Good news – and looking forward to playtime!
Hurrah! The good news on Wednesday morning was that my white blood cell (neutrophil) count was just above the minimum for “normal” adults for the first time in three tests.
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Little darlings: Dealing with watch and wait anxiety
I’m three days away from my regular watch and wait appointment at the hospital, and I’m panicking again. Last time my white blood cell count was low, so I was
Continue readingWhat does the general election mean for lymphoma patients?
A mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) support forum I belong to recently had a posting from someone in the US. They’d received a bill of around $70,000 for an 11 day
Continue readingOff balance
I’m feeling a little off balance at the moment. Last Wednesday I was busy telling the ARIS and webMethods user groups that “numbers don’t speak for themselves”. I was talking
Continue readingLymphoma: 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
Continue readingNervous
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 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 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
Continue readingLucky
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
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