We have been away at the Christian Associates (CAI) Leaders Summit since last Wednesday; arrived back yesterday; having stopped in at Mountainview Church in Madrid on the way back.
It obviously did us good as when I had the blood tests yesterday just before chemo it was remarkably good. I wasn’t sure that I should tell them that we have people praying for us all over the world; they may not understand.
We left for Madrid last Wednesday and arrived to be greeted by so many friends and fellow workers, it was great just being in the real world. This year was obviously different as I found after the first day I needed more rest than I hoped I would need. On the second day I took more rest and found I could cope much better. I also got used to wearing “the hair”. It surprised me that nobody seemed to realise that it wasn’t my own hair; although I wore either a hat or headscarf. Perhaps they thought that I was being religious; not much chance of that I would add. It obviously looks better than I thought.
We spent our Sunday morning and some of the afternoon at Mountainview Church; another CAI church where our great friends Richard and Riekje are the pastors. We spent two nights kipping down with other great friends Rob and Chris. It was nice to be able to share with the people at Mountainview how we are doing at Riverside Porto and our vision for the future. We also shared our health stories as well; keeping it quite light: and it was lovely to hear how it blessed other people. As I have said before it is great nowadays when life is normal.
We arrived back yesterday with me having to go straight from the airport to hospital for blood tests and chemo. The blood tests as previously mentioned went well with good results. Unfortunately I messed up with some of the medication, due to not fully understanding the Portuguese which meant that it was delayed for an hour so, along with Julie; spent far more time in the hospital than was actually needed. The good thing was that we got it sorted out in the end and I now know what I need to do next time. Even better so far the after effects are really good; how long that will last I am not sure: another waiting game.
I am not sure if it is the result of the chemo but I find that if I wake up during the night I am really hot; so hot indeed that my pillow is soaking wet and I am almost dripping with sweat. It feels that I am going through the change again; which is something that I want to do without. It may be connected but I honestly don’t know.
Anyway back to the real world, if that is possible, I have a scan on Thursday to check for something. When I found out what it is for I will let you know. I am sure that my doctor told me, but that was a while back and I have forgotten. Life is good at the moment, may it keep on being like this.
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