Peter’s Hospital Diary

A relatively early dose of rays today – at 2pm. Not a lot to report really, much the same as the other days, although I did try timing the doses (it helps pass the time!). I get a burst of 14 seconds, followed by a bit of whirring as the shutters in the machine change […]

It turned out to be quite a busy weekend! Saturday was the birthday party, thrown by an old school friend, Simon, whom I hadn’t seen since the day we finished ‘A’ levels and he went off to join the Merchant Navy! We didn’t get a lot of time to chat (lots of his family and […]

And that just about says it all really! I had the second dose of rays this evening – slightly delayed because the machine I was booked into had broken, so I had to wait for a slot on another one. However it all went smoothly, and was a little qicker than last night as there […]

Yes, it really is 40 weeks since the transplant – doesn’t time fly! However to return to the present I have just returned from the first dose of radiation – and not a lot to say about it really. The treatment itself is painless – there is no sensation that a high dose of gamma […]

As the title says, I am now in London, staying in our friend’s flat (thank you Marion!) just down from Tower Bridge. So far this morning I have been to the Day unit at Guys, with the radiotherapy at St Thomas’s starting later this afternoon. But to recap over the last few days… It has […]

And a wet, wet. wet day it is too! However this is just a quick update as I think that there is a hint of the GvHd appearing! The skin on my face is getting very dry and blotchy – just as it did last March/April, so we will see what happens! (This is about […]

And before anyone asks, yes it was an excellent evening, spent remembering “The Immortal Memory”! And I feel very well this morning! I did leave at midnight before I turned into a pumpkin! However just before I was due to leave for the ‘do’, I had a ‘phone call from Olivia (the Radiologist SPR) to […]

Oh – you guessed! Yes, back up to Guy’s again for another check up with the lovely Linny! Not much to report really. There is still some swelling round by tonsils, but I knew that anyway as my voice is still a bit odd, but the radiotherapy in 2 weeks should sort that out. Linny […]

And it was off to London again this morning, this time for the radiotherapy planning session! I’ll gloss over the difficulties of finding a car parking space near Winchester station at 10 o’clock in the morning – it only took an hour – but eventually I arrived up at St Thomas’s Department of Oncology and […]

At last, although I must say that the crew in Stanley ward are every bit as lovely as my friends on Samaritan ward. I must especially mention Nick (the night staff nurse) and Adam, who was on days yesterday and today. The only problem with naming names is that inevitably some are left out, so […]