Fourth Chemotherapy Cycle Completed

We've been back to the Oncology Unit at the hospital for Carol to have the pump disconnected. She was booked to be there at 3.40 p.m. and we got there well in time, but there was no room in the carpark so I had to drop her off near the Cardiology Department and I drove round to the ground-level carpark opposite A and E and walked back through the hospital grounds to Oncology.  By the time I'd walked along the corridor to the Macmillan Unit (only a short distance.) and then walked back to the Oncology Unit, Carol was sitting in the main part of the unit having the pump removed by one of the nurses. The nurses work exceptionally hard. They deserve a pay rise. There was a television on in the Oncology Suite, with the BBC News channel on. They were showing a live broadcast of a House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee meeting, about the gender pay-gap. I was wondering, how on earth can these people, the men in particular, be paid such outrageous amounts, in some cases over £150,000 a year, for just sitting in a nice, warm television studio, when nurses and doctors as well as paramedics, who have to work under such pressure and for such low pay and probably haven't had a pay-increase for a few years? I think that's more of an inequality than a load of television 'personalities.' Having said that, if we're talking about pay increases, how about teachers? Well, I would say that, now, wouldn't I?

It's been bright and sunny but it's still cold with a sharp wind as we walked back and froth from the car to the oncology unit.