Chemo number 5 today. I am not looking forward to the sickness but glad we are progressing towards the end of chemo. With each one I am closer to the end!

Yesterday was lovely despite being a dialysis day. Usually I arrive at dialysis at 12 which means that there isn't much of a morning before I go, by the time I have got ready. However yesterday the unit rang and asked me to go at 1 which gave me more time so I did what every girl would do - I shopped! My friend D took me to M&S and we had a lovely time. I bought some lovely tops to go with my new trousers. It was the first time I had been to M&S since I have been ill - maybe the longest I have gone without M&S in my adult life!!!!

Dialysis went well. I was put on the new machines that have recently arrived which are very clever. They can adapt the treatment to various levels in your blood. It is all way above my head! I also saw the oncologist who came to visit me on the ward. My blood results are good particularly my haemoglobin - hence my new found energy.

Better be off to start the day - with my bucket!!