Shopping

Today was for replacing my wardrobe, or at least those bits of it which included trousers with a 34" waist. My younger son said he would come with me and we decided to avoid our massive local shopping centre as it would be packed with Christmas shoppers and opted instead to head for a local town centere, Altrincham, where I had heard there was a branch of Greenwoods, a traditional men's outfitters.

My reasoning was that I would need some advice and maybe a man who knew how to use a tape measure to get something suitable. If all else failed they could always do me a made to measure deal but as it turned out that wasn't necessary.

I am now the proud possessor of a suit and two pairs of slacks each with a high waist clear of my stoma and with a 40" waist. Ann has bought me a couple of pairs of smart braces so I'm now fully equipped.

The best thing about this outing was that I was away from home and the bathroom wearing a legbag and I didn't give it one thought through all that time. This has been a great psychological step forward.

Also when I got home I found that my court rota for next year had arrived by e-mail. I had said not to schedule any dates for January but Jan has done that. Since the first date is January 13th I am pretty sure I will be ready and eager to get back.

This has been a good day & I hope the rest of the week is as good. I have a CT scan to monitor those damned nodules in my lung on Thursday 9th and a urology appointment to follow up my surgery on Friday 10th. Let's hope for good news.