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 …
Tag Archives: days out
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 …
Happy festive greetings
I hope everyone had a fantastic christmas with lots of rest and not to much trauma in between. Apologies for not writing earlier it’s been manic with blood tests (in fact at hospital now to have bloods taken), more bruising I bet. We had a fantastic time in York cold but amazing 5 Christmas markets. …
Ongoing saga
Hi people. Had my bloods taken on thursday just gone, guess what? Yep they had dropped again, I am now reading 37 on my platelets, so have another vampire day tomorrow at 9 am UK time. The doctor has said there is nothing to worry about at the moment,(easy for him to say he has …
Latest news
Well Oxford is back on after having my bloods taken yesterday to check my platelets after they had dropped from 100 which is the normal to 77 last Thursday, then a subsequent blood test showed a further decrease to 43, luckily a further test revealed they had stabilized at 43, otherwise if they had dropped …
Upto date news
Hi fellow GB downhillers, I know I am supposed to be on my month of R&R, however I had a call from the radiotherapy department yesterday and the on-call doctor there said my platelets were low so need monitoring so could I arrange an appointment with my GP to have my bloods taken on a …
Last day of first phase
Friday 5th Oct Day 30 and appointment is 4pm this afternoon UK time, woowee!!!!! They have said I can have my mask if I would like it, Hell yes!!!! Wearing it for Halloween, but declining to ring the bell (don’t want to tempt fate, after all this is the first phase). After the scan I …
Day 29
Morning/evening/night (delete as appropriate for your time zone) fellow GB sledders. I have 2 sessions left and today is Thursday so that means Vampire day (yes bloods to be taken), God I hate this bit, roll on my month off. How am I feeling? I have been having a bit of pain on the left-hand …
Brain Man 