Sewing Beefore the storm

Every few months I am lucky enough to go to Coventry (willingly, I am not sent!) to fill the Holiday Inn with the buzz of sewing machines.  Pam with Rozzie's help enables about 60 of us to sew and sew for as many hours as we have energy for.  We are fed (very regularly and well) and looked after impecably by the great team that work there who have become part of our weekends.

It was so in the balance whether I would be able to go this time so when the surgeon ringfenced the dates for me it meant a great deal. It was the first time I had seen Mum since my diagnosis and provided the perfect setting for us to be together amongst friends and explore our plethora of feelings in slow time.  Mum and I talk a lot on the phone but don't necessarily see each other that often due to the Knutsford to Bristol journey between us. That said, these weekends immersed in our shared hobby are always special and this one even more so.

Overall it felt like I had a weekend off from the phone and the illness.  I am sorry for not getting back to people or sending short replies, however, it was great to feel normal and lose myself in the seams of brightly coloured fabrics, stitching beautiful friendships, sharing non-digital threads and laughing at the odd yarn.

I have my "choose a boob" plastics appointment this week but my lymph scan/biopsy wont be until Wednesday. I do feel frustrated that it will have been almost a fortnight since they told me it was urgent.  I am also becoming concerned that there might then be another 2 week wait for the results and that the Mastectomy date wont be set until then.  I am going to see if there is some low-stress work I can do in the meanwhile if that is the case.  I feel like I have got to grips with my emotions now and think it will help to be useful while I wait.

PS  This is Jagger the Unicorn, a project I finished appliqueing and quilting this weekend