Uncategorized
-
Unexpected Good News
Just seen Prof – who laid out an A4 page with about 8 different markers on it (haemoglobin levels, Bence Jones protein presence, ratios, Para protein etc) showing my status from the PET CT yesterday vs a year ago. And he had to eat his words of last week which were 'I am almost tell…
-
Half an update
Hmm, another annoying Prof visit. Got there at 11.25 for the 11.30 appointment and got to see him at 12.35 – yet again, not a sniff of an 'i'm sorry for the delay' but that's par for the course there. Had a weird and rushed conversation as I had to be in the other Parkside…
-
To transplant or not to transplant?
That is a bloody huge question, it has to be said. Am in total medical turmoil at the moment – now, how to boil down the last 8 months of doctorly bollocks into a pithy blog entry? Here goes: I've had all over body pain including a weird pain in my upper arm bones, particularly…
-
Boxing Day, Twixmas and New Year
Well, we couldn't miss out on our own Christmas, could we? Had Janine & Ross over to ours on Boxing Day to scoff our way through a mountain of turkey and all the trimmings, pulling our own crackers with racing reindeer and looking back at the year's photos together. …
-
Christmas Day with the Rotary Oldies
What a day that was! Hawksey and me, Janine & Ross and two of their friends plus adult daughter all tipped up at 9.30am on Christmas Day at the big marquee in Battersea Park, to volunteer for the day with Battersea's Rotary Club. Put on the definitely-not-my-colour volunteers yellow t-shirts and caps and awaited the…
-
Cardiologist Number 2
Well, it's been fun, fun, fun these past 4-5 months, going from pillar to post from the rheumatologist to the cardiologist (number one) to the wrist surgeon to the oncologist to the lung man (first one, then another with a bike) and possibly to various other people who just didn't leave enough impression on me…
-
Oman
So – Oman isn't the most thrilling of destinations in itself, but when you've got a BA companion voucher to use up and it's winter in Blighty then it does a good job of providing some pretty much guaranteed sun without having to head to the other side of the planet. And the Chedi Hotel…
-
Tim’s Xmas Lunch
Every year, Tim Coulton organises a nice Xmas lunch for some of the 'old git' ex-AV'ers and yesterday was the day. Scoffed the first Xmassy roast turkey of the year at Arthur's in Twickenham with the lovely Tony, James, Curly, Dee, Clare, Mikey, Andy and Tim. …
-
Off to Oman
Mr H & I head off tomorrow morning for 5/6 nights in the Chedi Hotel Oman. Here's hoping all trouble-free and a pleasant haze of sun, cocktails and horizontal living. It's been a tough few months with all the breathing issues, aches & pains, arthritic joints buggeration, endless 'can't diagnose anything' appointments and stuff, so…
-
The Aces Christmas Bash
What a hoot – on Saturday we hired a sort of gypsy-wagon-come-chalet in the garden of the Leather Bottle, Earlsfield – the perfect size and shape (and privacy!) for c 18 of us who tipped up for the hockey xmas do. …