Nothing new on the myeloma front, except that Dr.Ch asked for photos of the latest micro-proto-rash on my right wrist,which is now fading nicely as the others did, so I sent him a couple. He thinks it may be worth a word with a dermatologist.
Boules at Ongar yesterday morning - Finals Day in the club singles and doubles competitions. Brian and I won our game to avoid the wooden spoon in the doubles - I had a really good first few ends and we got into a good lead, then the opposition clawed their way back into the game and we were stuck on 12 points for several games before getting the final point to win 13-10.
Secretary Carolyn with her shattered kneecap and leg in a brace won the Singles after an exhibition quality match with another good player:
Several rather depressing near-end-of-life stories on the Facebook group yesterday. Hard to find the words to reply to them, and a reminder of what may lie in store for me as far down the line as I can make it. When I get close to there I shall take the one-way ticket to Switzerland option very seriously, if we haven't got "assisted dying" sorted out in the UK by then, and I hope we will. I want to keep control for as long as I can, but when the end of that is in sight - well, other considerations will take over. That's a happy point to finish on...
Hearing aid update: both have behaved perfectly this time - showing solid green LEDs and reading 100% on the app. Hope they stay that way for the rest of the night.
Last week Queensland became the fifth Australian state to pass legislation for voluntary assisted dying. There's hope for the UK yet to make one-way tickets to Switzerland unnecessary!
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