What will be - will be!

This is a difficult post for me - we made the decision to put the house on the market.  Who knows if it sells or how long it will take but we know we will not be able to manage it on our own.  We also know that we wouldn't be on our own as we have such a great community here, our friends and neighbours have already offered their assistance and would do it willingly............but it's not the same. It's not so much the physical aspect but rather the frustration of not being able to see properly.  Don't get me wrong, he is adapting well and we know there are people who cope very well with vision problems.  We just have to find him other things to do and enjoy.

Alan and my brother, Tommy, doing what they love!

One of the reasons we love it here.

The end result (sorry, photos are in wrong order but I don't really know what I'm doing!)

On a more positive note, Alan continues to do well - a lot more tired than before but nonetheless coping well.  He is losing the extra weight put on while he was taking steroids and is almost back to normal.  It takes a lot out of him just to have visitors, the mental strain of showing how "good" he feels. We are not too concerned, as we've been told more than once, that this would happen.  I still make him take a walk each day, not to have a coffee in a boutique cafe though, but to the mail box and back up the hill!  If you've ever walked up our hill, you'll know how hard that is!! We walked over to the dam paddock yesterday and disturbed a pair of ducks with their family of tiny ducklings racing between the water lilies.

We leave on Saturday for another 2 weeks in Sydney and a review with the oncologists which we hope will give us good news regarding his progress. I'll keep you posted.