Peter’s Hospital Diary

Yes, I know that my next sheduled visit isn’t until March – however… You may recall that a couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I had had a bad cold, and when I went up for my checkup, Dr Raj was not best pleased that I hadn’t told them. I was just about over […]

Where did the week go? After last week’s more prolific blogging, this week has been quiet. However, while it has been quiet I have been reasonably busy. On the one hand, Felicity is organising a repeat of last year’s wedding fair, so my IT skills (10 have been put to use, and on the other, […]

But again, not really from me, but for those of you following John’s Blog I had a post from John’s mother. You can read the full text here but basically the ‘Wizards’ at Heath Towers are meeting today to discuss John, with a view to discharging him. She also says that they are discussing the […]

I was looking back at the archives for last year and again this week was pretty significant! It was this week a year ago that the good news arrived following the PET scan, and the decision was made to go with another Donor Lymphocyte Infusion, which took place on the February 1st. And here I […]

Just a brief post to congratulate Rachael, who passed her driving test on the first attempt this morning! O&U!

Firstly, a moment we have been waiting for – Olivia has now gained the confidence to take a few steps on her own! She took the first ones last week, but we went round this week and I got this photograph. She is best when she doesn’t realise what she is doing – when she […]

Not about me particularly – but more for those that know Simon (maybe I ought to start ‘Simon’s Blog’…) Two weeks ago I mentioned that he was having a problem common to chemo patients – shrinking veins – and was going to have a central line inserted. Well that was done yesterday (he tells me) […]

Hard to believe, but today is the second most important anniversary of the week – it is 104 weeks since I had the transplant (the actual annual anniversary is on the 19th – but today it is a whole number of weeks) so it was fitting that I should have a check up today! It […]

…who is one year old today, and has the most important anniversary of the week! She had a Birthday Party at her tots group today, with a cake that Felicity made (a hedgehog cake – no, NOT take one fresh hedgehog… a hedgehog chocolate cake) and then this afternoon we had a small family celebration. […]

Not one perhaps to celebrate – except for the outcome, as it was a year ago today (but of course on Sunday) that I was an emergency admission to Southampton General for a week of “intensive maintenance”. (The full details are in the archive here.) However, that was last year, and things are a lot […]