Archive for June, 2009

Rejoice with me

“The mercies of the Lord endure forever” Bronwen, James (our elder son from the USA) and I have just returned from Christchurch where we saw the oncologist this morning for the results of the CT scan taken yesterday. The news they gave me overwhelmed me. The radiologist and oncologists can find no sign of cancer [...]

A little apprehensive

Bronwen and I have arrived in Christchurch with James, our eldest child visiting from the USA, for the CT scan on Thursday and appointment with our main Oncologist on Friday. After the dramatic progress evidenced by the last scan,I must confess to being a trifle nervous about this one. What if it is still there? [...]

Last ‘official’ chemo

Last week I had my twelfth round of chemo – delayed one week because of low platelets again.  That is it now until I have the result of my next scan next week.  I won’t be sorry to have a break from it. The effects are cumulative and so are the side-effects. I have been [...]

More blessings from Asia

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Over the past week we played host to Guy and Jennifer Rozario from KL in Malaysia. Guy is one of several pastors at a large church there and two house groups pooled resources to send them to Nelson on ‘pastoral visitation’ to check on my progress. We have been blessed by the very practical concerns [...]

Not getting cocky yet

Missed chemo today – only the third postponement in 6 months. Once again my platelets were too low and the neutraphils were only just above the minimum safety mark. Contributing factors may be the fact that 7 days ago I got a mild infection adjacent to the nail on one of my fingers – possibly [...]