...Jerry Hall, Peter Kay, Kenneth Clarke, Paul Dowbekin......et cetera 😉

I'm really looking forward to my birthday, even though I'll be in hospital for it. Obviously I'd prefer to be out, and able to celebrate in less confined circumstances, but it's not the end of the world. I'm never normally very fussed about my birthday, but being stuck in here I need things to look … Continue reading “I can’t see the hour”, as the Italians say

I shall write a decent-length post soon, but to be honest there's not been much to say recently... I'm still in the hermitage, my neuts have finally started falling (1.4 on Monday, 1.1 on Tuesday) and I've been extremely grateful to the World Cup for providing company during the long afternoons and evenings! I've been … Continue reading Turn around, bright eyes!

Friday - 1.4Saturday - 1.7Sunday - 1.8Eh?!

Today I had the last doses of chemotherapy for this block (Consolidation 2), which is nice, as it leaves just TWO more Consolidation blocks and a bout of cranial radiotherapy between now and the far less intensive Maintenance therapy.I had hoped this would leave me free to flee the hospital and my hermitage (room 1 … Continue reading Stuck in the hermitage

Lucy Rapp is a great many things. She is, for example, my cousin. She's also delightful and enormous fun. She's somewhat Northern, and all round a gorgeous and wonderful person.However, she assures me she is NOT a natural runner... So it is even more of a challenge for her to be running 10km in London … Continue reading Great events on 2nd July, number 1

Well, the main news is probably that finally, after several false starts, Consolidation 2 has now kicked off! It's a relief to have started, and now I can look forward to it finishing (hopefully in four days' time, though as ever anything might happen between now and then...). I was given the chemo (cytarabine and … Continue reading Hatching time

See how yesterday I ended my post with 'At last!'? At last the chemo was starting, thought I. Silly boy! There were still a good sixteen hours for plans to change. And those who believe in fate, and the possibility of tempting it, may well have cried out in horror, "But George, don't celebrate until … Continue reading Don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched…

Well, today's been jolly, as well as pretty long, as we had an early start to get up to the Marsden for my appointment in the Mould Room. Don't worry, it's not a room where they store everything that ever grew a bug or failed a Health & Safety test - it's where they make … Continue reading Numero uno: the masked man

I'm always talking about myself on this blog, but today I've something to say about someone else as well, so will relegate myself to the end of this post...A message from a very good friend of mine:Hello! I'm a 23 year old teacher and looking for a houseshare in either Woking, Ascot, Guildford or Twickenham … Continue reading 1. Room at the inn? 2. Room at the inn!