Still nothing new about my myeloma. No news is good news, as they say.
Played at Ongar this morning and again did it without my frame and the attached boules bag, although I did get a bit tired towards the end. In the first game an Anglo-French alliance of me and Joel won comfortably against an all-English team, in the second game we swapped all the pairs around and my team lost a close game. Tomorrow, Epping. Tuesday, another blood test...
Progress on the boules piste. Played just the one longish game (we won 13 - 9, I think) but did it all free-standing without problems. I used the frame only to get from car to piste and back again. Veery pleased about that.
At last, some real rain accompanied by thunder:
It only lasted for half an hour or so - enough to get one of the cats (Blue) thoroughly soaked, but there should be more on the way.
Regular 3-monthly B12 injection this morning, and the ankle oedema is coming back despite the new pills. Maybe it's the heat. Or the new cool.
The heatwave has finally broken. much cooler yesterday and some decent rain although not enough to make much impression.
Played at Tower in the evening - won one, lost one.
As for myeloma, nothing new except, maybe just possibly... for a week now I've been getting pain in the front of my left thigh. It feels like a strained muscle, but it isn't getting any better. I'm getting to the point of thinking maybe I should mention it to the cancer nurses at Springfield, just in case. I don't want it to turn out to be a new lesion in my femur or anything like that.
No escape from the sun at Epping Petanque:
Played two, won one, lost one. Still using the frame for support when standing, but doing more and more without it now.
Our plumber arrived in the afternoon to fit the new macerator. Something of a relief to have the upstairs WC back in action, even though I have to wait till tomorrow afternoon for the mastic to set properly before I risk sitting on it...
A little rain this evening, but nothing remotely like the downpours some other parts of the country have been getting.
Some welcome relief from the sun at Ongar this morning:
Played one game (won 13-8) then quit as too hot - about 33C. Spent most of the rest of the day crashed out with the heat. Might be some rain overnight...
Finally made it to the end of The Big Bang Theory" last night. Final episode was really quite moving - a lot invested in those characters in all that time.
Another very hot couple of days with temperatures well above 30. At least it was a little cooler on the Suffolk coast yesterday.
The plan to take both walker (for Saxmundham church and High Street and scooter (for Aldeburgh) was less than successful. It's possible but less than practical and it would have been simpler just to have hoisted the scooter in and out another time or two with a less cluttered boot. Also, now I've fitted it with an alarm, I'm more prepared to park it and go off for a walk with a stick or two than I was before.
Welcome shade in the Garden of Remembrance:
Lunch at the Wentworth in Aldeburgh:
