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I think this is going to be one of my blackest years for my ballet activities.

 

Following on from my last posting in January I ended up taking virtually a 4 week break from pointe work due to my issue with soft corns between my right foot pinky toe and the one next to it.

 

It took me almost 5 weeks to get back to where I was towards the end of December, let alone adding a lot more centre work to support my PDDs with Adrian for our summer showcase.

 

I think the most difficult thing I found was dealing with the lack of confidence when I restarted, it was like the body wanted to protect itself and it just dare not take the risk of stepping out in the centre en pointe Grrr that was really frustrating. I guess probably what didn’t help, I introduced some new pointe shoes (same type) that obviously were not broken in. However I do have a different spacer arrangement between that pinky toe and the one next door, although it shows promise its not the whole answer, however my podiatrist has supplied me with some Otoform to experiment with and allows me to make my optimum size spacer.

 

Adrian and I were looking forward to the removal of the catheter and his laser operation in March, however that turn out to be a horrible disappointment. I was in fact an half an hour chat with his Urologist on the way forward, basically his Urologist wanted him to keep the catheter and knee bag for the rest of his life, he said he wouldn't give him better odds tan a 50% success rate. I was furious, we had had a very detailed conversation with the guys that actually performed the camera up the urethra test and there findings. In the end the Urologist agreed to put Adrian through for the op and also agreed to remove the knee bag and replace it with a flip valve, to help retrain his bladder. The Urologist said he would write to Adrian's GP to get the district nurses to fit the flip valve when the next change the catheter, we ordered the flip valve the very next day and its in and working, we didn’t wait. Adrian releases it every two hours and its given him some sense of normality.

 

We have since received another appointment from the surgeon that actually going to carry out the laser operation, it turned out to be another chat where we have to travel the best part of 2hour to be there for 9am, this appointment is at the end of June, and we are now approaching 1 year from the initial mess caused by 2 of Adrian's GP that would not examine him.

 

This really pushes out the possibility of Adrian and I doing our Summer Ballet showcase this year.

My intention was to contact the surgeon and if a consultation was absolutely necessary we could have done it via video link, and also suggest if any patients drop out, we would be ready to step into that slot. In the meantime I have Adrian doing pelvic floor exercises and when his district nurse call to change his in-dwelling catheter, I need her to show me or better still supervise me in changing it, that way periodically we can check to retention of fluid in a controlled way and perhaps remove the catheter before the op date completely, but of course he will still need the op. However we were overtaken by circumstances.

 

As if that wasn't bad enough, Adrian and I attended Moorfields Eye Hospital in London last Thursday, following an emergency referral from Peterborough City hospital as a result of something that was detected at a routine eye test by Specsavers for Adrian.

Moorfields detected a small cancerous growth in his right eye, we spent the whole day there going through at least 7 specialist.

 

Next Thursday after the surgical team have met we will be give the date of the first treatment, there four tiny metal makers will be fitted into his eye around the cancerous area while he is under heavy sedation, he will be free to come home with me afterwards, but I have been warned he will be very groggy and should not travel alone.

 

Between a week and two weeks later he will have a weeks worth of Proton Beam therapy at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, near Liverpool, they provide a hotel for us, and pay for the B and B for both of us, but of course we have to pay for our own meals etc.

 

So my normal ballet schedule is up the wall at the moment and my priority is on Adrian, that really wasn't what we were expecting on Thursday. I will at least try where possible to maintain my pointe training as its so easy to loose it and so very difficult to get it back, but now Adrian must come first bless him.

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Just a quick update, we have the first date for Moorfields, its quite a bit later that we thought from our initial visit with them, its Thursday the 11th of May at 7.30am, originally it was supposed to be early afternoon, which would have been good as we could have travelled cheap day return, also this time they suggested we would need to take a late train back, which suggests the procedure is going to take alot longer than we were first told.

 

As this schedule has slipped, I cant help feel that the 1 to 2 week and then the week of Proton treatment , that gap is likely to escalate too, what a mess and of course it possibly has implications on his Laser op scheduling for his Prostrate.

 

I'm just hoping the CT scan he had a week ago at Peterborough City Hospital in connection with his swollen legs some time back, does not reveal any spread of cancerous cells to other parts of the body, especially his liver.

 

Only a week ago, Adrian said to me he wished we could get back to doing our Sunday morning ballet sessions together, that is something I really miss too.

 

At the moment he has his heart set on going on holiday back up to Scotland for his birthday week in September when hopefully every thing is done, as we have both spent many years dancing our summer showcase up there together, such happy memories.

 

At least I did get him out to see Cinderella streamed from the ROH on Sunday night, he really enjoyed that and I guess it was a bit of normality for us both.

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On 17/04/2023 at 20:59, Jan McNulty said:

Best wishes to you both @Michelle_Richer.  If you feel you can, please let us know how Adrian is getting on.

 

Thank you everyone for your kind wishes, even my Lincoln teacher offered to suspend my classes until Adrian's operations were out of the way. But I have asked that we keep them going and we work around Adrian's appointment days, as that has to take priority. Lincoln is my most important ballet sessions as it consists of one-to-one Pointe Work coaching and one-to-one rep coaching, followed by a regular Pilates class, although the pilates class is quite ballet biased.

 

At home Adrian and I have swapped rolls, he does the inside jobs like cooking and cleaning, I have the outside jobs mainly gardening as we have about half an acre of grounds. To be fair that's turned out to be quite tough with having to grind tree stumps with a root grinder, clear and rotavate our vegetable garden , I even got a couple of large bags of potting compost so Adrian could at least potter about in our greenhouse on nice days, only to find the large bags of compost were 100L and were supposed to be a 2 man lift, and yes it did hurt my back which lasted for about a week.

 

At the moment we cant do a great deal to pull things forward until his next Moorfields appointment on the 11 of May, however we are eagerly awaiting the date of his Proton Treatment as that will set the timeline to when we can get involved in trying to pull forward his Prostrate laser surgery.

 

In the meantime we keep getting silly little annoying appointments made for us which stems back a month or so relating to his swollen legs. Two things had been arranged against my better judgement, he was measure for compression socks and an appointment was being arranged by his GP for the ulcer clinic. Firstly the socks have never arrived and now would be far too large, secondly he now has an appointment at the ulcer clinic for this coming Tuesday. Virtually all the way though I have been using daily Lymphatic massage on his leg to remove the lymphoedema (excess fluid in his legs), little by little it has been diminishing, now the feet and leg are almost back to normal, even the scabs left behind from ulcer that were originally present have dried up and fell off. The colour of his legs are quite normal and his his leg muscles are soft, he can now get his regular shoes and trainers on, at least something has gone right, but sorry NHS its been too little too late.

 

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Things are getting very real now

 

Adrian and I attended his ulcer clinic on Tuesday, there they carried out another Doppler test and the results were normal, they insisted fitting him with level 2 socks as that is what the specialist advised, I check the specialist letter from Peterborough City Hospital, Adrian's appointment there was dated the 2nd of February (3 months ago). Needless to say there is a huge change in the state of his legs. The nurse that fitted them at Spalding Hospital said I was to continue doing the daily Lymphatic massage on them, when he washes and moisturises his legs. However he cant bare them on in bed, otherwise he is wearing them through out the day. That has been another skill I have had to learn as there is a definite knack on fitting them.

 

Monday morning Adrian received an appointment for this Friday at Addenbrooke's Near Cambridge for another CT scan, this time its for the head, thorax, abdomen and pelvis, clearly this is looking for traces of cancer spread as it was authorised from Moorfields.

 

We had yet another appointment, this time a telephone consultation on 21 June from Addenbrooke's melanoma clinic. I guess that's to discuss the results of the proton therapy and if there are any on-going issues to be address.

 

I do hope this isn't going to have any impact on his Prostrate laser treatment as the consultation at Hinchinbrook hospital is on the 23 June, although I do want to pull that forward if at all possible.

 

Goodness knows if we will every get back to dancing PDD together again.

 

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For once something went beautifully right, I attended my Lincoln pointe class last Thursday, we did an hour and a half, I was expecting it to be a bit of a disaster as I had a bad back after doing lots of gardening and lifting work over the bank holiday weekend. By Thursday it had eased somewhat, the class went like a dream, things I was struggling with after a bit of an injury break in January came good, almost everything I did was the best so far, even my evening pointe class didn’t go too bad either.

 

One little problem I think I have cracked is the long standing issue with my pinky toe on the right foot, I made an extra large spacer from Otoform that I got from my Podiatrist and it seams to have stood the test of time, however I really would like to make a similar spacer using a much softer material like the perfect pointe 2 part mix, but the Kits of course cover both feet and are extremely expensive , but I only require a very small quantity of the material.

 

 

Update on Adrian now we have some actual dates:

 

Adrian had a PET CT Scan at Addenbrooke hospital near Cambridge, which was ordered by Moorfields Eye Hospital in London to check the Head, Thorax, Abdomen and Pelvis for traces of cancer spread. The results are sent back to Moorfields, hopefully we will get to know the verdict on Thursday.

 

This Thursday the 11th May we attend Moorfields Eye Hospital at 7.30am ( on the road at 4am) where Adrian will be heavily sedated and four tiny metal markers place around the cancerous area in his right eye. We are told to book a late train back home, so its likely to be a very long day. Needless to say I have cancelled everything for the following day for Adrian's recovery.

 

Monday the 22nd May we have to have a Video conference call to prepare Adrian for his first simulation at the Clatterbridge Cancer Center on the Wirral, I will be home for that as he will need to use my studio, we haven't been advised as to how to access the video conference facility yet .

 

Monday the 29th May (Bank Holiday) we travel to the Village Hotel at Bromborough near Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

 

Tuesday the 30th May First Simulation where a prototype mask is made for use in the Proton beam therapy he will have later.

 

Tuesday 13th June Adrian is to attend a consultation at Hinchenbrooke Hospital Near Huntingdon to discuss his Prostatectomy by laser, hopefully we will get an indication of date. This consultation was to have been on the 21st June which would have been in conflict with his Proton beam therapy, but fortunately they were able to pull the consultation forward for us.

 

Sunday 18th June, we travel to the Village Hotel at Bromborough .

Monday 19th June, Second simulation where a new mask is made for actual use in the Proton beam therapy for the remainder of that week.

 

Tuesday 20th June to Friday 23rd June Proton Beam Therapy, each session lasts for about 20mins, but he is advised to rest with a patch over his eye for about an hour before we can travel back to the hotel. Friday the 23rd we travel back home after his therapy.

 

There is a telephone consultation booked for the 21st June with Addenbrookes Hospital, that may be changed as I guess its related to both the therapy he is having and what was found on the PET CT Scan. Once we know what time of day Adrian's proton therapy is, we can decide if the telephone consultation is feasible or even appropriate.

 

 

Hopefully Adrian will get his Prostatectomy by laser before September, as he is looking forward to his Birthday Holiday and wants to go back to Scotland via a stop off at Hardians Wall on the way up, I do hope I can provide that for him .

 

In the meantime my Ballet Schedule is all over the place, but I’m just about managing my Thursday pointe work classes at Lincoln.

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This feels like a new normal, but its likely to be short lived until the next stage of Adrian's treatment.

 

Thursday was Adrian's visit to have 4 tiny markers fitted to his right eye at Moorfields Eye Hospital. Neither of us slept very well on the Wednesday evening so consequently we were up at 1.45am, as a consequence we checked for an earlier train and found one at 4.54am and we made it. According to the Train Line booking app, we needed to change trains at Finsbury Part for Kings Cross, however when we got on the train we found it also stopped at Saint Pancras International, so needless to say we stayed on it as both stations appear to use the same taxis rank.

 

We arrived an hour early for our 7.30am appointment at Moorfields and it wasn't long before there were quite a few people waiting for appointments at that time. Eventually we were all ushered up a registration area where we were directed to our appropriate wards. Adrian's ward had about half a dozen beds, and it seamed as if they were all day patients, usually with a companion with them.

Adrian was the only person that day for markers to be fitted in his eye.

 

Initially we were seen by several nurses filling in forms and doing basic health screening checks, eventually we had a young lady of around 25-30 who was to be the surgeon that would be doing the operation. She explained the procedure and risks associated with stitching 4 tiny tantalum markers to his right eye around the cancerous area, I shuddered at that thought and hoped Adrian wouldn't loose it at the thought of someone stitching metal things inside his eye, but he seamed ok. The surgeon asked if we had any questions which I replied I have a list and we went through then. Sadly she did not have the results of the PET CT scan from Addenbrooke's, however I did ask her for the time line for that day, she said his surgery was scheduled around 11am if nothing more urgent came in. Finally another nurse came along squirted some paste type of material to the back of Adrian hand and placed some transparent film over it, apparently it was a local anaesthetic to allow a cannula to be fitted in the theatre, shortly after that Adrian was wheeled off to the anaesthetist for heavy sedation, this would be around 9.30am. I was left on my own at his bedside with screens around, at 11am , I thought he would then be going for his op, but shortly after 11am he arrived back, he was sat up with the right eye all bandaged up, he was smiling and quite chirpy, the opposite to what I was expecting. I couldn’t speak to him at first as I was so choked up with relief and almost crying. I was expecting him to be well and truly out of it and in need of sleeping it off, especially as I had been warned at a previous Moorfields meeting that we needed to take a late train back.

 

Once they returned him to the ward, the nurses brought him a drink and some sandwiches, I cadged a coffee. Once he had finished eating they did a few more basic medical checks and some after care instruction and basically discharged him shortly after mid day.

 

We were back at Kings Cross station around 1.00pm and found no Northern or Thames Link trains going to Peterborough that afternoon. When we checked on the Train-line app for Saint Pancreas, it referenced the LNER trains from Kings Cross, fortunately we found a couple of guys issuing tickets from a portable devise similar to a laptop, they were most helpful, there was a Thameslink train leaving Saint Panceas at 2.16pm and we made it.

 

Our new normal starts first thing in the morning where I have to remove his eye protector which is attached with surgical tape and secured in six places, its probably my worst job as im frightened of hurting him as I release the tape as it sticks so very securely. Once its released it stays off all day until bedtime, then 4 times during the day I have to clean his eyelids with cool boiled water and tissue to prevent any debris matting together his lashes, then I have to administer 3 sets of drops for each of the 4 times a day, for the first week and then only one set of drops 4 times a day for the next 3 weeks.

 

Never the less I still have to do his morning therapy of moisturising his feet, Lymphatic massage of his feet and legs, then finally fitting his compression socks.

 

We are now 5 days in to our new normal, and I have found I have had to cancel at least one of my ballet classes as Adrian had a rough night on Sunday and we were both up in the early hours of Monday morning and I really didn’t want to leave him for long periods alone while I was at class, so soon after his op. A couple of days ago he started experiencing intermittent double vision, so we queried it with Moorfields medical team and apparently it is a temporary common occurrence.

 

I think after this first week when the eye drops are only one drop 4 times a day, things will be more manageable and a lot less disruption to my ballet and fitness schedule.

 

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As its been a while since my last update, several things have happened. Firstly about 2weeks ago we have met Adrian's surgeon responsible for carrying out his Laser operation on his Prostrate. He said he couldn't give us a date as it wasn't down to him, but it would be somewhere between July and September, but he did say he was on holiday for 3 weeks in August.

 

Adrian and I were hoping to go on holiday for his birthday towards the end of September, but that now looks very unlikely. Especially as I think Adrian will need time (several weeks) to build up his strength after the operation when he is catheter free again.

 

Last week was Adrian's week of Proton Beam Therapy at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre on the Wirral. Although the treatment sessions were quite short, I thought we could make a bit of a sight seeing holiday out of it, however that wasn't to be. The session seam to knock him for six and most of the time we stayed in at the Hotel. Although the Hotel was really nice The Village Hotel at Bromborough (about 10minutes from the Hospital), our room was on the second floor with no air conditioning, however we could open our window about 4 inches as it was retained with a security cable. As the weather was extremely hot neither of us got much sleep that week.

 

I took my pointe shoe bag with me together with a resistance band and foot stretcher, hoping to at least get a little bit of basic pointe done. That too wasn't to be, I needed an improvised barre so I tried using a couple of chairs, but they were too low, I tried a partition that screened off the luggage area, it wasn't suitable either, then I finally tried using the wooden surround that supported the hand basin in the bathroom, whilst the height was good, the door frame was in the way to do plies etc. After a short while I gave up and used the resistance band on one foot with the other in the foot stretcher. In the end I had to make do with that which I guess was a little better than nothing.

 

Since the first day of his his therapy we are back to me administering his eye drops 4 times a day and cleaning around his eye lid for debris first thing in the morning and applying a cold compress over his eyelid before bedtime, this goes on for 25days.

 

I think what we have experienced from Moorfields and Clatterbridge is the best of the NHS, however the experience of our local GP’s , the Urologists from Hinchinbooke Hospital to our minds represents the worst of the NHS with totally unnecessary stalling chats as we were in a position in January to go for the Laser Op and now if we are lucky it may be done by September which seam incredibly cruel and a full year later than the even that caused the problem.

 

I really do wonder if I will ever get my lovely ballet dancing Adrian back as my PDD partner, I'm beginning to think it not going to happen this year.

 

 

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I think it’s going to take awhile for Adrian to get over all his health problems and their treatment. Perhaps by early summer next year? Best to take it really slowly for the next six months or so anyway. 
Glad he has finished the eye treatment  at last though. 
Looking forward to seeing you in July not that far away now! 
 

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On 27/06/2023 at 00:11, LinMM said:

I think it’s going to take awhile for Adrian to get over all his health problems and their treatment.
 

Hi Linda

 

Yes you are right about it taking a while, I know once he has had the Prostatectomy , it will take additional time to get his strength back, I personally would hope that would be by Christmas. I know one of the first things he would like to do once he is catheter free, is to get out on his bike, which to be fair would be both a good and enjoyable way of building his leg strength up gradually, especially as we have a lot of really nice country cycle route around here. I was one of the nice experiences we shared during the spring of COVID 1 lockdown.

 

As for ballet this year, that's not required for him, but if he would like to start will some gentle barre exercises and a bit of Port de bras, I'm more that happy to restart a short version of our Sunday morning session with him.

 

As for your comment “Best to take it really slowly for the next six months or so anyway.” I assume you are referring to Adrian, as I don’t get that luxury, I'm trying to navigate a full 5 day week of ballet without leaving Adrian for long periods but still fulfilling his medical appointments etc., which means I'm working flat out at the weekend on the house and gardens. I am really looking forward to the Summer break at the end of July, although all my classes will finish, I will maintain sufficient pointe work practice ( 2 to 3 hours a week) so my capability doesn't fall back.

 

This last weekend I was working in the vegetable garden in my old cloths, and a young lady came paddling by on the river on what looked like a long inflatable surf board, Ive seen a few of those on our river recently, she was wearing a bikini and had a small King Charles laid out on the front of the surf board, I was so envious, but I had to work. At least the summer break will give me a chance to catch up with house and gardening issues, and of course when Adrian has recovered he will lighten the load.

 

As for “Glad he has finished the eye treatment”, whilst that is basically true, today we had a telephone consultation with Addenbrooke's, at least we got some info regarding his PET scan, all seams to be well, but there were 3 tiny cysts which have been detected which are very common, however they will be monitored with another scan in 6 months time, we also have another appointment at Moorfields just after Christmas, so quite a lot of monitoring is still going on.

 

Yes I'm really looking forward to our catch up in July and also seeing Rejane our old Artistic Director, have you contacted any other dancers of our old company?

 

 

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I have but only one I’ve contacted so far is doing the workshop ( Mary Eadie) I don’t know if she’s doing every day but think she is. 
There may be others who are attending who I haven’t contacted though. 
Has Rejane advertised it here? 
with teachers like Mayara Magri I imagine would interest quite advanced people but think the level would be too “professional” for me and you have to be fully fit for all that which I’m not these days! 

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So glad things are basically going well for Adrian, and that you are getting in some ballet. I can see it is a lot of hard work with many set backs and frustrations, which leaves me in awe of your achievements, as a dancer, as a partner and as a home maker.

 

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On 28/06/2023 at 21:19, LinMM said:

I have but only one I’ve contacted so far is doing the workshop ( Mary Eadie) I don’t know if she’s doing every day but think she is. 
There may be others who are attending who I haven’t contacted though. 
Has Rejane advertised it here? 
with teachers like Mayara Magri I imagine would interest quite advanced people but think the level would be too “professional” for me and you have to be fully fit for all that which I’m not these days! 

Hi Linda

 

I have a full set of email address for our dancers from around 2017 when we did Giselle and I circulated rehearsal videos and costume info, it was also the year of my injury when I had to drop out of the performance and just had be happy with organising things in the background, I know we lost a few by the time we performed at the Greenwood Theatre in 2018.

 

Before we include anyone else to that meeting I think I need to clear it with Rejane, as it would possibly be better with an evening meal as some may be working, however remember she will be entertaining her Australian dancers that she brings over and may not have time for an evening catch-up dinner with her old company. Remember when we were at Saint Petersburg with her, we all eat together most evenings together as she is likely to be with her Australian friends.

 

Personally as she has suggested the day and time I think we should stick with it, but if you really would like to include the others, I'm happy to approach her to try and arrange something. I'm definitely not happy to spring it on her on the day, see what you think?

 

As for Mayara Magri, I see she is only covering the Master class + photos on the Friday morning between 10:45 and 12:30. The majority of the time is with Rejane and Nina which we both know extremely well and also Kim Amundsen who has done the occasional cover in the past, and Kim’s a good teacher, he was also one of my teachers with LAB.

 

Obviously I cant attend due to Adrian, but I can squeeze a catchup meeting in and it would be brilliant to meet up with you too after such a long time.

 

In any case, if Adrian was fit and well, I still would not be attending as there is one criteria for me it does not meet, I have no idea what rep is being taught, for me that essential, so at least I can pre study it and see if it have any value for future usage.

 

That is the one thing I liked with Sander when he did the Juliet Easter Workshop with Sarah Lamb, we knew what we were being taught, we were given a YouTube example of the rep, I also edit the music for it for him. The beauty of that when I came to dance it, although there were minor differences I knew what I was doing, at the end of the workshop when we had to perform it in front of Sarah in groups of no more than three, I went first and on my own and loved it.

 

The workshop version didn’t include partnering with Romeo for the last 30 seconds of the rep for obvious reasons, however I reused that rep but included Adrian as Romeo when we performed the full version at our last showcase up in Scotland.

 

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I don’t see why Rejane could not do a combined meal with the Aus and old London Alive group …..in fact that is what I thought she would do so the two groups can meet up and why I was disappointed. 
When I said I had contacted others it was to see if they intended doing the workshop …..not about meeting Rejane for a coffee!!! Though of course I regularly meet up with Marea and Galina who are not doing the workshop so possibly only those two to add to the Tuesday meeting. 
If she were to organise a meal later in the week I would prefer that really as I don’t have to really be in London that week until the Wednesday evening when am going to ROH ……and it’s quite hard to make it to Danceworks by 12 with such a restricted time to meet etc. I would have preferred a longer meet up ……I only need one train to be cancelled and I might only make it for about half an hour to see Rejane!!! 
Anyway I can message you privately about this. 
 

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Hi Linda

Just a thought:

I think there is a good chance she will be hosting an evening meal out for the Intensive, I’m not sure how well subscribed its likely to be, I know as she is offering day drop-ins, so there are obviously spaces. The Studios can theoretically hold up to 40 dancer, but I don’t think she will run them over 30. And of course there are two groups Ballet and Contemporary which could be 30 each..

She may also be organising an evening out for the course at a West End Theatre too in a similar way to those of LAB.

 

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Things have moved on a bit since my last posting.

 

Having heard nothing from his Urology Surgeon by the 1st of July, I wrote to him on Adrian's behalf, even offering to fill a cancelled slot at a moments notice if it came up, as I was convinced it would be another lengthy wait and we may not even get the Prostatectomy Operation done by the end of September.

But with in a week we had a date, the 16th August with a telephone pre-op consultation on the 7th, that's worked out extremely well as all my Ballet will have shut down by the end of July and I'm freely available to take him anywhere that's required, in any case I would have cancelled my classes if it had come up before as Adrians health takes priority.

Although my classes are shut down, I must still maintain a certain amount of pointe practice to keep my pointe fitness level up for the next term, but that I can do any time.

 

That news has really perked Adrian up. I'm not sure how quickly he will start to regain his fitness afterwards, but it may be just possible for us to go on holiday during his birthday week, the 18th September, fingers crossed, as I know he would like to go back to Scotland.

 

Another mile-stone passed this Friday, Adrian stops taking drops in his eye after his Proton Beam Therapy Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, that's 25 days, another job I don’t have to do 4 times a day, Whoopee the end to this nightmare is in sight.

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