MonGin, TueGin, WedGin ....you get the idea!

What a great holiday! To celebrate 50 years on this planet (who knows where I was before) I rented a villa in Menorca for 2 weeks and said to people they could rock up if they got a flight. A HUGE thanks to Gaye Andrews, Paul Joynson, Roseann Dodgson, Andy and Rosie Billington, Ade Morris and Nadine Reardon for making it such a fun time.....not forgetting Big D who did all the driving for us. If you've never been Menorca is a truly beautiful island, great food and world famous for its gin! Our days were fuelled by BBQ, beer , Pimms and Sangria....our nights either in the Budha Cafe Lounge (a must!) or laughing our tits off at tribute bands in the St Jaime Club. Some people got a taste for the Gin and really relaxed into it.....I have a feeling they didn't sober up for the four days they were with us. Nothing like a man declaring undying love for you at 2 in the morning ......I'm sure he's seen sense now and if his wife is reading this .....you know what he's like! Lol xxx For those of you counting I did manage to walk at least 5k most days , some days it was nearer 10 so I don't feel too bad but I'm sure there is more of me coming back than went. Once in a while I almost forgot that I'm due my mammogram soon , but then the scar would poke out from the bikini (topless days are sadly over due to radiotherapy) like a wrinkly brown worm :( never mind at least I'm still alive to go on holidays. Next stop Butlins with the babies then Tortosa to stay on the fincA with Roseann and then a couple of nights in my beloved Barcelona. Once they are all done I'm gonna book the mammo and hold my breath. I had some lovely words of reassurance from one of my BC girls ...she's just had the all clear for her second year .....keep your fingers crossed I will too. I've made a few decisions already , if the cancer is back I'm gonna continue working during the treatment, I know what it's all about now! And if I get the all clear Big D is gonna take me away for a dirty weekend ...not quite like the old days obviously .....but we'll have a great time! That's one of the only things about this cancer , the side effects of the medication. At my age I don't deserve to be thrown into menopause with all it's shitty outcomes. No one warns you about the dramatic effects of what should be a natural process when it's chemically induced. I won't go into the physical changes here but if anyone is interested they can look them up!!! Yesterday we went to the marriage blessing of Betty and Stephen, I couldn't sit through it and spent all the service in the toilet blabbing like a baby , that's another thing , you never know when the tears will come. I just take myself out of the situations now so I don't make a proper tit of myself and distract from what's really going on. So if I disappear don't worry , I'll just be surrounded by soggy tissues somewhere. And if I refuse an invitation where I would normally have jumped at the chance before now you know the reason why. Now the holiday is over I really need to knuckle down to sorting out my diet ....no booze for a couple of weeks at least .....get the fruit and veg flowing freely again ....must admit I need that 'function' back ....changes of water and climate play havoc with my insides! Time to get exercising in earnest ...I've got a point to prove to myself!! But that all starts tomorrow .......today is curry day!!!