Wishing Elijah a very happy 41st birthday. The first time I posted online birthday greetings was his 21st birthday. 20 years!! It’s hard to believe, it’s gone by so fast. So glad he seems to be happy and content. Hope you have a great day Elijah. 🎂 X
Hello dear LJ friends. I hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas holiday. Like everyone else ours is very different to what we’re used to. Our daughter and grandson came round yesterday morning to exchange and open presents but they didn’t join us for Christmas lunch. They would have been allowed to but we are being extra careful because of my health issues especially the fact that I’m on immunosupressants due to a blood condition. It’s actually been a horrendous year health wise. They finally found the right meds to control my blood platelet condition and I started to think I could relax a bit and get on with normal life but a few weeks ago I was told I had a lump inside my womb which was most probably cancer. Four weeks ago I had a hysterectomy op by laparoscopic surgery. I was only in hospital for two nights and recovered quite quickly but the worst part was getting through the two weeks waiting for the results. By the end I’d convinced myself of the worst possible scenario so it was a huge relief when I was told it was very early stage cancer which was contained within the womb and had been completely removed. Thankfully I won’t need any further treatment.
I must apologise to my friends abroad who I normally send Xmas cards to as I think I might have just missed the last posting date which means they will probably turn up after Christmas.
Many thanks for the many birthday greetings. As usual I kept forgetting it was my birthday, it really is not a good day to have a birthday!
Anyway it’s almost midnight so I must bring this to a close. I know I said the same last year but I really do hope I will post again soon and not next Christmas.
Just need to put on record that I did not forget Elijah's birthday yesterday. I posted birthday wishes on Twitter and then came here as, although I know he won't see it, I always like to acknowledge his birthday here - my first online home! However, my iPad had other ideas and at that moment and for the rest of the day decided it wanted nothing to do with the Internet! This morning all seems ok so I hope you had a wonderful birthday Elijah. And I can't believe you are 38!!
I do hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas break. I Would like to thank jan_u_wine and mother2012 for their kind virtual gifts. Also many thanks for the Christmas cards from yeuxdebleuladysnapsjulchen and bellewood And of course thank you for all the online birthday greetings.
Well, I have actually had the year from hell. But I came out of hospital a couple of weeks ago following yet another operation and I am really hoping I have turned a corner and am on the road back to normality.
Also I haven't been able to post here as much as I would like due to computer troubles. My laptop has a cracked screen and my mini iPad has never worked well with LJ. I need to start looking for a new laptop and perhaps I'll then be able to post more often. Warning - I have countless pics of my gorgeous grandson (who is now six) which I really want to share!!
Thank you again for all the lovely Christmas and birthday greetings. XX
Wishing primula_baggins a very happy birthday. Also bellewood - I know I posted birthday greetings elsewhere but no harm in repeating them. Hope you both have a lovely day. xx 🎂
Dear julchen11 I think I am just in time to wish you a Happy Birthday!! At least here I am in time but I'm never sure if you are one hour ahead or behind us!! Anyway I really hope you have had the wonderful day you deserve my friend. Much love xx
Many thanks for all the kind messages following my last post back in March. The operation went well and I was on iv antibiotics in the hospital for two weeks. This was followed by six weeks of three different, high dose oral antibiotics at home and as you can probably imagine this leaves you feeling pretty rough. I am now finished with those and feeling a lot better. I am also walking and moving a lot better than I was when I first came home though I'm only allowed to put 50% weight on my left leg because of the temporary implant (which is also packed with antibiotics!). It is very weird having this thing in my leg as I can feel and hear all this crunching and grinding as I walk! I have also been having weekly blood tests and on Saturday I went to have an injection to withdraw fluid from my hip so they can find out if the infection is gone so I am on tenterhooks waiting for that. It is all so frustrating as I am not capable of doing much around the house so I'm having to watch Roger struggle with it all. I have to say he's been amazing and I don't know what I'd have done without him.
I'm so sorry for all the birthdays I've missed - I do hope they were all really happy. Hopefully I will be able to keep up a bit better now that I'm feeling more like myself. But of course, all being well I will be having the second operation to fit my proper replacement hip in a few weeks time.
