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The End of Olga Era
Ah well, this one was in the offing for the last few months, but just to say that Olga died on Sunday. For those who I haven't bored with tales of lemon drizzle cake and proper tea from a teapot, with real china cups and saucers, Olga was my Age Concern elderly lady, that I was…
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2 Years Post-Transplant
Well, the day's rolled round and its a funny old feeling. It's 2 years today since I sat on my bed in Parkside, with 6 tubes sprouting precariously from my neck. When they brought the freezing mini Tardis in with its precious packets of what looked like frozen salmon, my invisible but magical stem cells, ready to…
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Gym Bunny
Smuggy Small Bit McSmug here – wanting to report that I have so far managed two whole weeks of being a good little gym bunny as part of the Countdown to Wedding fitness/fatness regime. Three gym visits each week plus a game of hockey equals – apparently – about 4,200 calories, according to my new sports…
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Resolute? Dissolute? ABSOLUTE!!!!!!!!
Da da da da da da Daaaaaaaaahhhhh!!! We are very pleased to announce That The Legal Fairy McSchmairy Has finally got off its little taffeta tushy And flown in A much looked-forward-to Piece of A4 paper Stating that At Bahamas Registrar general department, Sandals In the District of Western District, New Providence, Bahamas The decree of…
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Post No.150 (Also Known As ‘Back to Work’)
Ok – so the 'back to work' title was enough to raise a snore from me as I even thought about it, so decided it was more rousing to say that this is the 150th post I have put on my never-expected-to-have-one-of-these blog. Amazingly – some of you have stayed the course and managed to…
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Happy New Year
Blimey, 2011 is already upon us – 2010 shifted at a bit of a rate of knots, didn't it? It feels that way to me anyway – even though there is a very lovely thing in the offing this year (el grande wedding), the thought of it already being 2011 scares me a bit, to be…
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Crimble Stuff
So, then, like many of us I suspect we have spent Christmas: – Stuffing vast quantities of nosh down our chops, trying to keep up the national average of eating every 23 minutes on Chistmas Day (only every 23? what are Brits these days, calorie wimps??) – Lying on the sofa, watching feelgood film re-runs…
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Mr Sore Knee
Well, yesterday we scooted up to Parkside for H's knee operation. Started badly when we were told to report to the 3rd floor – the location of my nemesis the Stem Cell transplant, and only an oncology floor. Thought there had to be a mistake and was totally creeped out by being back there, even…
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The Big Knee Op
So then – not only does H have a cracking bout of man flu, but his mega knee operation is looming all too close – goes in tomorrow morning for a good slice & dice. Still not sure if he's having the smaller 'tidy it up and think about what comes next' op, or the…
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All Good with Prof
Hurrah – just had Christmas sign off from Prof. Amazingly, all is going really well in the right direction still – IgG, IgA, IgM proteins all heading the right way, light chains ratio holding steady at a good level, paraprotein still barely detectable at 'apostophes 1' level, haemoglobin and white blood cells count and neutrohils all…