I’m constantly amazed at how things are proceeding at present. It’s hard sometimes to remember the seriousness of my situation and I guess one tends to learn to live with it. Last Wednesday I had my 9th course of chemo (2nd here in Nelson). During the week leading up to the treatment I had been [...]
I met with my new Nelson doctor today for appraisal and formal transfer from the Hanmer Springs clinic. He was our old family doctor and he also attended Bronwen’s mother in her final battle with cancer back in 1990/91. He was pleasantly surprised at how well I look and encouraged me to continue to hold [...]
A religious man discovers that he has testicular cancer, and decides to pray for a miracle. The next day he visits a urologist, who tells him he must have surgery immediately. He tells the doctor “I do not want you to remove my testicle, I am praying for a miracle from God”. Then he visits [...]
Each time I go for blood tests I only just manage to achieve the absolute minimum levels for platelet counts and neutrafils (the antigens that fight infection). Because of my vulnerability to infections I am supposed to keep away from anyone who is not well, but what happens if the infection is within the family [...]
Since coming to Nelson two weeks ago, we have had no time to sit around navel-gazing. We had planned to settle in for a couple of weeks and plan the alterations we intend to make to the service areas of the house. Instead, the friend who is supervising and helping with the alterations came to [...]
Had my first visit to the Nelson hospital yesterday when I met the local oncologist. She is an old friend of my Christchurch specialist and they roomed together in London. Today I went for my 8th chemo treatment (out of 12) and the first in Nelson. Surprisingly the Nelson set-up seems more modern than the [...]
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