Update 3 - 26th October 2011

SORRY SORRY SORRY.  Blogs are great aren't they, if you keep them up to date. Sorry it has been a bit hectic over the last couple of weeks.  Emma had her 2nd (sorry I put 3rd by mistake) cycle of chemo last Wednesday and it seemed to go pretty smoothly again.  She has not been feeling too sickly but has been very tired this time - not surprising really.  She has also been having increasing trouble swallowing food and pills (of which she has about 25 per day at peak after the chemo). This is clearly a concern as it seems her oesophagus is up to its old tricks again which is frankly very irritating.  Emma is booked in for a endoscopy on Friday which will hopefully achieve the twin aims of seeing what is going on and also to hopefully give it a stretch and make it a bit more comfortable for her to eat and swallow.

On the home front Emma and the children are in Tunbridge Wells at the moment on half term holidays.  I managed a walk around the Devil's Punchbowl at the weekend with the children which was lovely and so quiet with no A3 roaring in the background - photo below.  Rebecca got caught a little short and she was just having her 'picnic wee' when a very friendly couple of border terriers appeared out of nowhere with their owners.  Much amusement all round and a good motivator for Rebecca to get a move on, with a couple of terriers scampering around her nether regions.  This was followed by an excellent pine cone fight and an ice cream at the cafe - well it was above 0 degrees therefore perfect weather for an ice cream according to James!

Having dropped Emma and the kids in TW I have come back home to do some work in the meantime.  Has anyone tried to leave a comment recently - it seems to be impossible?  Any tips much appreciated.  Also please forward this link to anyone who might interested.

Love to all in the meantime.  God Bless.

Andrew