Operation locked in...

My insurance bottle of Chemo and I have been great company today. Last time around it was me and my bottle of poison, and I got quite a 'thing' about it after a week. Retraining my mind with Janine, this nasty bottle has turned from the bottle of poison, into the bottle to save me; this time it is my saviour and insurance policy toward achieving a full cancer cure.

Amazing how a change in the way you see things definitely impacts on the way you think, and then in turn the emotional response, it takes so much pressure off.

I know that these simple techniques which are so easy to learn (and yet make a profound difference) are where we can look for answers to operating under tough business conditions, especially for anyone in any type of sales environment.

Today was massive. Early appointment over at BH for clean up of the PICC dressing - yuk!!!

Then meetings, yes work!

After that, Gen and Suz came to pick me up in Suz's Yaris to go to Flinders Hospital. We were cutting it fine, on the run like the old days at work. The plan was to leave Black Beauty in front of the place I was at when they picked me up, and take the Yaris. We raced off and got to the end of the street and the Yaris jumped a few times, stalled and wouldn't start.

What was the problem? Suz says, "it can't be petrol as the red light only came on earlier today"...yeah right. Out of petrol. Good one Suz.

So Gen and I pushed the Yaris back into the street and parked it, and I literally ran back to Black Beauty, we made the switch and got to the Proff. 10 minutes late (after getting lost finding his rooms). All OK as they were running late too, whew!

Had a brilliant catch up with the Surgeon and locked in some dates, and a whole stack of other pre-op preparations with CT scans, endoscope procedure, tests and meetings with more specialists who will be involved. Quite some machine, this cancer fighting machine.

We raced from Flinders to South Terrace for next zap and arrived 3 minutes late...all OK, virtually walked straight in.

After zapping, headed home with girls to let them head off to The Advertiser end of financial year corporate function with Sylvia. No way was I up to catching up with so many people I know tonight with low immune system in the middle of flu season.

My next session with Janine was at 8pm and we chatted about many things, and all is under control tonight, so far so good. Remember, this week escalating again, next week will be pretty much where the treatment peaks...so not booking in any unmovable anything, apart from medical.

As I have said, I am so busy - it is a big job being crook.

Ears have been whistling to me just now, another chemo side effect...not a great tune.

Good night, drugs away...12 hour relief is under way.