Maxine

So good to hear how you are all going and how you are getting on with your lives despite the anxiety and fear and ongoing treatments. It's always with us and sometimes it's hard to focus on the good things.  Scans, treatments, appointments etc are constant reminders of what we are coping with.

Today my husband and I went to a very large shopping centre in Brisbane and the neuropathy in my feet was a constant reminder of my illness and made me realize that big shopping centres are not for me anymore - on Shanks's pony anyway.  I'm in the middle of my chemo cycle and low blood counts probably also contributed to my limited walking - big rest this afternoon.

I went to my support group meeting yesterday and it was great to hear one of our girls talking about her trip to Morocco and France.  Six of our group met for lunch on Sunday and we had a lovely time.  We are fairly spread out geographically but have now decided to meet each 6 weeks for lunch and we have named our lunch group The Dragonflies.  Do you all know the piece on the Dragonfly - we have adopted it as our ?motto.  It is a theme that runs through our group and we have 2 get-togethers each year put on by our government funded support group.  One of our lovely ladies always gives us a gift with something that has a dragonfly on it - we are gaining quite a collection of items which features a dragonfly.

Trying to bring some normality to our lives isn't always easy.

Many hugs to you all,

Maggie