Dear oh dear, a busy few days here. Friends and animals with health problems to think about and sort out.

My ex hubby, who I met when I was a kid of 16 and we've always stayed friends, has cancer, and I haven't been able to get him on the phone this week.
When we live alone, it is not always possible to get help quickly if we need it, so it worried me when he wasn't picking the phone up. All sorted now, and he's fine thank goodness.

Another dear friend of mine in Scotland has just had a mastectomy, so I phoned her to see if she's ok as well.

Another friend was at hospital yesterday having a cataract op, so I had to go and see to her dogs for her while she was away.
She has got 4, so with my lot as well, I had 9 dogs to look out for yesterday!
I also needed to get my weekly shop done, plus had a veterinary appointment with one of my lot to get to.

Then one of my dogs was poorly on Tuesday night. She jumped on my bed during the night and I could feel her shaking like a leaf. She was all of a tizz and couldn't settle, totally out of character. She felt hot to touch.
To cut a long story short, even though her temperature was normal in the morning, I noticed a huge red patch about 6" across spreading over her side, and she didn't look well in the face.
Made a quick veterinary appt. and by then her mouth was red inside, so were her ears, eyes and even her bum! I was afraid it was a chemical burn from the fields.
Vet thought it was an allergy to something and gave her a steroid injection and she calmed down quite quickly.
Had to take her back again next day for another, smaller dose as she still had small areas of red skin, but very much better.

I went out again last night and took some fish & chips down to my friend who'd just had the op, incase she didn't feel up to cooking.
I am driving her to the vets this afternoon as it's still less than 24 hrs since her eye op. She has a cat with cancer that needs a check up.

As if that is not all enough, I am still friend's with my son's ex girlfriend, I have known her for many years. She has been ill with worsening MS for a long time, but has now been whipped into hospital where they have just discovered she also has cancer as well. That poor girl. She is 47.
I need to try and get in to visit her as well.

Talk about everything coming at once. So if anyone did notice I haven't been around much for a few days, it is because I have had so much to do and am worn out making plans and trying to remember what's what.

There again, perhaps that was a bit presumptuous of me,
maybe no one noticed me posting a bit less even.

Now that was a silly post Meg!... I am now considering who to send round to give you mouth to mouth resuscitation.

Meg I have just put together a raised bed and the very same thought struck me!