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Out and About
It's amazing how much you can keep going on a belly full of steroids…. Busy day – up on the Common this morning for a walk with Big K and the lovely Crumble (her dog, not a big bowl of pudding, for once). And the obligatory cup of tea and cake, naughty but very nice…
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Biopsy Anticlimax
So, went up to CCL with Cathy today, to see Prof. All a bit of an anticlimax as his first comment on the biopsy was 'well, the good news is that they haven't lost the sample'. Well, no shit Sherlock, I was kind of hoping that after all that palaver, they might have stuck the…
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Pottering & Chatting
Early start as H off to work by 6.15am and Cathy actually up, hair washed and over to sort out her rental flat by 8am. So I found myself at my laptop by 8.15am, having already had my first dose of the vile cherry liquid antibiotic, and a cup of tea. Emailed Calcot Manor, which…
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A Day of Many Colours
Managed to squeeze in quite a variety of experiences today, all a good sign of things very gradually creeping towards recovery still. And it was a mixed old bag…. Cracked through a few overdue chores, still a very long list of overdue crud to be dealt with, snore Bumped into Abi at CCL, a now-friend…
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Snoozy Sunday
This'll be a short post – I didn't even creep out of bed till noon today. Shocker, I never lie in usually. Made it out to meet J&R at the Imperial pub in a Chelsea for a roast chuck lunch with the dog beasts, who very sweetly crept under the chairs from the opposite sides…
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Saturday Night On the Slash
Hmm, it seems my 'pottering about yesterday in celebration of the back feeling somewhat better' was a touch premature: been bloody sore again all day Sat as maybe I overdid it on Friday. It's still better than it was a week ago, but aching and sore and I went back on the sub-lingual painkillers to…
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The Double-edged Steroid Sword
Well this is a glimmer of a turnaround day. Rather annoyingly it started at 00.40, which is when I first woke up, having only turned the light out at 11.30pm. Wondered briefly what on earth was going on, as I've slept so well for the last few weeks. Then I remembered the 6 innocuous looking…
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From Rheumatology to Mini Eggs
Bloody hell, did anyone see the giant angry horse that kicked me in the back yesterday? Me neither, but the post biopsy pain is damn similar to a good shoeing … am glugging Oxynorm from my handbag like a lush, have just replaced my pain patch and am eying the sub-lingual Fentanyl tablets with intent……
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Biopsy in the Bag
Forgot to say yesterday that Prof continues to be happy with my post transplant scores on the doors. No sign of the paraprotein in my bloods but a slim band of Dara (the good drug) can still be seen, which is what we'd like. All a bit weird really as while the first transplant was…
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Did you miss me??
Aha! It seems that in not posting yesterday, I have set off the both jungle drums and multiple alarm bells, whoops, sorry. Everything is ok – I was just trying not to bore the baps off everyone as my sofa surfing days are getting less thrilling by the minute… so here comes a joint yesterday/today…