My drops of tears I'll turn to sparks of fire

About time I gave an update, and as I am now half way through the radiotherapy treatment, this seems as good a time as any. Daily radiotherapy started on 10th May, and during that time I have been back to work.   The round trip from home, to Bristol, to Cardiff and home again is approx 140 miles, so I am working from home on some days to reduce the driving and help me keep any tiredness at bay, and working short days so that I can get to Cardiff in good time.  This is working well, and I feel pretty much OK. I do notice myself getting tired by 2 or 3pm though - but tired of thinking and having conversations, rather than too tired to drive! It is a different kind of energy. Lymphodema On 14th May I took the day off work, as I had a 'lymphodema education session' in the morning, and radiotherapy in the afternoon.  It made sense to do something nice* in between, rather than travel home or to Bristol and back again. The lymphodema session was just over an hour, and quite use

It has been a while since an update, so let me bring you up to date. Back to work I went back to work, doing short days, on 30th April and everyone I work with has been absolutely fantastic.   I got gifts from my team and other lovely Library colleagues when I returned, and more hugs than I can count!  I'm so lucky to work with such wonderful people.   I am feeling a little tired by around 2-3pm, but getting a bit stronger every day, and starting to remember what I do for a living!!  In the last couple of days, I've also gone back to a few Faculty meetings, and all have been supportive there too.  I'm still feeling a bit "don't ask me any difficult questions", but getting there. Emotionally, the week before I went back I was still coming out of the end of the side effects of the final chemo, and had felt incredibly low.   Not depressed, as it didn't last more than a few days, but I had felt that nothing was worth the effort, blank, dark.   It was real