Peter’s Hospital Diary

Whew – busy week, so sorry I haven’t posted here for a few days. It all started on Monday when Felicity had a call to go to her parents, which she did that day, leaving me as nominal Commander-in-Chief – Home Command responsible for middle and youngest daughter! Not too much of a problem for […]

And what an miserable Monday it is too – cold and overcast! However I am feeling much better again today. Although I wasn’t feeling so good on Saturday, it is amazing what a good sleep will do and I had a very long and self indulgent sleep-in on Sunday morning, giving me over 10 hours […]

I had meant to write this up yesterday, but it has been such lovely weather that I have been away from the computer – and I was out for a lot of the day! In fact it has been a busy couple of days. After I got back from Wednesday’s consultation with Linny, and the […]

Check up day again – well, a day earlier than normal as Linny is off to a conference tomorrow, so the clinic was held a day early in the day unit at Guy’s. It was good going back there, although one of the nurses (Rachel) remarked that she didn’t recognise me for a moment as […]

Well after writing the blog up on Friday, I ended up going out for a pub lunch again! The steak and ale pie, washed down with a pint of bitter and, as it was someone’s birthday, a glass of champagne, was very enjoyable! So there are definite signs that my sense of taste might be […]

I meant to write this up yesterday, but it was such a lovely day that I spent most of it out and about pottering in the garden, doing the odd bit of watering or just enjoying the sunshine! I don’t know if it is the passage of time or the boost given by the news […]

I hope you all had a pleasant bank holiday weekend! The weather here was variable, cool on Saturday, sunny on Sunday and variable on Monday. Today started warm and dry, but it is looking decidedly overcast at the moment. Still, it was warm enough to get out into the garden and cut the grass, and […]

Well, how to follow yesterdays news! I must say I was pretty elated after getting the news from Sala! I went on to see the consultant (Linny) who did say that it is difficult to quantify exactly how much it has shrunk, but for me the important thing is that there has been a dramatic […]

Good news! As I walked into the clinic this morning, I saw Sala, the senior reg. He had a big smile and told me that the PET scan result shows an 85% reduction in activity. The value of 85% is a bit empirical but the imporant thing is the trend! I’m off to the radiography […]

It’s cold today! However the good news is that the GvHd has settled down a bit and I am feeling much better than I was on Sunday! Yesterday was a good day too. I have an appointment for the radiography planning session (if it is needed – think positive) which will be this Thursday (it […]