Last Friday night as I was resting in bed with my bucket and feeling absolutely revolting after a belly full of chemo (remember short term pain long term gain!!!) an event was unfolding organised by a group of my ex Mercy friends who had decided to send me and the family on a HOLIDAY when my treatment is over.
In short they organised an evening at the Balwyn cinema to send an unnamed person who needed a holiday on a holiday!. Not only did they sell 151 tickets!!! to all their family and friends and no doubt any innocent bystanders foolish enough to loiter too close to them but they organised this event in such a way that my privacy and self respect was well and truly respected and I did not feel like a charity.
My only embarrassment is that 8 friends could be bothered to find the time and energy to do such a nice thing for me and Greg and the kids and in such a thoughtful and sensitive way. Through out this whole experience I have been so well supported by my family, relatives, friends, neighbours and school community. I am very lucky and thank each and every one of you.
In particular I would like to say THANK YOU publicly (at least on my BLOG) to Julie Collette, Katrina O'Sullvan, Julie Tondello, Denise Patterson, Jan Rice, Catherine Flemming, Chris Watson and Lisa Wiggins. What a line up!
All of these woman have very busy and demanding lives and I know they would have found it very hard to find the time to organise this event. However I also know that they all have such a vibe and energy about them (not to mention the "gift of the gab") that when together they probably had a ball!!! Chris Watson has also "lent" me the use of her holiday house at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast in September and I am very grateful to her and can't wait. When I'm feeling really sick I imagine walking on the beach and can almost see the waves.
I asked my doctor last week if I was being over optimistic to think I might be ready to take a holiday by September and he said "not at all!!" So please keep all your fingers and toes crossed for my next CAT scan in two weeks.
As always I am very open to any new or exciting cures for cancer ..... just send them my way. I had a very interesting Body Psychotherapy session last week which involved "mat work" this time. Enough said. I'll leave it to yoru imagination. I felt a little bit like a demented Lady Macbeth ("out out foul cancer!" ) and wondered if I could perhaps create a new reality series for Chanel 10 exploring (OK maybe exposing) the complete range of alternative, natural therapies available. I could try them all out and see if they work. Its an interesting world out there.
On the home front the festival of Danny is finally over ....... I had totally over estimated the party time and found that we were all back from the pool with another 2 hours to kill and 14 8 year olds going mad!!!
With 10 minutes to go I started the count down and parents who arrived were greeted with a child, a lolly bag, a thanks for coming and the door!!!. They were all gone by 5 minutes past 6!!! Even Danny and Bridget had retreated to the TV room and were totally exhausted. Bridget managed to vomit everywhere at 1 am and Greg deserves a medal for being the best vomit cleaner in ALphington.
Rosealie and Cathy and Saint Rose of Moonee Ponds (my sister Rose) were in the thick of festivities and I am very grateful. Luckily Rose has already had her children and Rosealie and Cathy are not interested or I might have been responsible for them deciding to become "deliberately barren" like our friend Julia. 8 year olds can be scary!!
I am going to sign off now and hope to catch up again soon. Chemo again this Friday and then my week off!!! Yippee. I think this BLOG must have picked me up because I sound positively cheery considering how uncheery my stomach feels. Maybe its a another cure worht exploring in my new show .... the use of BLOGS and recovery from cancer by Pauline Scott!!!
Love
Pauline
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Your Mercy friends sound like exceptionally good people, Pauline. I know how it's consoled you to be able to look forward to this holiday - a real beacon to help you through the ghastly treatment - and they should feel really proud of themselves. It's a gift to be able to find just the right way to help someone in trouble, someone you care about. Were I Aunty cath Hannan I would now be able to find just the right thing to say about goodness and going to heaven but, being somewhat less holy, I'd nevertheless like to thank your friends from the bottom of my heart for being so kind to my sister who's very sick at the moment.
Post a Comment