What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella

Author:Sophie Kinsella [Kinsella, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780593977576
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2024-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

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Welcome home Eve!! Have a lovely reunion, the children have been looking forward to it!

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I Don’t Really Need a Carer

Hello, lovely to meet you, Helen, come on in. This is the kitchen and this is the sitting room and this is the bedroom. I don’t really need a carer, but my husband is away on business and he worries about me.

Yes, I’ve had surgery and now I’m on chemo and radiation therapy. I have to remember to take the right pills at the right time, that’s the main thing. But other than that, I’m fine. I don’t really need a carer.

My husband is very protective and, to be honest, he’s overreacted. I’ll be an easy job for you, because I don’t really need any help. But it’ll be nice to have some company.

Yes, it all kicked off before Christmas. At first I was just really wobbly and then I kept falling over. So they scanned my brain and found this tumor. I had brain surgery and then loads of rehab. But I’m so much better than I was. I really don’t need a carer.

Let me show you around the kitchen. Tea and coffee? Yes, of course, just here.

Oh.

Sorry, not there. Here.

I just sometimes get confused about the cupboards. It’s no big deal. They took a big chunk of my brain out and sometimes I get memory lapses.

Cook me supper? Wow. Well, that would be very helpful, thank you! I feel very spoiled. But I don’t need it, really.

Yes, sorry, that saucepan is bust. My fault, I put an egg on to boil and forgot about it and it boiled all the way through. Stupid of me, really.

I think that’s when my husband first called the agency. He gets worried that I can’t cope on my own. But as I say, it was an overreaction. I don’t really need a carer. Yes, chicken would be lovely. There’s some in the fridge, I think. Oh, you know that already. Oh, you discussed supper with my husband? He is brilliant. I don’t know what I would do without him. But he’s gone to Ireland on work. Yes, he didn’t want to go, but life goes on, you know?

Yes, don’t worry, I’m happy to talk about it. The diagnosis was glioblastoma grade four, so that wasn’t great. But I had surgery and they got the whole tumor out, so fingers crossed.

Oh God. I’m so sorry, I’ve forgotten your name already.

Helen. Yes. Helen. I can remember that. Helen. Sorry. I think when they took the chunk of brain out, they took out my short-term memory with it. But I’m fine, really.

Yes, radiation and chemo. Temozolomide. You have to remember not to eat at certain times when you’re on this chemo, but luckily my husband reminds me, otherwise I would just eat a biscuit by mistake.

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