Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste ….. well. not yet ….. Christine’s latest health update
We left the WG sitting on the pavement on Lavender Hill, minus her front teeth, crying her eyes out. Things are getting better, I am pleased to report.
I go straight to my dental surgery, the Battersea Preventive Dental Practice, who just could not be kinder or more helpful. Despite being very busy they fit me in quickly. I am so grateful to them. Not surprisingly Covid is delaying everything and everybody, including dental technicians, so it will be two weeks before my new (interim) smile is ready. In the meantime, Jacqueline has sent me a beautiful Liberty-print face mask to cheer me up. Thank you so much, Jacqueline.
I am getting new glasses (I have lost so much weight that my glasses keep falling off). The good news is that, with my new specs, I am still OK to drive.
The next round of treatment at the Marsden starts in about 10 days’ time.
It occurs to me that I will probably expire well before my freedom pass and credit card – a sobering thought and daily reminder that “time’s winged chariot (really is) hurrying near” ……. And yet ….
I am well, feeling better and with more energy than six months ago, keeping up with friends, finding plenty to do and enjoying life.
“Glam up” says Jane
I have dropped from dress size 14 to size 10, so I take 4 large bags of clothes to the charity shops, including the posh frock I bought last year from Monsoon when I felt ready to start building a life of my own after David. Ironic.
I say to Jane that there doesn’t seem to be any point in buying new clothes as I won’t be here long enough to wear them. “Nonsense”, says Jane, “that’s exactly why you should get new stuff, or at the very least, let’s hit the charity shops. Pamper yourself, glam up.”
I buy a gorgeous red corduroy midi skirt (very “country life”) to wear with a silvery sparkling jumper all over Christmas. And, of course, another pair of cool pyjamas.
I blow most of this week’s attendance allowance on a bottle of Diorissimo and I feel good! I don’t know what Juliette (Trinity Hospice) will have to say, but I think secretly she will approve.
The WG’s top tip: TAKE JANE’S ADVICE.