Monday: Packing day
Tuesday: Chemotherapy Day. Last day of chemo (after 6 months) so the plan was to go out to a nice lunch with Elizabeth and Chris. Worst day of Chemo we've had! Instead of taking 2.5hrs, it took 4 hours! There went our lunch plans! However, besides the delay (the unit was busy, no problems with me) it was nice to finish chemo and get the PICC line out.
Wednesday: Moving Day (see previous posts)
Thursday: Unpacking day (Ditto)
Friday: Get the boys to school and go to the airport with my sisters to go to Sydney! YAA! We deserve this one!
So we had a weekend in Sydney - mainly to see Mary Poppins Live on Stage.
We had planned on going on a jet boat ride on the harbour as well, but given that I was the healthiest one there, we decided to pass on that little adventure! Yes, Annemaree was coughing like an old consumptive and Judi was madly taking echinecea, Vitamin B, garlic and other life saving therapies to ward off the lurgie (which worked for the weekend at least). So Elizabeth and I quickly claimed our room and forbade them from coming near.
View from our appartment
We stayed at the World Trade Centre (I think) which was very central to everything. We could walk in to town (which we did), walk to Darling Harbour (which we didn't) and, of course, walk to the theatre (which we did)! We were also on the 76th floor, so everytime we went up to the room our ears popped! Also I noticed that if I went too close to the w2indow a definite case of vertigo happened! However, it was all worth it.
The show on Saturday was FANTASTIC! The sets were amazing. The acting and dancing great. Songs great. In short I'd recommend all of you go and see it if you can. It is travelling to Brisbane early next year, so book your tickets!
Besides the show we had a good time wandering the shops of Sydney town. Actually didn't buy a lot - although Judi & I did get an iPad each (thank you Elizabeth), but had a good time wandering. Also enjoyed dining out, and buying food to eat in. Finished the weekend by spending a few hours in the Qantas lounge whilst waiting for our plane home. For details of how this came about see this blog site. http://jadorejabour.blogspot.com/2011/08/cancer-card-and-blind-card.html
For those of you who don't know, this is a fun blog written by my niece Bridie Jabour.
All in all another great weekend with my sisters and a very fitting end to the chemotherapy regime - and the moving! Next year we will be heading north to the Sunshine coast!
Somehow I mucked up the photos, but you get the idea!
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