For several years we have taken my son and his family to a cottage by the sea. We all love it, The beach is over the road, and there are lovely walks in any direction.
The problem is that I am living with Mesothelioma. I had Chemotherapy several years ago, which helped, but the tumors have come back and have spread. I am now on Immunotherapy, but that has side effects. I get tired very easily, don't have much of an appetite, and have moments of worrying about my future.
I think we have 3 options:-
1. To cancel the holiday because I won't be able to walk very far, and I have to avoid the sun. So I can't relax and read a book outside.
Basically, the holiday costs around £1000, and I don't want to spend so much on a holiday I won't enjoy.
Perhaps I could give my son some money as a compensation for not going (they are not well off)
2. To send Grandpa with them. He is not keen as apart from being hard work (he is 76). Our GS wets the bed nearly every night. This is not good as it means washing/drying making the bed whilst hoping the pee hasn't gone through to the mattress. (I already had to pay for new bedding after a previous visit).
3. To send them on their own. This is not agreeable because of the bed-wetting, and their untidiness. Neither are they good at leaving the place clean and tidy.
Writing this has clarified one thing, I don't want to send them on their own.
I will have to cancel soon, if that is what we choose to do.
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