Lymphoma: facing change
Last night I was on a flight from Rome to London. A couple of hours into the flight I was bored and distractedly looking at photographs on my tablet. I
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Nervous
I’ve just got home from my watch and wait appointment at the hospital. I’m feeling somewhat nervous, as they’ve asked me to go for a PET/CT scan due to the
Continue readingCaterham highs and lymphoma lows
I’ve had a strange week. Last Friday started well enough. I went over to the Caterham dealer at Donnington Park and test drove a 270 SV. I was grinning like
Continue readingAn alcohol-free Lent
Now that it’s Easter Sunday, I feel that I can safely talk about my alcohol-free Lent. I had my last glass of wine on Tuesday 9th February and not a
Continue readingNothing to report = good news!
For mantle cell lymphoma patients like me who are on watch and wait, having nothing to report is good news. Having gone for blood tests last Friday and then to
Continue readingThings that I said I’d never do, number 94
One of the things that I said I would never do is buy a Fitbit. Well, yesterday, I did (a Fitbit surge, seeing as you didn’t ask) and it arrived
Continue readingCan you see the real me?
Over the Christmas break I had a couple of photographs taken of me that I like for completely different reasons. The first is one that was taken by a professional
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This morning I went back to the hospital to see my consultant. The days leading up to watch and wait appointments always prey on my mind, but this time has
Continue readingLet’s talk phobias
I’d be a useless Borg. And there’s a scene in Spectre that had me running for the exits. [getty src=”51040279″ width=”594″ height=”402″ tld=”co.uk”] I suspect that my phobia is reasonably
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I’ve been back to the hospital today for my ‘watch and wait’ appointment. On the whole, it seems like good news as my bloods are much the same as they
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