Peter’s Hospital Diary

Another morning like yesterday – the forecast mist hasn’t appeared, the building work outside (I think it is a car park) continues! I am a bit ahead of myself today – it was a bit of a restless night so I was up fairly early. I have given up on the cooked breakfast – I’ve […]

Another grey day today in London, St Paul’s looks quite grubby without the sun shining on it! A reasonable start to the day. The kidney pain seems to have gone as abruptly as it arrived. It might have been a reaction to the GCSF, or a mineral imbalance. I have started taking potassium tablets, and […]

It’s another bright, crisp day here. The sky is a crystal clear powder blue, with the sun gleaming off St Pauls again. The wind is still from the east, so I expect it is still chilly outside. In fact it is a ‘cool’ 26C inside! The morning has gone reasonably well. I had problems sleeping […]

It looks really cold outside today, and Felicity, who has just arrived, has confirmed it! The flag on Southwark Cathedral is showing quite a stiff easterly breeze. So far today has followed the usual pattern, observations, blood and the anti-fungal drug at 7:15 this morning – nothing like a lie-in on a Saturday morning! Breakfast […]

Another cold but bright morning here in London, the temperature in my room has drooped to 27C! The forecast snow has yet to appear. The building work outside is in a quiet phase (or very extended tea break) apart from the massed sound of multiple angle grinders yesterday afternoon. Really good night sleep last night, […]

….. now that BT has fixed the network problem. All should be working normally!

One week on from the transplant and feeling OK! There are some side effects from the chemo kicking in, a couple of mouth ulcers and sore gums, and my throat feels a bit irritated, but I can still swallow OK, and eat normally – although this morning’s breakfast plumbed new depths – cold and overcooked! […]

It looks cold and misty outside this morning – I can’t believe how quickly time is passing – nearly at the end of January! The daily routine has continued this morning, with the exception that the morning drug dose has moved to about 9 o’clock – a far more civilised hour – although the observations […]

The weather has improved again – St Paul’s was gleaming whitely under a pale blue sky this morning – looking just like the Capitol Building in Washington. The nurses say that it is very cold outside although it is still 27C in my room! Well the first day in isolation has passed uneventfully. I keep […]

It must be Monday as it looks very grey and misty over towards St Paul’s – just the sort of weather not to encourage you out on a Monday morning! Still not in isolation, although as I write, the nurses are thinking of putting up the isolation precautions sign in advance of the blood test […]