Peter’s Hospital Diary

And I’m delighted to say that for me, the New Year is starting well! What a difference three days and some GCSF injections make! I guess that my neutrophil count is back up as the sores in my mouth have all but disappeared, my appetite is returning, and while my energy levels aren’t exactly high […]

And an eventful one too! However I ought to tell you about the main event of Christmas afternoon, the ceremonial harvesting of the first lemon from the lemon tree! We have been looking at this particular lemon, which formed soon after we bought the plant last February, as a favourite for the Christmas G+T, and […]

And what more need I say than A HAPPY AND PEACEFUL CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!

A quick pre-Christmas update and some results of food research, thanks to Mark (fellow blogmaster) and Sue who hosted a pre-Christmas Dinner Party last night! I am delighted to report that Smoked Salmon and Prawns, washed down with Champagne, tasted absolutely marvellous! Sadly more aromatic hot foods and wine were less good for the taste […]

Two days after the chemo and no obvious ill effects, other than the fact that my slowly recovering taste buds and sense of smell seem to have taken another hit! However I did have some cheese at lunch time (I used to love cheese!) and I could taste it for the first time since the […]

And it has been a busy couple of days too! I went up to the day unit at Guy’s yesterday, as planned (lovely to see Orla and her team in the day unit again) and discussed the cunning plan with Rob (SPR). As all the best plans remain flexible, we decided to test this, and […]

With all the news about my treatment plan yesterday, I rather forgot to mention any other bits of news! The main one was that middle daughter Katie has returned home from her first term at University, so we are back to having a near houseful again. Life will not be dull, although I see she […]

Well, I didn’t have to wait until next Thursday for the results, as yesterday afternoon (just before six, I was most impressed, having bunked off for the weekend about 3 hours earlier) I had a call from Rob, the SPR, to say that they had had the preliminary results through from the PET team. You […]

I must say I felt quite weak when I got home on Saturday – well, it was nearly 2 weeks since I last had anything solid to eat! However Sunday was spent relaxing (I needed it) and I did manage some soup in the evening. This morning my throat felt a lot better, and I […]

Whew! Home at last! The last couple of days have been a bit tedious – I must have had the most uncomfortable mattress in the hospital! However, to recap the last 24 hours… I continued with the various pills and potions to clear out my system, and they seem to have worked with a vengeance […]