By Gillian Last week, our main goal of the weekly hospital consultation was to sort out a better pain management regime. In practice, that got usurped by Chris being neutropenic and hospitalised for four nights so we never got around to blogging about the original issue. We had emailed our key worker over the Bank […]
By Gillian We were expecting Chris to be let out of hospital today, as he’s feeling much better and his white cell count has an upward trend at last. He had another blood transfusion, which was due to finish around 6pm, so he asked me to turn up then to take him home. I did […]
By Gillian Yesterday, we went to Worcester hospital for the usual weekly bag change and routine discussion with the consultant oncologist, and ended the day with Chris being admitted to Cheltenham hospital and put in an isolation ward with no visitors allowed. Not quite how we had expected the day to pan out! It is […]
By Gillian Here is an MRI scan of Christopher’s brain, to prove to all you doubters out there that he does actually have one! No significant abnormalities were found, so at least it seems clear that he doesn’t have a brain tumour.
By Gillian Last night, we had a real treat – we went to a live recording of “I’m Sorry, I Haven’t a Clue” in Cheltenham. Some of our further-flung readers may not appreciate the reference. ISIHAC is a long-running and much-loved comedy on BBC Radio 4. The self-styled “antidote to panel games” has become a […]
By Gillian If Christopher’s back pain continues for much longer, we’re going to buy one of the foam wedge pillows that several people have recommended. In the mean time he’s propping himself up in bed on a pile of pillows. I thought it might be worth sharing the method my (nearly 90-year-old) Gran learned as […]
By Gillian Chris was meant to go into Cheltenham yesterday to start cycle 5 of the chemotherapy. However, when he phoned the hospital at 8:30 in the morning, there wasn’t a bed available. That was frustrating for him, but actually suited me as it meant I was able to go to an all-day work meeting […]
By Gillian I’ve had comments that this blog seems to be nearly as much about food as it is about living with cancer. I’ve looked back over some of our posts, and I take the point – but I’m not going to apologise! Food has always been important to us both, and being able to […]
By Gillian Today (or technically, I suppose, yesterday since it’s now gone midnight) was Easter Monday, a public holiday, so I had a day off work. We had talked about going out for the day, visiting a local place of interest or even just going for a walk on the Malvern Hills. However, Chris felt […]
By Gillian I was reading our local paper last night, and saw that there was a good review of a play at the Malvern Theatres. Tom Conti (of Shirley Valentine fame for those of us of a certain age) was starring in a comedy “Wife after Death” by Eric Chappell. I thought that we could […]
