8.6.07. Driving Assessed! (Dee)
Had driving assessment yesterday using a left hand brake and accelerator and did pretty well, so assessor will write to GP who will give the all clear for driving. We need to upgrade the car and get it...
View Article11.6.07. (Dee)
Open homes here again this weekend. Lots of people through but nothing on paper yet. Most interest is from our next door neighbour! We have been looking at open homes ourselves but have become...
View Article20.6.07. (Dee)
Pain continues unabated - worse towards the end of the day. Not due to be seen at the hospital again until 6 July so may phone before then and get a referral to the Pain Clinic. Balance is now...
View Article7 July 2007 (or 7/7/7, if you're interested)
Clinic appointment yesterday. Nothing to report, all bloods normal, LDH 184. I'll have a CT in a few weeks and tests for toxo every 3 months.My first singout of 2007: The world's most contented cat:
View ArticleSunday 8 July 2007 (Dee)
Pain hasn't improved one iota - in fact seems worse and now complicated by severe muscle cramps in his feet and legs at night. Got a call from his haematologist today (yes on Sunday!) to say he had...
View ArticleFriday 10th August 2007
Spoke to Steve Palmer today. Results of my PCR test for toxo are in finally - negative for toxo. Second attempt as the lab lost the first blood sample I gave. Had a CT a week ago and the report says...
View Article20th September 2007 - 1 year post-transplant (Dee)
Well quite a lot to report. Ross has been a bit remiss with his blog. Firstly his pain has continued unabated and has been a real problem. Finally he got an appointment at the Pain Clinic and saw a...
View ArticleOverseas Trip
We had a great time in Singapore. Hotel was very nice. Took a bus tour the day after arrival which was pretty tough on "Ross - 5 stops and had to "look around"at each stop - some more than a km. While...
View ArticleVenice
hi againWell here we are in Venice. It was with great reluctance that we had to part with the popemobile even though it had its moments! Came down by train yesterday and it was meant to take 2 hrs and...
View ArticlePhotos from Europe Trip
Finally had a chance to organise these. What follows below is a small selection. You can see (many) more at: http://public.fotki.com/rossmcm/ross/europe-2007/Singapore/...
View ArticleDec 26, 2007
Anya (one year and four days old) wants to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a safe new year. December was a little too eventful for us. I had a "swarm" of night sweats so moved my next...
View ArticleNew Years 2008
It's a long time since we last wrote, and I was reminded of this by Uncle Bruce recently when I phoned. So here goes. I am back at work, riding the new busway every day to Albany. We both had a...
View ArticleEaster 2008
A mild case of the jitters last month. I had a CT scan, partly routine, and partly because I had had a few night sweats. The CT showed thickening of the colon at the site of the original lymphoma, and...
View ArticleJune 2008
A couple of weeks ago, I had a follow-up CT scan as a precaution after the ambiguous results from the CT I had in February. Yesterday we saw Steve Palmer (my haemotologist) to get the news and there is...
View ArticleJuly 2008
Went to my first ever All Blacks test last Sat night. We sat in the rain with our thermos of hot chocolate for 4 hours and watched the aussies get thumped. It was worth it. Went home and watched it...
View ArticleOctober 2008
I was having lunch with Marcus, a friend/colleague, and he made the comment that the updates had become less and less frequent these days, which he assumed meant there wasn't much to report, i.e no...
View ArticleNovember 2008 to April 2009
Time we updated all you good folks out there. I know you all check this every day and I feel a wee bit guilty that I don't update it quite that often. On the health front, I had a haematology 6-month...
View ArticleFebruary 2010
Well, looking back I see the last update was in April 2009... Lots has happened since then.First of all we moved house. Aldred Rd took a long time to sell in the 2009 market but we finally did and...
View ArticleFebruary 2012 (coming soon...)
Yes, I know. Two years is too long. I'm working on an update which I'll post real soon now.
View ArticleMy how the years fly...
Well, it's now 2016 and I have neglected this little blog somewhat. I will however update it in September (2016!). Real soon now...
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