Sunday
Dec 17th 2006PeterMore treatment!
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 has wasted no time in going back to her old job on a temporary basis to earn some sheckels for the next term. She will be home for a month and it is good to have her here (and her lodger, Indie)
We also started getting into the Christmas mood by putting up the tree and decorating it. We did think about putting it in the conservatory, but we found it was just a bit too big, so in a fit of 
Christmas spirit we will probaly get another, smaller tree to go in there. We did think about decorating the Lemon tree (might be a lemon ready for a Christmas G&T) but it (the tree) isn’t quite big enough!
Finally, just to carry on the botanical theme, the Vincristine chemo agent I will be given next week, is derived from the periwinkle (vinca) family of plants – but I don’t think I will be making my own!
7 Responses to “Sunday”
Richard on 17 Dec 2006 at 7:20 pm #
Madagascar periwinkle, so don’t try this at home, as they say. I think the ‘Vinca’ has been reclassified by those pesky botanists, probably just as well as it sounds too much like wine……….anyway I prefer the common name of Myrtle. Pretty too. Will that suit you?
I thought you were supposed to be the guinea-pig, although the ladies may like to think of you as a little hampster.
No home brew, use the NHS.
Crossing
Liz on 18 Dec 2006 at 10:37 am #
Peter,
I’ve (hopefully) just e-mailed you at your usual address some info from the University of Florida about the acai study. I hope it is of some use.
Your tree looks very pretty!
Lots of love,
Liz
Elspeth on 19 Dec 2006 at 2:24 am #
My apologise for not looking at your blog, Peter, but I have had an overcautious attitude to using the internet since getting so ‘bugged-up’ and try not to be on line very long! So I have tried to catch up on some recent info. Sorry you are having such a time of it recently, it makes me feel guilty that my experience was so easy!
Adding my only knowledge on the R-CHOP matter, the ‘O’ is for oncovin the trade name for vincristine – I often think of it as I watch the flowers of the periwinkle along the path up to my house. May it (CHOP) have the desired effect without too much of the side issues. Hair or no hair you’re a good looker!
PS in my blog (I like the new format, though probably not so new), but the right sided listings of things is only at the very bottom of several pages, if you know what I mean.
Onwards and Upwards, and L ‘n’ Hs as ever.
Peter on 19 Dec 2006 at 6:25 am #
Elspeth, I see what you mean – it only seems to be with Internet Explorer – but I’ll fix it later today when I get back from hospital! Meanwhile I havew reset the them back to normal.
Peter
robert kelso on 19 Dec 2006 at 8:55 am #
Peter,
Had a look at home XP with IE7 and it looks OK Elspeth’s reverted backto previous look.
I was using IE5. something on NT at work I have problems with other sites so that doesn’t surprise me.
Robert
Richard on 19 Dec 2006 at 9:54 am #
Elspeth: It must be Peter’s sea going experience which makes you have little sea creatures alongside your path. I have not had them for years but used to regularly have them for weekend tea taking them out with a hatpin.
Peter last night I had dinner with some neighbours a friend of whom may be contacting you as she has gone through the same processes as you and researched dietary benefits etc.
Crossing for the results.
RxxxxxX
Peter on 19 Dec 2006 at 5:02 pm #
Elspeth/Richard, not sure what the problem is as the code is the same for both blogs! Mine displays OK in IE6! However I have switched you to a different (Christmas) theme, which I will be adopting nearer the day!
Richard – I shall look forward to it!
Liz – thank you!