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Short but not so sweet

 Hi lovelies, its been a little while and some will know the reason.  Last Tuesday after a few weeks of feeling bloated and not right in my tummy (which some of you will know), I registered temporarily with a local GP in Marple Bridge.  The lovely Doctor took bloods there and then at 9.30am, and at 6pm I had a call to say my Kidney filtration level was at 14, Acute Kidney Injury level and I was told to go to A&E at the local Hospital, I knew then that I would be admitted.  I was in for 6 nights on fluids to hydrate my kidneys after what they think is severe dehydration caused by diarrhea.  I did not know that the definition of this is change in frequency or volume of pooing, it just goes to show.  All scans that I had did not throw up any other concerns, but clearly the hospital did not want to let me out until my level had increased significantly.   The hospital staff have been absolutely amazing, and all my fears of being admitted to hospita...

No chemo this week

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Hi to you all our wonderful supporters, just a little update.  We had a lovely week at home last week, we kept it simple but did get to see some of you lovelies and as always, those connections are an immense pleasure for us, alongside being in our own home, garden and bed.  We got in a misty swim at Bigbury, Devon on Thursday, with the usual crazy, mermaid and merman gang and I got an extra one in on Friday in Plymouth.  The sea is really warming up and it absolutely has the capacity to take away tension and stress in the moment and leaves me with happy memories for days afterwards.  Gail did have a plan to meet up with some of her buddies but her tummy got the better of her and she was really disappointed not to make it. We got to go to our Luckett Village Duck day which was a lovely opportunity to see all our neighbours, get lots of hugs and some wonderful laughs.    I got in a load of dancing too, it was wonderful.   On our way back to Marple we ...