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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…
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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. …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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. …
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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…
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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. …
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Gin Generosity Galore
Curly / Claire Smith – I salute you. Yesterday, the most hugely generous, lovely present arrived out of the blue. Heavily protected in 10 yards of bubble wrap. Clinking and shifting slightly as I carried it indoors. And was unwrapped to reveal this little beauty: …
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Getting there…
It's been a busy week… Monday – saw Prof. Says he wants to run my heart/rheumatoid chap results past the Amyloid Centre and also possibly the Mayo Clinic, as think I may have a rare something or other. Great – something rare in the already rare world of Myeloma, my how special I feel. It…