Well it has been a difficult year and, realistically, the coming year will be just as difficult.

Right now Elaine is ok, there are some issues but overall she is functioning quite well. The main issue is a UTI which is proving very, very hard to control and is causing quite a bit of grief. However we have just had a few days away in the van and I think that Elaine enjoyed most of it.

There is not much else to say, I just hope that between us we can handle whatever 2018 throws at us.

Wow, once again I am taken aback by the length of time since my last blog.

 Not a lot has happened and we don't talk about you know what in the hopes that it will get insulted and nick off. Elaine still has various niggledy issues but strong girl that she is she just keeps going. Last weekend we had our annual Chunamas family show which involves about 20 people including our lovely grandchildren, but is mostly adults. Elaine arranged it and at her insistence did a fair bit of the work. Reluctantly towards the end however, she allowed Toni and me to do a bit. But the day was attribute to her determination and was enjoyed, as usual, by all.

One of Elaine 'little' issues has been an ongoing UTI, like about 6 weeks ongoing. Eventually she surrendered and allowed her doctors to admit her to hospital where they are pumping her full of antibiotics. Obviously by intravenous drip and it is having a beneficial effect. Hopefully she will be home by next Tuesday.

Wow it is a month since I last posted, not good.

Not much has happened in that month. We have finished the radiotherapy and with nothing else on offer are just sitting around waiting to see what happens next. Elaine us basically feeling good, she has lots of relatively little nagging things but her pain level is right down so she is able to feel just a little better in herself. We have had a chat with our oncologist but he had nothing to add other than to report that her blood chemistry is good. She is still very lethargic and has permanent damage to one leg which affects her walking but these are minor issues in the big picture.

We know what the end result will be so we aren't living in a fantasy world but we are able to enjoy this relative freedom. Over the next couple of weeks we have organised family stuff, then unless the van is sold we will take a bit of a break. In fact either way we will take a break!

I will try to keep up the blog despite the lack of exciting activity, like treatments and doctors visits, to report.