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Love a bit of social whirl
Amazing what nice things you can stuff into your diary in the otherwise doom, gloom, grey and drizzle of Feb/March… The whirl started off with niece 3 – Abbie – coming over for dinner. Without her hubby Nick sadly, as he'd caught the plague, but a…
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And then there was One..
Balls. Back in 2008, a chap called Phil Kelly, who I met at a Myeloma Awareness Day, and I, set up the Under 50s Forum. Intended to bring together younger people with Myeloma, as at the time everything was targeted towards people in their 70's & 80s, who mostly get myeloma. I had the idea…
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Feezy & Rich 24 hour whirl
So – we were meant to be spending 2 nights in the not very glamorous outskirts of Swindon (!) as H had found a 1 day beer making course nearby that he, Fi and Rich all wanted to do. And which I was perfectly happy not to go to and instead hang out with Maddie…
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Posh Nosh!
Yesterday Janine & I finally made it to Claridge's for the very belated celebration of her 60th birthday. This was meant to be in early Dec, but I wasn't well on the day. We then bumped it to another date, only for it to clash with an Added Value get together that evening, so we…
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Maddie in the wars (again!)
H and I took Mads out for one of our usual walks on the golf course this week. As we have done hundreds of times before, we call her over when one of us spots a golf ball in the undergrowth so she can 'find' it and take it back to H for inspection. We…
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An average old week
Well, we all have those don't we? A few nice bits, plenty of 'meh' bits and a few 'phluggghr' bits – sounds familiar? (Hooping it's not just me!) On the upside – went to the flicks with Janine. Played the amusing game of 'which of the films in the trailers shall we go and see?'…
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My 6 monthly PET CT and Bone Marrow Biopsy
Very pleased to report that BOTH ARE OK. I heard about the PET CT being as hoped for some time back, and this scan (a radioactive one) is something that's been clear for quite a while now. But I was in for the Bone Marrow Biopsy on 15th January so it's been a bit of…
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Tenerife..
Just back from a week in Tenerife, staying half a mile further north up the west coast Adeje area from where we were last year. Not quite as good weather, including a full day of rain which meant that every tourist, including us, decamped to the shopping centre. And yes, as usual, H managed to…
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A Rather Medical Start to 2025
Nothing to worry about (as yet) but it's been a bit of a whirlwind-like start to the year in terms of visits to my second home at CCL and the Dark Side of Parkside. Started this year's round of treatment on Thursday 2nd January with the usual delightful double dose of Daratumumb and Velcade. Cue…
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Visit to Maureen
Wednesday was a bit of a weird day – the very nice old family friend of Maureen, a chap called Steve from where Maureen grew up on Canvey Island, organised an access visit to her flat with the solicitor (to keep an eye on us!), plus 3 of Maureen's friends and me. A chance to…