Lindsey newsletter # 93
Nantes, Sunday 15th October, 15-30.
Let’s face it. I didn’t get a single message asking me to update the blog. There can be a number of reasons to that. The first is that no one is interested. I can handle the fact that no one is interested in how I am writing about Lindsey’s progress, but I know that a lot of people are interested in Lindsey’s progress.
A second more probable reason is that we have had visits and the visitors have been giving out the news. Ah. I should be asking for the exclusivity!
The third much more probable reason is that Lindsey is much more active now, more engaged (this is the modern word) and present on the social networks or the phone. So again, many are getting the news anyhow and not needing to rely on me to write things out.
Ah. Yes, but all that doesn’t really explain why I have taken 3 weeks to update the blog nor does it justify this slackness.
Again, the main excuse is work (how boring can you get). But there is a more important reason: tranquillity. For the first time since July 2016 I am not living in a situation where only immediacy counts, where no real plans are possible, where it is one day at the time.
The shock and change came on the 26th of September when the (new) oncologist gave us the good news that things were good, the enemy had not come back. We were able to ask questions about flying and even long term. For the first time.
The medicines dropped from 8 a day to 3 a day and are not the worry of the day any longer.
So it has taken me a while to adjust. Essentially nothing has changed: girls come in a few times per week: Suzanne on Monday, Mélissandre on Tuesday, Michelle on Thursday and Marie-Pierre on Friday. But for a few hours only, so Lindsey has now quite a lot of time on her own. At least in theory because we have had Lali, then Jill over. And Vikki has arrived back recently.
Lindsey has started her potting again. Every Monday, 2 hours. She seems delighted. She has been able to go shopping on her own. First the bread, then the local supermarket. Of course, building up autonomy helps tremendously.
As I said before, we are now allowed to make plans (considering all things, this may be the most important sentence in today’s post). So we booked flights to Sardinia, leaving Nantes on the 27th of this month. For a week. The rest of the plan is unclear: it involves renting cars, going between hotels, apartments and agriturismo.
So expect a future post full of holiday pictures!
Love