In Suffolk the mobile breast cancer screening service travels to various locations and as I'm 70 it was my turn for my last screening- unless I request more, which I probably will as there is and has been so much cancer in the family (but how to remember to contact them in 3 years time?)
The unit parks in the car-park of the Co-op on the edge of Stowmarket. It was pouring with rain so I didn't get a photo but it's this one below, which in this photo is parked in Leiston Co-op car-park where I used to visit it every 3 years when we were at the smallholding. They were running late so it was a bit of a wait, but I'd rather wait than have to drive all the way to Ipswich Hospital.
I don't understand women who don't take up the chance to be screened. Now it's just a wait with fingers crossed to get a letter saying all is OK......or not. Although the only time I was called back in the last 20 years was because of static on the screen.
And as I was in town I went to Aldi, Asda and Superdrug so I didn't need to go shopping anywhere for a week. Here we go - a shopping photo for those who love them!
Apples, pears, mini potatoes, purple sprouting broccoli, cheese, dried prunes, rice, tortilla wraps, 2 tins sardines, Hovis biscuits for a change, Linda McCartney mozzarella burgers and a tube of pringles. Total £19.95.
Plus 2 packs of paracetamol from Superdrug 78p.
The apples and pears are British and the potatoes are even more local - coming from Wantisden Farms near Woodbridge in Suffolk. Unfortunately the purple sprouting is from Spain - I reckon it's too wet here for harvesting.
There were several empty spaces in Aldi - no decaf ground coffee, no Shropshire Blue cheese and no dried apricots (I've been eating chopped apple/pear and soaked prunes warmed up in the microwave for breakfast and fancied apricots for a change).
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I've been enjoying watching the GB Curling Mixed doubles at the Winter Olympics. It's one of those things that looks quite simple - just sliding the stone down the ice to land closest to the middle of the circle and trying to get more stones closer than the other team - same as bowls. But all that sweeping and sliding up and down the sheet looks exhausting and the teams all seem to be young and I reckon it's quite hard on the knees too.
Today there is more curling and the skiing events start and also two matches in the six-nations rugby. I hope they are less one-sided than the France v Ireland game when France looked unstoppable.
I'm always shocked at the amount of people who fail to attend their screening appointments. They have a list of the figures in the waiting area at the hospital that I go to.
ReplyDeleteI'm fascinated by curling. It's something I'd love to have a go at.
Have a lovely weekemd, Sue. Xx
I make a note at the end of my current diary for breast screening and then carry it forward to the next year. So in three years' time you should have a timely reminder to request another screening!
ReplyDeleteI too would never miss a screening test, I will have to ask for them now I'm over 70, as a survivor of breast cancer for 15 years, I will still need to see a clear result.
ReplyDeleteIf weather patterns continue to evolve as they seem to be doing, I think we'll either have to change what we grow and where we grow it, and if we want to eat local we'll have to change what we eat based on what we can grow locally.
ReplyDeleteScottish curlers are doing very well as part of Team GB and every curling stone used comes from granite hewn in Ailsa Craig, a small uninhabited island off west of Scotland. I thought the team uniform was both attractive and sensible and the opening ceremony was very colourful.Catriona
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