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Peter’s Funeral Details

To all friends of Peter, Please see Dad’s funeral details below, for anyone who we’ve missed or needs reminding. Monday 11th November 12pm St Barnabas Church, Swanmore Very kindly, Barnabys will be open and serving tea and coffee beforehand for any early arrivals. Barnabys is located at the far end of the Paterson Centre, at […]

The final onwards and upwards…

To all friends, family and avid readers of ‘Peter’s Hospital Diary’, At 1am on 18th October, my Dad took his final breath as the National Anthem played on the BBC World Service. Typically, in true Dad-style he went out fighting… Optimistic and stubborn to the end, he received his last round of radiotherapy just that […]

Wednesday 18th September… blood!

I received my two units of blood yesterday! I was feeling pretty rough when I went into the hospital, but I was soon canulated and the first unit started over a period of two hours. No adverse reactions and my observations improved of the course of the transfusion – increase in blood pressure, reduction in […]

Friday 6th September… In, out; In, out….

It is a week since I last updated the blog, as several of my loyal readership has pointed out! 🙂 You will recall that last week I was expecting to be admitted on Monday, after clinic, for some more cytarabine to get my white cell count down, but at a reduced intensity so that I […]

Friday 30th August… Another Strange week

I have just been reminded by one of my readers that it has been a week since my last post! It’s been a week of adjusting and, to some extent, recuperating. I went into hospital on Wednesday For the blood test and a chat with one of the Nurse Specialists, particularly a couple of concerns […]

Friday 23rd August…Taking stock – again! :)

It’s been a strange week, but really good having my parents visiting and helping me out. Yesterday I went back to the hospital to pick up the Ibrutinib and have a blood test. I also took the opportunity to chat with one of the clinical nurse specialists (Amy) abut some of the otherside effects (i […]

Wednesday 21st August… Escape!

Yes, I managed to escape on Monday afternoon and I am now at my home with my parents visiting (and looking after me!). I think I slept for over 10 hours on Monday night, and felt a lot better for it. I still feel a bit tired, but my Hb is still quite low and […]

Tuesday 8 July… Clinic!

It has been quite a rollercoaster of a week, from last Mondays decision to start more conventional chemotherapy, to the change on Tuesday to continue with the rituximab, followed by the admission and administration. I had a bit of an anxious weekend – not exactly feeling unwell, but not exactly feeling on top form – […]

Monday 17 June… A few days away in France!

I have returned from a few days away in France, helping Mark doing some work on his house. You may remember that I was there a few weeks ago, this was a trip to complete one job and carry out a couple more. The first one was putting up more insulated plasterboard on the sloping […]

Sunday 9th June… some sun at last!

It was certainly wet wet wet for the last couple of days, and before that it was quite windy, which was a pity as I was supposed to be diving on an old Mulberry Harbour as part of the D-Day activities. Sadly it was too windy to launch the boat. Other than that, little else […]

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