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PARKSIDE: VISITING INFO
Update So then, had the first session of 'Stem Cell Harvesting' at the London Clinic on Mon - biggest metal needle I've ever had inserted into my person went into right arm, but fortunately they stuck a bendy one into my left arm so I could still do Codewords, Sudoku and get my fill of the Daily…
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It’s Been a Good Christmas..
… and you know I don't say that many years!!! But I have to say. the past 12 days or so have been bloody great. Mostly because… NO DRUGS!!!!!! So I've actually felt like me again. Ok, so I'm a whopping 13 stone 'me' at the moment – yes, I know, its a complete shocker,…
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Stem Cell Transplant – Oh God, Here We Go…
Hello lovely blog readers – taking a few mins off from the mince pies & boozing??? Hope this doesn't put a dampener on your Xmas, but I thought you might as well know a bit of detail about what's coming up, so get a cup of tea, Terry's Choc Orange and read on… Well, I kind of…
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Bit of Half News..
Afternoon Campers, Have just seen Prof, worried that Chelsea will get knocked out of whatever the Cup thing is against Cluj Romania tonight and only just off a flight from San Fran, looking a bit less than Prof-like in a slightly dodgy slept-in tracksuit top. But he did have some 'half news' – the magic protein level has…
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It’s All A Bit Shit Really…
Ah, now I see why the Prof has kept asking me if I feel depressed over the past couple of visits – I guess it must be one of those things that happens to people a certain way into treatment and he was on the lookout for it. Well yes – I think it's hit!…
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Have to wait 2 weeks for more news but in the meantime..
Saw Prof today – quite grumpy as Blackburn (ok, so it was Burnley, what do I know about northern footy teams??!) beat Chelsea at home last night and everyone coming to see him taking the piss, always a bit of an uphill conversation when they've been beaten….. Nothing much to report, which is good. He's happy…
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Myeloma update
Next news on how the Big Nasty is going is due when we next see Prof on Thurs 13 Nov. Various decisons and next steps will depend on this: 1. Do I carry on and do a second course of Velcade (the second chemo drug I have been on, working better for me in terms of fewer side…
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Scotty’s 40th Trip to Bath ii) Dinner
And caving was followed by a very nice dinner out in Bath with our lovely chums Janine & Ross. All the chi chi noncy bits you could desire from swanky cocktails, amuse-bouches and truffles a go-go to just the right amount of designer chef ponciness ('foams' as food – its like scraping the polluted fluffy bit off a…
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Scotty’s 40th Birthday Trip to Bath: i) Caving
My actual 40th birthday involved two main things – the big party on the 1st Nov and a trip down to Bath for a lovely mix of adventure caving and (semi-) civilised cocktails and dinner. Caving hit the spot bang on – so ok, we had to slightly lie when filling out the health…