Peter’s Hospital Diary

Well if the PET scan facility was an airline, I think I’d be a gold card holder – the general consensus seems to be that I am close to the record holder for PET scans at St Thomas’s!

As PET scans go, it was pretty routine, the details are in the side links and other posts. However the time under the scanner seemed to go pretty quickly – possibly because I fell asleep! The hard part will be the waiting for the results, as this gives the second point on the graph… how well is the incomimg immune system valiantly fighting the lymphoma? (as well as me with the GvHd!)

And the GvHd does seem to be calming down a little under the influence of the steroids. My skin is less red and itchy, although my palms are peeling now – unpleasant as the skin on ones palms tends to be a bit thicker, and they feel very vulnerable as the skin flakes off. Still, plastering on some heavy duty moisturiser and the betnovate seems to be helping! I just need my sense of taste to return to normal – everything tastes either very bland, bitter or dry!

It was a lovely sunny day here yesterday – the conservatory is drying out, a choice has been made for the tiles, and we might have a decision on furniture. It was sunny this morning when I left – temperature rising, but decidedly cool and cloudy when I returned home. Still, the bit of warmth has brought the garden on nicely and it is looking very green!