My fight with Mantle Cell Lymphoma, getting my life back, and a few other things!
Aug 31st 2006Getting My Life Back!
I have just returned from London for another check up. Yes, I know it wasn’t supposed to be for another 2 weeks, but about 2 weeks ago I felt a bit under the weather and a bit ‘achy’ and last week I felt a bit of a lump on my neck. Now normally that wouldn’t […]
Aug 27th 2006Getting My Life Back!
Just a couple – the first is is that it is 13 years ago today that we moved into this house. It was a lovely sunny day (like today) and we had lunch sitting on a blanket under a tree in the back garden while the removal van was unloaded and in between cleaning! I […]
Aug 25th 2006Getting My Life Back!
The hours at work are slowly increasing in preparation for my full time return on September 4th! It is going to take a little adjustment to start getting to the office early! The week has been uneventful for me – mostly in office, but a trip up to London yesterday. Nothing to report on the […]
Aug 17th 2006Getting My Life Back!
Yes it really is 30 weeks since the transplant – over 6 months! There is not a lot to report on the health front since last week. The GvHd seems to be calming down and there is some indication that my sense of taste and smell is returning – in that it is more sensitive, […]
Aug 10th 2006Getting My Life Back!
And a much better result than last week – it must have been the beers and curry the night before! The particular lung function test that had poor results is one that measures the efficiency of gas transfer across the lung lining. Prior to my first transplant, that figure was about 9.4 (I’m not sure […]
Aug 3rd 2006Getting My Life Back!
Well, no use beating about the bush… the results were all that I had hoped for with no evidence of any active disease! There was a little bit of take up of the tracer round my neck, but that is considered to be normal metabolic activity and nothing to worry about. My blood results were […]