When I arrived home at 9pm, I knocked on the front door and could hear them saying who is that! When they opened the door I got the biggest cuddles, they were so excited to see me. It was the loveliest welcome and god had I missed their faces. Once they let me in the lounge to sit down on the sofa, I got more cuddles and I said goodbye to my gorgeous friend and cousin and thanked them for picking me from London and bringing me home.

That night I slept the best I had done in 4 days, there is nothing like sleeping in your own bed! The next morning Andy went to get my medication from the chemist and I just camped out on the sofa catching up with the kiddies, listening to what they had been up to at school and watching some movies with them. Andy came back with my medication and I read the instructions, I had to take Budenofalk which is a steroid, Pentasa which helps with inflammation I think and some vitamin D tablets. The pentasa tablets are huge but luckily I am ok with taking tablets. I have to take 7 tablets a day, so something I feel I may need to get use to!

Monday came along and the kiddies were dropped off at school by my husband and then suddenly I was at home alone again. The tiredness just suddenly comes on throughout the day and floors me that I need to sleep. I have learnt over the last few weeks that I need to listen to my body and just go with what it needs. You would never usually catch me sleeping during the day. I was still managing to work but probably only about half of what I would normally do. I rested when I needed to and napped when I couldn’t keep my eyes open.

The shakiness was no better and even sometime worse, this was so annoying and made me feel awful most of the day. I had also not been to the toilet (number twos) since before my Colonoscopy so I read up and it said sometimes can take a few days for bowels to start working again. My lack of appetite probably was not helping much either! I also started researching online all about Crohn’s disease just in case but also Bowel Cancer for worse case scenario. The Crohn’s stuff blew my mind as one person would say you can’t eat this and that and then some other article would say its not about the diet! I was so confused and started only eating certain things listening to people who said diet works. Again I don’t think helped with my bowel movement situation.

The days went slowly and couldn’t wait for the kiddies to come home and tell me about their day and give me cuddles. Andy was the taxi, chef and cleaner with a little help with some of the school runs from a good friend of mine which we were very grateful for. I also had news that my gorgeous cousins funeral would be the following Wednesday, I was glad that I could go and say my goodbyes properly. It amazed me how many people did not think I should go, I was going even if I had to be carried, Nothing could stop me going!