Good morning from a sun soaked garden. I hope every one is doing OK? Well what have been upto? I hear your murmer. If you haven’t it must be the voices in my head. As it says in my heading I have finally re commenced my chemo after numerous postponements due to levels. Dark side …
Category Archives: days out
Happy Star Wars Day
No I haven’t taken leave of my senses. Today is 4th of May, hence May the 4th be with you. I know lame but what the heck. Last few weeks have been up and down like a roller coaster in terms of Brian and the NHS. I had my bloods taken on 20th of last …
Latest news
Apologies for not posting for a while fellow downhillers. Been busy recently planning for Christmas and beyond hopefully. All presents purchased so tick that one off. How am I feeling I hear you ask. Well I feel good in myself, however news is mixed. I completed my second round of chemotherapy 3 weeks respite and …
November and still going
Hi everyone. I hope everyone is feeling 👍. Is it me or is it bloody cold, (unless you are reading this in the South Pacific or somewhere else as hot). In which case I am jealous. I have just finished my second course of chemo, injection followed by tablets for 10 days, no drinking of …
Confused.com
2 weeks ago I was clear in my mind what was going on regarding my ongoing treatment. Now I am befuddled. The consultant has taken me off dexamethazone and put me on hydrocortisone, one tablet in the morning and half a tablet on an evening. I have been on it for about a week. He …
Out and about
I know you’re asking where is my vlog. I thought I would type this one instead of bleeding your earholes with my northern twang. I had a couple of tattoos last Saturday, I got Niccolo machiavelli signature on my side, some will ask why? He was born the same day as me, not the same …
MRI
Good morning fellow downhillers. Well I had my MRI scan yesterday and it went rather smoothly, well by standards it did, they listened to me when I said left arm please, even though one of the staff was looking at the back of my right hand, (perhaps his idea of mental torture). Anyway it was …
Vaccine 2
Hello everyone. I have just had my 2and vaccine and am now sat in the doctors surgery for 15 minutes awaiting to see if I had any form of reaction. Only reaction is I am bored. Public houses and restaurants are now open in the second phase of easing lockdown yippee!!!! Shops are now open …
Life is what it is ……
Hi downhillers. Hope everyone is ok? Everybody’s life is on hold with this virus and that is not good for us select few with underlying conditions. So how do we get over this boredom threshold? The cornflakes jigsaw lasted one breakfast and I ate my finished article. Tasty but it was never going to make …
Treatment during this crisis
Good afternoon fellow downhillers, apologies for time between postings. So where am I? Well I had my bloods carried out on Monday and my nurse spotted me in the clinic and said have your bloods done and go straight home, however in these turbulent times we needed food shopping. The theatres and concert venues are …
Brain Man 