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Because they AAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH! Today is National/World (I forget which) Talk Like a Pirate Day, and I feel a bit bad for not letting you know sooner... This post is also my TWO HUNDREDTH post on this blog, so that's a nice milestone too. It's going to be a pretty random post, though, as there are … Continue reading Why are pirates so cool?

Just a quickie before I go up to London again (for Chemo Thursday, of course, but also an OMV meeting, a gig by my cousin's band - see '(the) Requiems' in my links) - and the occasional social event. What's more, I'm going to a wedding on Saturday: hurrah! I guess I'm at that age … Continue reading Like a yo-yo

I was in London on Friday for Lou Noble's farewell drinks before she goes to New York for a couple of years, and after a few drinks at All Bar One in Clapham, we went on to the Clapham Grand to continue the celebrations (blood counts still good ).Katie C and I were a bit … Continue reading Accidentally playing the cancer card

Thank you for all the reassuring comments you added to my last post, even if I can't help but doubt I'd be hearing such compliments if I hadn't got leukaemia in the first place ;-).Anyway, it's been another decent time between posts, and once again that's due to FUN! I've been up to all sorts, … Continue reading Fun fun fun

As you've probably spotted, my social life of late has been a bit more exciting than it was for the previous nine months or so... This has been wonderful, as I've tried to make the most of having decent blood counts for a change. It is very hard to be stuck in hospital, or sitting … Continue reading So what do you do?

I'm not a man to go around consolidating just once. Oh, no. Twice? Not me. Consolidation 3, here we go... Actually, I started this morning, having had good blood results again on Tuesday (I discovered that actually the normal level for haemoglobin is 13-17, and I'm about 11.6, but I was right that the other … Continue reading Bring it on

Well, I've given you all plenty of time to read about last Thursday, so now I'll tell you about Wednesday and Tuesday, as promised.On Wednesday evening I went to Adam's, where I found not just Adam but also Rachael. We enjoyed a lovely meal courtesy of Adam's mother, and after lots of OMV chat (well, … Continue reading On to the past

Five days and no blogging... I am sorry. I blame radiotherapy-induced lethargy (for the first day or two) and decent-blood-count-induced busyness (for the rest). I have been in the Big City, London! Having lovely blood counts (all within normal levels, I think... neutrophils: 2.6; WBC: 4.5; platelets: 230; haemoglobin: 11.6; I think) means I can … Continue reading Chillin’ at my homie

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Now I really HAVE finished the radiotherapy, which is good, as that's another phase to almost cross off (it doesn't really finish until Wednesday, with my last intrathecal chemo of this phase), though it was actually a bit sad in one way: I'd started to get to know some of the radiographers a bit. But … Continue reading Second time lucky