Well it seems I have been a bit lazy with the blog this last week. My excuse is it has been totally uneventful on the book front. Now the book cover is finished I expected some movement on the final proofs. I asked the publisher for an update and got a vague ‘soon’.  Maybe it is just me but I do wish they worked to some sort of timetable so I knew what was happening.

I don’t mind if the schedules slip just as long as I know what is going on and they keep me informed. I do find the uncertainty and lack of communication rather frustrating.  Being slightly paranoid   I tend to think the worst. In this economic climate companies are going down daily. The lack of communication and vagueness makes me start to worry they are going bust before my book is released.   Oh well time will tell, hopefully they are still there and working on my book!

On the subject of paranoia I find that when I am not feeling well I always assume the Lymphoma is coming back. I try to be sensible but I find I cannot help myself. The last few weeks I have been suffering from neck pain. I tried to put it out of my mind. I went through a period of ignoring it. I then tried to tell myself it was only a strain or I had just slept in the wrong position.

I tend to go into a downward spiral until my back starts to ache (psychosomatic probably but I cannot help myself) So I plucked up the courage and made a doctors appointment.

The day of the appointment arrived and I sat in the waiting room a little nervous. I even thought that the pain was getting better and perhaps I should not have booked the appointment. Still I sat there until I was called. The Doctor poked and prodded my neck and pushed where the lymph glands are and wow! It hurt.

So he then informed me that my glands were slightly swollen but not to worry it was probably only an infection. Not to worry! What does he know? He must have seen the look on my face as he then decided to take a blood test ‘just to be sure”

I had to wait five days for the result. I have to say nothing of book two got written at all. I did not even feel much like job hunting either. Anyway I got the results last Friday and thankfully they came up clear so it was just an infection. It is surprising how much better I feel.