Month: September 2022

Oh happy days! I now have an appointment to have my kidneys tested. I’m very fond of my kidneys … I’ve had them quite a long time, and they’ve always been very good to me. But now they’re planning to inject me with radio active nuclear stuff, to see how well they’re performing. So, I… Continue reading Nuclear Kidneys

Should I phone Hospital to ask how things are progressing???? Do they have a date in mind, for my transplant? ………… I’ve just phoned, and talked with the Specialist Myeloma SCT nurse, Susan. Apparently they’ve had problems because the Derek Mitchell Ward had to be closed for a while. The Derek Mitchel ward is a… Continue reading Stress, Risk and Worries

We had a meeting with my local Consultant, here in Kent yesterday. He said that it was a ‘wash up’ meeting. His support through Hubble Bubble (chemo), from February to June, has been superb. Apparently all of my Stem Cell treatment will now be managed by my hospital in London. A hundred days after the… Continue reading Washed Up!

This is a waiting time.   Last week (1st September onwards) I did not wait very well … in fact I waited really really badly. I waited impatiently for the post to arrive, and for the phone to ring, and (to use a lovely old word) was disgruntled when there was no news from hospital. … Continue reading Preparation Part 1