When you watch people setting up a microphone to use in the public arena you often hear them say. Testing, Testing 1, 2, 3. sometimes this seems to be repeated endlessly which is a bit how I feel undergoing another battery of tests that hopefully qualify me for a phase one trial of the newContinue reading “Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3”
Tag Archives: Lymphoma Blog
A Weekend Of True Hero’s
This story is more than a year in the making. Dating back to early 2020 when I again started chemotherapy to treat my lymphoma I made the decision to join a small Facebook group set up for motorhomers with cancer. I must say I was skeptical about the site and wondered if it would benefitContinue reading “A Weekend Of True Hero’s”
Becoming An Experimental Guinea Pig.
Those who have been following my blog will know that chemotherapy has ceased to work on my lymphoma. In fact shortly after I published my last blog the haematologist officially suspended my treatment. He told me that he was going to investigate what he called a study but perhaps more widely known as a clinicalContinue reading “Becoming An Experimental Guinea Pig.”
In For A Service And Tune
In my life before lymphoma, I ran a car and truck rental business. During this time I learnt the importance of keeping the fleet serviced and maintained. Although we had our own mechanic we also relied on a team of local specialists who would do the jobs we couldn’t. In some ways that’s been aContinue reading “In For A Service And Tune”
Fatigue Takes Over
I began Chemo for the second time in February 2020 after the reappearance of my Lymphoma. During the Thirteen months since then I have dutifully turned up to all of my appointments and been there while the pump has done it’s business, filling me full of all sorts of modified mustard gas or other evilContinue reading “Fatigue Takes Over”
Turns Out I Am Just Lost.
What do you mean lost? I have lived in my house for the last thirty three years been to this hospital around fifty times in the last twelve months, and I am sitting here meeting with you. How can I be lost? The meeting was with one of the hospital Psychiatrist to follow up onContinue reading “Turns Out I Am Just Lost.”
So There Is No Plan.
Not quite what I wanted to hear from the haematologist during our meeting today. As I mentioned in my last blog I was somewhat concerned that there were no appointments beyond the first round of chemo with the new GDP regime. Having got that resolved or at least partially to include todays appointment, I wasContinue reading “So There Is No Plan.”
A Little Black Companion
Since starting my journey with lymphoma in 2016 I would say that my emotions have been through something of a roller coaster. Starting with the initial diagnosis which occurred on Sarah’s birthday when denial seemed the best option for dealing with things. Slowly over a period of time I have been forced to come toContinue reading “A Little Black Companion”
Stuck On The Wheel
When you look at a Hamster spinning on the treadwheel you wonder if it’s too stupid to get off. They seem to exhaust themselves, take a rest on the wheel and then have another go. So it seems like with my treatment. Not that I am too stupid to get off, just that without stayingContinue reading “Stuck On The Wheel”
A Small Lump In The Road
Originally published in Feb 2020 on http://www.licencedtoretire.com my other blog. I had it all worked out just before Christmas with my mum having passed away in November, our regular return visits home to get her to various hospital appointments would no longer be required. We would be free to get back to the south islandContinue reading “A Small Lump In The Road”
A Lymphoma Journey 