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Transplant +1: Ugly baby

Posted on 13 September 201827 October 2021 by Tim

Transplant day went off smoothly. It was all complete by 1457, and I’ve been resting since. As the photo shows, unlike 50+ years ago, this time I’m a really ugly

Transplant day 0: Second life

Posted on 12 September 201831 October 2021 by Tim

I’ve made it through the night, despite not much sleep, as I’ve been constantly hooked to a drip since 10am yesterday, to counteract the effects of the Melaphalan. I feel

Transplant -1: Authentic

Posted on 11 September 201831 October 2021 by Tim

A favourite assignment on my masters two years ago was one that looked authentic leadership. It wasn’t because I have any love for the positive psychology movement and the cults

Transplant -2: The difficult bit approaches

Posted on 10 September 201831 October 2021 by Tim

Today marks the last day of my cytarabine / etoposide infusions. They’ve not been easy to cope with, but neither have they felt too overwhelming. The main problem with the

Transplant -3: Soggy Sunday

Posted on 9 September 201831 October 2021 by Tim

Four days of chemo down, three to go including today, and I’m definitely feeling soggy. I’ve just started on my 5th bag of cytarabine, with two more of etoposide to

Transplant -4: Ranty Saturday

Posted on 8 September 201827 October 2021 by Tim

Yesterday afternoon I was rejoined at my bedside by grey Eeyore. Quite rightly, Jane decided he was a little too unhygienic to be in here at first. He’s now been

Transplant -5: Laminated notices

Posted on 7 September 201827 October 2021 by Tim

As I’ve just about exhausted the possibilities of taking photographs from my window, today we take a look inside my prison cell hospital room. At some of the many laminated

Transplant -6: Horse Chestnut – all your conker are belong to us

Posted on 6 September 201827 October 2021 by Tim

Just to the left of the terrace is a beautiful horse chestnut tree. The leaves are on the turn and it has a bumper harvest of conkers ready to be

Transplant -7

Posted on 5 September 201827 October 2021 by Tim

I was admitted a day early to hospital for my stem cell transplant, so it’s now transplant -7, or T -7. Today has been relatively straightforward – the usual whirl

Tick, tick, tick …

Posted on 24 August 201827 October 2021 by Tim

In another twelve days I’ll be checking into the haematology ward at Nottingham City Hospital. There will be another week of intensive chemotherapy, with my stem cell transplant scheduled for

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