Going home
Sunday, December 12, 2010 @ 10:19 PM
We are nearly on our way back to Spain. It has been a roller coaster 7 weeks and I am glad it's time to leave Blightly - just as the Xmas madness really gets underway. I thought I was coming back for a little bit of surgery for a lump in my breast and have ended up having a full double mastectomy - sorry folks, look away now if this makes you feel queasy...So now I have a 'manly chest' and an interesting little bra with false inserts...but at least I am cancer free (for a while or forever, who knows) and we can resume our lives in the Alpujarras. Steve has also had to come back for cataract surgery (tomorrow on the eye that had a detached retina) and then we should be free to go. Thank goodness that we are still eligible (just) for NHS care, not that I doubt Spanish care but it's easier on the language front right now.
We are going back overland - train, ferry, hire car - which will be interesting and probably no more expensive than flying. We looked at the seat61 website but couldn't get a sleeper from Paris to Madrid, so its Santander instead. Good recuperation on a 24 hr shipping line! Steve cannot fly for 3 weeks post op.
I wonder how the house will look, the landscape and the land. We left beans and caulis growing, so let's hope they are still there and not overwhelmed with weeds. Emilio has started on the little barn conversion so that should be well underway, maybe even roofed in by now...we will stock up on food, light the woodburner, increase the curtain/rug situation and snuggle down for a few weeks. Might need to check out the bikes if the roads are dry, but I will leave the c90 for a month or two until all my wounds are properly healed and won't be aggravated by weight/pressure/grip stresses. I'll just be a pillion!
I wish all my friends and readers a very Happy Christmas and Joyous New Year. For me, I am celebrating a reprieve from cancer and that is quite enough to be going on with! Enjoy!!