Peter’s Hospital Diary

Just after I had written up the blog for yesterday, my chauffeur driven wheelchair was summoned to to take me for an ultrasound scan. Once I had advised the radiologist to stop looking for my spleen (it was removed 19 years ago!) I asked if he cared to share an opinion, he confirmed that there […]

It’s a bright morning here in London, and I noticed that while the decor may have changed, hospital routines have not! I have taken some photos of the view from my window and Not the best view, the new cancer centre is on the left (I have now found a way to compress the files) […]

So it seems that my blog posts are like buses – nothing for ages, then two come along at once! So what, you might be asking, am I doing at Guys, on the Hedley-Atkins Ward in the evening of the second day of the New Year? Read on and I shall explain! You will recall […]

I have just realised that it is over a week since I last posted, and I really don’t know where that week has gone! I suppose it has been quite busy work wise, and the weekend was quite eventful, catching up with things and taking Felicity off to the station on Sunday for a week […]

And the snow continues to make life interesting! I went over to see my sister, Anne, last night (good curry!) and left just before 10. Roads were clear, no snow. By the time I had driven to the M4 the snow was just starting and I drove past a recovery van pulling a car (on […]

Talked to Peter this afternoon and he is in good form. He dictated the following: Feeling well, expect to be in for another 2-4 days. Tests tomorrow to see how well the treatment is going. Biggest problem is boredom. But the good news is that the food seems to have improved. Treatment – nebuliser three […]

Peter asked me to give everyone a quick update…… It was clear that Peter didn’t really appreciate how ill he was until yesterday afternoon (and as I visited him can vouch for the fact he looked very ill) when it was decided he needed some hospital care, consequently he got his first ride in an […]

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 […]

Fittingly, it is another crystal clear day over St Pauls, but today is the day… 30 days after admission I am on my way out! It was a bit touch and go, because although the ultrasound showed nothing apparently wrong with my liver, there is still a marker showing up in the blood chemistry which […]