Tag Archives: treatment
Chemo restarting
Consultation
Hi fellow downhills. Well what can I say. I had my consultation yesterday and my journey on the great slalom ended up off piste. He asked me how I felt and you know something is not right when despite their attempt at humour is masking something. To cut a long story short Brian has come …
Cancervissary
Where do I start. Well the beginning of this chapter would be good I guess. The Dr didn’t ring so we rang the surgery to be told he was off but they would arrange for another Dr to call be back. The Dr rang to say he has been told to ring me back and …
2 years ago today
Hello everyone. I hope you⁸ are all OK? Well it is 2 years ago today since I had my seizure and was rushed to hospital to be told I had a brain 🧠 tumour. Later that night I was transferred to Birmingham QE hospital to be told they didn’t think it was a tumour but …
NHS departments to each other
Good morning from the island with the highest vaccine rate in Europe. I am no longer requiring shielding 🙂 so can now go out, but only supervised. Lol. I received a message from my local NHS trust 3 days ago advising me that they would be in touch to arrange my next telephone consultation or …
NHS
Good morning fellow downhillers. I hope you are all keeping safe. Sorry if ranting but yesterday was a Trump day. Our lass received a message from NHSgov saying I should ring this dedicated phone number, which incidentally was only available between 9am and 12 mid day UK time, on Tuesday and Wednesday only to book …
Good news
Hi fellow GB downhillers. Well the nurse rang me yesterday and said there has been no change on my last MRI and no further signs so chuffed with that. Next MRI is sometime in September. I have also taken up painting (commissions taken), but only paint blue sky and sea so dont expect a Vermeer …
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 …
Continued chemo
Good day everyone. I had my bloods taken Monday (I know so unusual having that done). Yesterday I met my nurse who checked my latest platelets readings. It was exactly the same 153, as my previous readings the week before so I was able to recommence my chemo treatment last night. I am on reduced …
Brain Man 