Peter’s Hospital Diary

Well, I was spared the pneumatic drills this morning – to be replaced by the banshee wails of the petrol driven stone-cutters at 7:30! Oh well, too much bed can’t be good for you! So I was awake bright and early, and only dozing for the morning observations. This was followed by breakfast a double […]

It was with a sense of Deja-Vu that I woke up this morning – on Stanley word, a floor above Samariatan, but immediately above the isolation rooms, and with a misty view over St Paul’s, and the final touch – the sound of pneumatic drills coming from the car park! But to backtrack… After I […]

Quick update! The swelling in my throat is getting worse and I ‘phoned Guy’s today. They are concerned and want to see me as soon as possible, probably for admission for a course of IV steroids and/or radiotherapy. I shall be travelling up later this morning, and I expect to be in for 3 or […]

Not a lot to report on the health front, other than we are now 38 weeks since the transplant! I am not sure if there are hints of GvHd! My skin feels a little dry (one of the earlier symptoms before) and at times it looks as if I might have a bit of a […]

And indeed it was a well worn trail back up to the Day Unit at Guy’s! However, it is always good to see Orla and her team (Sharia, Emma, Clare, Jayne – and I’m sure I have missed someone out…) even if the circumstances are perhaps not ideal. So after giving the customary two or […]

I didn’t record the elapsed weeks last week, but it is just over 8 months since I had the transplant, although I suppose we are back where we were at t+63 (days) which was when I had my first post transplant PET scan. That was the day that Thalidomide was talked about while we were […]

It has to be said that the last ten days have not been the best in my life, and just to pile it on, I took my diving medical yesterday (booked before the latest flare up) and failed, partly because I am not as fit as I should be, but mainly because the swollen lymph […]

Finally got the system up and running on the new, bigger, quieter disk drive, so the major tweaking is complete! As always with these things, hindsight is wonderful, and I can now see where the problems lay! Oh well, it’s when things don’t go as expected that you start learning! So now I can get […]