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Buttons of the 1970’s
Now there's a blog post title I wasn't expecting to write… But I decided, yes I know, my life is getting more thrilling by the day, to clear out Mum's old sewing box, as I'm not quite sure I'll ever need purple thread or some of the more obscure bits in there. …
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Outdoor Pleasures
I have decided that I think it is safe – as much as anything is these days – to venture out of Dora Road for a dog walk, maybe twice a week. Scrumpy dog is I'm sure utterly delighted to be seeing Mummy out again, as am I because it feels very odd to suddenly…
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Week 4 and Getting Into The Flow..
So I think my learning is that you can – apparently, who knew? – live life a little more slowly and still get as much as possible out of it. Though you have to apply your mind to it a bit. Can't believe its a month now and we are still nowhere near the peak…
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It’s All A Bit Sloooooooowwww
Phllluurrrrggggghhhh This is not going to be the most fascinating blog post ever – nor the next one, nor the next one at this rate! Funnily enough, not a huge amount of new stuff to report. The news is shite, albeit mesmerising – a bit like slowly sticking pins in your eyes. And yes, we…
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Isolation Week Two
So week one went off pretty well really. Felt a bit like just being rather lazy and not heading out or doing much. And staying in touch on our new friends Zoom and HouseParty made it a whole lot easier. But then came week 2 and it was already starting to feel a bit different.…
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Hawksey’s Birthday
Well, it obviously wasn't quite the lovely 55th birthday that we had had in mind – I'd booked the Fat Duck as a special 'mid decade' treat, with a nice hotel, and obvs that all went out of the window. So we had – surprise – a day in and around the house instead. Started…
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The letter and the Catch-22
Excerpt from the last page of Prof's letter, which follows details of every treatment I have had since diagnosis. This is what I am to present if I catch COVID19, in the (possibly still vain) hope that they will treat me and not write me off as a medical no-hoper. 'Scotty is a 51 year…
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An Update from Prof
Just had Ray on the phone, sharing the latest thinking on Corona/COVID with his patients. On the good side, there are no known cases of Myeloma patients in Spain/Italy, according to his many medical contacts there, dying of COVID as yet. On the pretty spooky side, he is about to send me (and all his…
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Words Not To Hear When Having Stitches Taken Out
Rough flow of the chat from two very lovely older lady nurses at Parkside just now, when I showed them my back stitches to take out: Oh, Sally Yes Teresa? (nurse 2 looks) Oh, I see what you mean Hmm, yes Well.. What are we to do? Well, these have to be the tightest stitches…
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Day 4 – Early Kindnesses
So, Mr H & I have been self-isolating since Monday now, only the first 4 days of what I suspect is going to be quite a long haul chez Dora. But as the quite-correct pop-ups on FaceBook (source of all wisdom) say, at least we are just being asked to stay at home, while our…