The Furry Monkey

01 january 06
happy new year everyone!

Another year comes to a close and a new one begins. It makes me wonder now.....how many of these will I see. Each time I see another one it makes me happy to add another one to the calendar. I'm not being morbid, but over the past year I have lost about 10 friends from cancer and it makes me think how come I'm still here? Why am I here and they are not? What difference is there between me and them? I'm not being morbid honestly but these thoughts do go through my mind and I wonder if anyone else has them or if it is just me?

09 january 06
rlhh, london

Some things have improved I'm pleased to say. Others are still the same and I've been given another prescription to try and see if it eases things. I'm sure I saw a celebrity in there but I'll have to check his name and see if it is who I think it is if you know what I mean.

bertie to the vets

I was worried about not making it back to take Bertie to the vets with John. I didn't want him to go in there without saying goodbye to him for now. It's a big risky operation but hopefully he will come out of it (stage 1) and then not get peritonitus (sp?) at stage 2. We won't know how he will be for 4/6 weeks after the operation.

We visited him every day at the vets and I was really worried at one stage when he wasn't even eating fresh fish the nurse had cooked for him. He was not 'Bertie' if you know what I mean.

13 january 06
dr cassoni, uch, london

Well it is Friday 13th so I should've realised it would happen. Yes - transport never arrived again. Mind you this is the sixth time an appointment has been changed in the last few days! So many letters from the hospital I didn't know where I was with them all.

I was surprised to get a phone call saying we could take Bertie home today. When we got there I asked if he was really OK and the vet said you'll be amazed at the change in him. He was sitting up in his travel box, meowing, bright eyed and with his paw sticking out of the door. He was Bertie again!!! I was so relieved about that. Now we have to get him through the next stages. It's going to cost £1000, luckily the vet has agreed to us paying a lump sum and then so much per month.

I tried all the animal charities to help us with this and NONE of them would help us can you believe it?!?!?!? After all those years of helping them and donating money and goods they won't help us or poor Bertie. You would think they'd at least help with something wouldn't you. It has angered and disappointed me a lot. Also a surprise too as I thought a couple of them helped out with situations like this. I now know who to support and who to not support in the future I'm sad to say.

24 january 06
dr cassoni, uch, london

Again no one turned up and apparently the clinic has been cancelled, but me, the patient, has not been told -so I sat there for two and a half hours - like a lemon waiting for something that was never going to arrive...typical...!!!!

The guy who answered the phone asked if I had a website and I said yes, he'd been told about it by Pauline. He then asked if this would be going on there and I said yes but I wouldn't mention his name. So here it is.

Appointment has been rearranged now for the 'New Improved Clinic' which is back on it's normal day of a Tuesday again..... All my latest ones have been on a Thursday. Not sure why they changed it back again but they have.

All I can say is thank heaven January is over for now....so many nightmare appointments (that didn't happen!) and appointments that were changed.