830am at the Hospital. I did some grocery shopping today. Three flights of stairs really affects your shopping habits. Any recipe suggestions in this blog may be more about ingredient weight than suitability to the taste buds of Dave whilst undergoing chemo. Homemade hamburgers tonight, lamb chops tomorrow night, then I’ll wait…