{"id":203,"date":"2007-01-28T12:37:53","date_gmt":"2007-01-28T12:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boraston.net\/blog\/?p=203"},"modified":"2007-01-28T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2007-01-28T12:37:53","slug":"sunday-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boraston.net\/blog\/life-on-hold\/sunday-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

First of all, my apologies for the delay in posting – don’t worry, I am OK, we have had a busy couple of days! And thank you all for your posts. For those that haven’t posted comments before, your first comment goes into a moderation queue (which is why it doesn’t appear immediately) but once moderated, subsequent comments should appear straight away.<\/p>\n

We went up to St Thomas’s on Friday for my PET scan – number 19 – which the staff think is a definite record! It was great to see Margaret, the unit manager, and Sally, who is one of the radiolgists on the unit, but I was also greeted like a long lost friend by the lovely technicians that administer the tracer, and the receptionist! I was delighted that Viki, the specialist transplant nurse, was able to get over from Guy’s to see me. Viki has been a tower of strength over the last 8 years – really from first diagnosis, and through the various procedures, and it was Viki who gave me the donor stem cells last year. Friday was (sadly for Guy’s) her last day at the hospital – she is moving on to pastures new at King’s College Hospital – a great gain for them, and I wish her all the very best in her new venture – and my heartfelt thanks for all that you have done for me.<\/p>\n

The PET scan itself was uneventful – the usual 90 minute or so wait while the tracer is taken up, followed by the scan itself, taking about 30 minutes. The scan seemed quite quick – perhaps I fell asleep! I certainly felt very relaxed! We finally got home at just before 5pm – it seemed a long day!<\/p>\n

\"Olivia\"Yesterday was quite busy too. My friend (Partner-in-Crime) and fellow Blogmaster, Mark, came round for a cup of tea, then we had a boys’ trip out to Currys and PC World. Nothing too exciting (a new vacuum cleaner, a Freeview box and a browse) but it was good to get out of the house for a while. My strength is certainly returning, as is my appetite \"Olivia\"(I am really enjoying bacon sandwhiches again – and this morning I had bacon and sausage sandwiches!) I need to put on a bit of padding – sitting on a wooden chair is quite painful!<\/p>\n

However, enough of the talk about about me – I know you really want to see some more photographs of Olivia! Richard asked if I could put any video up – I am investigating that. \"Olivia\"One word of warning – one of the photographs shows me just after I had come out of hospital. Let me assure you that I now look a lot less fragile than I did when the photo was taken! (And my hair is starting to grow back!)<\/p>\n

So here we are…<\/p>\n

I hope you like them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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