Tag: Lymphoma

The storm continues to rage around me, but I’m comfortable. Lots of drug infusions and blood transfusions are helping. Because my platelets had dropped below 10, I’ve had a transfusion

Four years ago, I celebrated New Year’s Eve with a lot of optimism. 2014 was going to be the year of my 50th birthday. Both of my daughters would be

Yesterday remained fairly quiet. I was given a nebulizer in the morning as a precaution against pneumonia. Other than that, I spent most of the day sat on the bed

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

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

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

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