Tuesday 25 April 2017

Thursday 16th March 2017

Well what can I say it was a disastrous day.

 Today I was suppose to have a dentist appointment because my top set of false teeth (dentures) doesn't fit properly but there was a family emergency which meant I couldn't get a lift. My grandma has had this cellulitis infection for a little bit now but she had to go to the doctor this morning and they wanted her to go into hospital urgently because the they thought she might have a deep vein thrombosis. As some of may know a deep vein thrombosis can be a life threatening problem so it was more important that my mum took my Grandma to the hospital instead of me to the dentist. I am glad to report though that the tests game back and she got all the clear which means a massive weight has been lifted.

 I wish I could have said that was the worst part of my day but it wasn't. As many of you know I have dyspahgia (swallowing disorder) due to a Crohn's stricture in my oesophagus so for that reason I eat a pureed diet. Well for a while now I have been pureeing pot noodles in a small blender and they have always gone down with no problems until this evening. I was eating sweet and sour one and there was a piece of pepper that hadn't blended properly which is now lodged either at the top of my stricture or further down. I have had things get stuck before because that's what can happen when you have a stricture but I have never had an issue getting it to pass or come back up until tonight. I have tried so hard to make it come back up and I have tried drinking fizzy juice but the juice won't pass so I have to bring it back up too, at this point I am now out of ideas and all I can hope for is it moves by it's self. 

 Well that is it for this post, take care everyone and til next time keep strong and keep fighting. 💗💙💚💛💜

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Monday 20 March 2017

Losing my best friend, October/November 2016

Well, well it's been a a while and so much has happened since October last year. 

 Life has gone from losing my best friend (my cat), struggling with depression, adopting a new kitten, starting a new relationship and overcoming a number of hurdles. This blog post will be the first in a series of 3 which are going to be catch up posts and then after that I will be back to normal. 

Now let's go all the way back to October 2016. October has always been one of those months that I have hated because for some reason a lot of bad things happen in October, which I am not going to list because we would be here for a very long time.

 In October my beautiful cat Snowball got sick with what we thought was just a cold but after a couple of weeks she wasn't getting better. Due to her not improving I decided to take her to the vet and they put her on medication to help her get better but Snowball didn't get better she just kept getting worse. Her breathing was noisy, she wasn't eating as much or really drinking either so we took Snowball back to the vet but there wasn't really anything they could do for her so an urgent referral was made to specialist vet. 

 We were able to get her to the specialist quickly and at that initial appointment they decided that she would need a CT scan of her skull because they really wanted to have a look her nasal passages. So on Tuesday at 11am Snowball was dropped off and they did the CT scan which showed up a mass, which of course they decided to take a biopsy of to obviously find out what it was. Due to having Snowball's scan and biopsy done in the late afternoon they kept her in overnight and gave her fluids to rehydrated her so when she came home the following day she  was actually doing a bit better but it didn't last. 

 By the Friday we had the results back from the scan and it was the worst news it could be, Snowball had an aggressive form of cancer. The scan had obviously shown the mass but it had also shown that it had eaten away at the bone as well and the vet had strong suspicions that it had spread to her spine because she was becoming very wobbly on her legs as well. 

 I was absolutely heartbroken and I didn't want to lose my best friend but I had to do the right for her, she wasn't going to get any better, the cancer was just going to eat away at the rest of her skull, she was in pain, she couldn't eat, she couldn't drink and she wasn't going to be able to walk either. So the following day Saturday 12th of November I said goodbye to my best friend. 




"I am going to miss you more then words can say, you are my best friend, my baby, your the best cat that I could ask for. When I was sad you always do something funny, when I would cry you would lick the tears from my face, when I couldn't sleep you would always keep you company, you saved my life on many occasions. My heart is broken and I don't know what I am going to do without you."

 I made the decision to have Snowball cremated so I have her ashes on my bookcase in a nice sunny spot because she loved to sunbathe. 


Well that is it for this post,sorry that is has been so long since my last one but I really did need a break. Take care everyone and til next time keep strong and keep fighting. 💗💙💚💛💜

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