Earla (her sister) and Leigh-Ann had an early appointment with a counsellor. This seemed to have a very positive effect on Leigh-Ann's mindset. They both met me for a coffee at a lakeside coffee shop and bistro (Muddy Waters) and the conversation was upbeat.
Afterwards Leigh-Ann and I walked around the lagoon and chatted. Leigh-Ann started to talk about what our options might be for the future. She knows that her cancer is probably (but not certainly), inoperable and, if this is the case, she wanted to discuss where we would live and what would happen to all our possessions and dogs that we had hurriedly left behind in Spain.
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| Leigh-Ann and great nephew, Fraser |
We had planned to spend the rest of our lives in Spain and have an apartment, a house, car, scooter, furniture, dogs, padel and friends in Nerja!
We also began to talk about chemotherapy but Leigh-Ann does not know much about it and does not want to know anything about it just yet. I have already researched it and knew that this would be another tough decision for her to make. There can be negative side effects as well as benefits for her cancer but it will not be a cure.
Strangely, these conversations have also eased the general mood and will make other topics easier to speak about in the future as things arise.
In the meantime we are still waiting for some contact from the hospital regarding the biopsy and, going forward, the treatment that will follow.
It was my turn to cook dinner last night: roast beef, roasted veggies and Yorkshire puddings. It sounded like a good idea at the time but it was my first time cooking either beef or Yorkshire puddings. The beef turned out really well but the Yorkshires did not rise and turned out soggy and, well, frankly, inedible.
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