Elaine had a serious chest infection for at least a month which meant that she was confined to bed all day most of the time, perhaps coming downstairs for a couple of hours to watch tv. Sadly, this coincided with her three week break from chemo so she wasn’t able to take advantage of this respite. She suddently started feeling better and brighter again about two weeks ago, just as the chemo restarted, although over the past week she has had 2-3 bad days. Knowing many of her friends look in here to learn the latest, I have encouraged her to write but she didn’t feel inspired, until today. Although Calderdale Royal replied to my complaint just before Christmas, I keep meaning to post it here yet, and composing a firm riposte.