I now feel confident walking decent distances (not planning on the Pennine way this week, might be busy with the 50th anniversary and all) but I did manage about a 4 mile walk, on Sunday, along the cliff tops of Whitburn, half of which with a 2 year old on my back asleep. This is something I could not have done a month ago but I now feel confident of doing so.
Not only was the walk not a problem, but on Monday I cycled to work for the first time since mid January, a 10 mile ride (and 10 mile home) without any issue. I am slower than before Christmas, as expected, and I did feel tired when I hot home, but it was a good sort of tired, a post exercise tired, not a fatigued drained feeling. Sitting down for a meal with the family sorted the tiredness in my legs and today I feel no ill effects.
The blood tests today were straightforward, two vacutainers of blood for analysis and away. The hospital are doing their best to ensure that the monthly checks don't impact upon normal life, so I had a 9am appointment, which was actually complete before 9, then off to work for a normal day. Tomorrow I have a physio session, which I fully expect to be a final one in which they simply reassess me and say my progress is good and I should simply continue what I am doing without a need to see them again.
There have been adjustments to make, diet changes to avoid higher risk foods, not just going at life at 100mph and learning to accept help more. All that said, I feel so far the treatment has been without problem, and the only negative has been being away in hospital for a week and missing my family.
