Kick that Uterus into Touch

   When I returned from our little holiday this week, I was delighted to open up a letter which held my FREEDOM PASS! I was more than thrilled yesterday to use said pass on the tram, and felt a great sense of satisfaction to pat myself on the back and tap the freedom pass on the reader knowing that I haven’t yet reached the milestone birthday! Ha Ha!  Yup - going to be an OAP on Sunday. My 66th birthday. Proper pensionable age.  Do I feel it? Sometimes......... although I try really hard to keep that positivity (that I’m famous for 😋) present as much as I can, there are moments when I feel a bit aged. Most of the time, I feel no different to the chirpy music/drama student training to be a teacher in the mid seventies - just a bit wiser perhaps........ but then I realise that I’m starting to make a groaning sound when I get up from the chair on occasions - and also recognise that I don’t kneel down with alacrity on the floor to pick dropped things up, just in ca...

 It’s been just over 18 months now since 1 discovered that my endometrial cancer (stage 1b initially) had metastasised in the sigmoid colon.  Certainly has been a roller coaster of a ride, but I’m feeling blessed that I’m still here to tell the tale! And what’s more, I’m actually feeling really well. A few aches and pains have been noticed - and I do find myself huffing and puffing a bit (and making a discernible ‘ooft’ sound) when I get up from a chair, or from the floor (not often all the way down there to be honest, just every now and then),,,,,,, and I’m probably not quite as quick climbing the stairs, and I rarely RUN down said stairs these days..... but hey ho...... going to be 66 in three weeks time. SiXTY SIX! How can this be??? I used to think that SIXTY was so very old! And now I’m approaching State Pension Age - and might I add? GETTING VERY EXCITED ‘BOUT IT! I’ve been unsuccessfully practising living on less income, but the state pension will certainly help. I supp...