Thank you so much for your comments and messages wishing us well for Miss Frugal's visit to the hospital this morning.  All of your positive vibes and good luck worked - the Dr told us today that he is certain that she does not have a tumour.He said that she is suffering from childhood pre migraine aura without the migraine element and confirmed that she is experiencing abdominal migraines, both of which *may* effect her more as she gets older, especially when she hits puberty.  Obviously this isn't brilliant but compared to what we'd prepared for, it is the best news we've ever … [Read more...]

Tomorrow is the day we take Miss Frugal to the hospital to see the brain surgeon.  We've waited for months for the appointment after being told that the brain scan had ruled out most things but there was a possibility that she had a very small slow growing tumour that would not have shown on the scan due to it's size.The fact we've had such a long wait isn't necessarily a good sign as some people have said to me because the tumour (if there is one) was so small at the time of the scan that they would need to leave it for a period for it to become detectable if you see what I mean.She … [Read more...]

  Dear ChildrenDo not read until you are all growed up  ;-)Remember when you were little and I took you swimming? Well I think you're old enough now to know my secret I really hate swimming more than anything in the world. But I took you anyway because you loved to swim and get wet.Remember when you were little and I sometime picked up spiders? I want to tell you something about that too. I might have looked calm but inside I was really screaming. You wouldn't want to be as scared as me, would you?Remember when you were little and I ate carrots? Well I may have told you … [Read more...]

I have a *friend* who has been poorly for the last month with a chest infection.  One of the symptoms of her infection has been a bad cough that's kept her awake at night, made her sick and occasionally even caused her to wee herself a little bit (because of the coughing you understand).Anyway, this morning when she was dropping her daughter off at school she was having a rather loud coughing fit in the playground when her daughter said to one of her school friends ' Uh oh, I really hope she doesn't wee herself again'.  However, as my *friend* was still coughing, her daughter  thought she … [Read more...]

Yes, I know I need to clean my house because Miss Frugal has been able to write me a message in the dust on the base of our TV. (In my defense, I've been unwell with a chest infection for the last month but still....) … [Read more...]