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Second to last weekend pre-SCT
Got back from London Clinic on Thurs eve feeling like a total bag of shite, Claire White kindly seeing her rather wobbly and knackered mate back to Wimbers Park in an uber. Was a mixed day. Started with me feeling quite positive as only needed to get 0.22m cells from the third day of collection…
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Coping with Lack of Ability
It's 8.22am. I am due one floor down for the final cell harvest at 9am. Yesterday, getting showered, hair washed and dressed and bag packed was just a monumental task. I can't even put my own shoes on right now and look truly dreadful. Those bright mirrors in the lifts are not my friend. So…
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Poor Old Mum
Ah yes, we didn't have the best start to the New Year, in the 54 Stroud Rd household. H & I were down at J&R's cottage, and were woken early by Katie, one of Mum's carers, ringing in a panic as she'd arrived to get Mum up & do breakfast, and Mum was unresponsive in…
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Very overdue update
Bah humbag – was meaning the next post to be a bit of the highlights of Christmas, but have just been failing day on day to summon the energy to whack a few words and some cherry photos on here. Instead, right now I am perched on the end of my hospital bed n the…
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It’s Staple Time…
So – this afternoon I'm due to have my 16 staples taken out that are currently holding my back together. Only issue is, it's only day 7 since the op, and they're meant to come out somewhere between 8 and 10 days afterwards. But – the GP nurse isn't in tomorrow, and days 9 and…
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The 10 Days of Christmas (by Bah Humbag!)
I have to say, this was pretty unbelievable when I did my best job of trying to tot it all up. 2016 has been a shocker!!!! Here's something I wrote during one of my the many sleepless (I wish in Seattle) nights, to see whether I had the right to feel a touch aggrieved at…
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Day 1 back from hospital
So – Thursday afternoon, I became the 'proud' new owner of metalwork in the lower back, in the meantime losing an amount of spinal fluid to the bone biopsy fella who was gouging about in my spine at the same time. Only one anaesthetic, two jobs done. Thursday night in Parkside was pretty horrific –…
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Scott Family Xmas Lunch
Well, we took a deep breath and only 24 hours after the builders had finally left (not that the buggers have really finished..), Hawksey & I had 10 members of the Scott family round for a full on slap up Xmas lunch. …
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A Spot of Chewton Glen
I just LOVE a night away at a nobby hotel – especially when the house was still so filthy and unliveable-in. And thanks to Added Value, I was in possession of a very nice 20th anniversary voucher for Chewton Glen, so off went Janine & I to avail ourselves of their delights. …
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It’s All A Bit Back to Back..
Blimey all this medical stuff can move fast at times. I had a lumbar discography procedure on 16 Nov, where the chap discovered that one of my three vertebrae they tested was indeed a bit duff and something needed to be done about it. I would have potentially put this off till after SCT had my…