Regent street

We did not go to the exhibition last night, I felt it would be too much for Gavin. I won't see it this year as it is only on today, before it moves to the London site of the club, and we were busy today so could not go see it. 

Gavin had a slow start to the morning as he did not sleep well and was feeling a bit worn out today. I went back to my weekly group golf lesson after an absence of 4 weeks, and it did feel good to be outdoors in the sunshine having a lesson on chipping. 

We had an early lunch and then went to London for Gavin's check up with the surgeon. As it was in a busy part of London, the Marylebone area, I did not want to drive so we got a train up and then a taxi from the station to the doctor's rooms. The train was a new one so it was clean, very comfortable and had air conditioning, which made the journey very pleasant.

We had a very positive meeting with the surgeon. Gavin's wound is a bit red in one area so he recommended going on an antibiotic just to be safe - the local GP practice nurse had done a swab of it so based on that result they will prescribe the correct antibiotic. Other than that, all is well. He is very positive bordering on being a bit gung ho and said that Gavin can go for walks, eat what he wants and even drive. When we asked about sport he said no sport for 2 months but he can play golf 'as that is not really a sport!' There is absolutely no way Gavin can play golf now, so he will be sensible about that. We also know to be careful with what Gavin eats so he won't rush back to eating bread which is what caused the ileus last time he introduced solids. I think the surgeon was just trying to boost him.

We mentioned we had a trip to San Diego on the 23rd to see Adam which we were about to cancel, and he said we must go - he said the only risk after a major surgery like that is DVT, but as Gavin has been injecting himself with blood thinners since the operation, the risk is reduced. It's a daytime flight so he can walk around a fair bit and then can sleep when he needs to. His thinking is to enjoy life while he is 'cancer free' and to do everything he wants to, and I guess life is too short to cancel plans. We will see what the oncologist says on Monday before deciding about this. Gavin will have to have CT scans every 3 months to check for tumours so maybe he should enjoy life while he can. The oncologist may have some other plan but we are not sure what, as chemotherapy and radiotherapy won't work for Gavin. Gavin came home feeling brighter, it was just what he needed. 

This is the view of Regent Street taken through the back window of the taxi as we returned to the station. I presume the flags are still up from the VE Day celebrations.