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Category: Life It's been a busy day for me today. I was out of the house by 12pm having showered, washed my hair and managed to pretty much recreate Tuesday's creation by Gary (hairdresser, not at all gay - in fact he lives with his girlfriend). First stop was the surgery for my pre-chemo blood tests. I found a space (always a novelty) in the car park and when I got to the door there was a notice telling me that there would be NO blood clinic today. Great! Back in the car and whizzed round to the hospital to the pathology department. The notice on the door said appointments must be made - so I rang the number. No-one available until 1pm. Ah well, I needed the blood tests or I can't have chemo so I wandered in. After a few seconds a nurse appeared and I explained why I was there. She explained that I don't need an appointment, so long as I have my form I can wander in whenever I like! More special treatment for the chemo/cancerpatient. I didn't dare push my luck and ask for a ticket so I could get off the £1 parking. She apologised after the first phial was full and cotton swab applied - she'd not noticed the CEA test request - that's a special marker for colorectal cancer and some other conditions which can act as a guide to reoccurrence - but it's not infallible by any means. The second lot she took with an old style syringe with a very fine needle from the top of my wrist - never had blood taken from there - I was quite excited - said it was the highlight of my day! She said she liked my necklace and ear-rings - so I told her in a whisper "Asda - £5!". I was thirsty as ever so bought a cup of tea and a sausage bap from the cafe and a Prima magazine from the shop. My cancer buddy Debsi is in it this month!!! Way to go Deb! I flicked through whilst stuffing my face with the incredibly unhealthy snack until I found her - I'm sure that's an image she'll appreciate. Next stop - the post office.............via New Look (oops). There was a long top/dress that I was hankering after for weeks and it was reduced finally to a tenner so perfect for Angela's birthday party at the end of August. Oh and I accidentally tried on another two tops and bought one of those for a tenner too - well I need longer tops to cover PTW, it's not for me obviously, it's just so no-one gets upset seeing the top of the bag. YES IT IS, (honest). Finally I got to the post office to take some passport photos - urgh, wish I'd put on a bit more make up than a waft of eye-liner. Back in the car - to see the very nice and incredibly helpful, not to mention knowledgeable lady from St Barnabas Hospice. They work in conjunction with MacMillan nurses so pretty much cover everything between them. She filled out an application form for my blue disabled parking badge - which the photos were needed for. I should get that next week! She then explained that Disability Living Allowance shouldn't be included as income for the purposes of my Child Tax Credits (which I was getting even on full pay). She's applied for a grant from MacMillan for me - which could be nothing or something. If it's something I'll get a nice cheque through the door. Then she gave me the number to ring to apply for Incapacity Benefit. I may even, depending on the level of DLA which I shall hopefully get, qualify for a reduction in my Council Tax - it just gets better and better! Of course I may only get the blue badge - but that's free parking in Boston and no need to get an exemption slip every time I go to for chemo. Back home I rang and went through the application for Incapacity Benefit and Income Support. I may get nothing because of my mortgage insurance pay out but I've declared it so we'll see. So all in all a good day and potentially a lucrative one. 19:15 - 6 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove | 
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