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After the weigh-in on my latest trip to Clinic E I found myself sat waiting for new money kilos to be converted into some old money pounds and ounces I could understand. I was fearing the worst and expecting a … Continue reading →

It’s been a while. In fact it’s now been a year since I went to my GP and said I’ve got this lump, pointing to my neck. As they say round here, it’s been a helluva year. It feels like … Continue reading →

On Friday afternoonI returned to Clinic E. I wheeled my way along the seemingly never-ending corridor, past the hordes waiting to be seen at Clinics A, B, C, D, then up to the familiar reception desk at familiar old Clinic … Continue reading →

More good news this week. My RIG got taken out. After three months of having to put up with a length of plastic tubing sticking out of my abdomen, I got called in to Clinic D at the hospital where … Continue reading →

I went back to ENT this week and saw Mr A and his team. It’s different in ENT. There are a lot of deaf and hard of hearing people who pop in for hearing aid batteries. There’s a fair bit … Continue reading →

Into the third week after treatment and I’ve been beginning to see some positive signs. Slowly, gradually, I’ve begun to notice there have been changes for the better. The most noticeable one has been that my neck now looks like … Continue reading →

Well they said it would get worse and they were right. I’m apparently now in the grip of a post-radiotherapy flare that should last about ten days. This week has without doubt been the worst so far. Not only have … Continue reading →

Radiotherapy sessions are properly called fractions. My thirtieth and last fraction was on Friday. It had been a long time coming, but at last there it was, the day the music finally died. No more Proclaimers or Showaddywaddy or Take … Continue reading →

Some people with MS really like hot and humid weather. For them, the more sticky and sultry the conditions the better. But I’m not one of those people. The more hot and humid it is, the worse I am. Now … Continue reading →

I’m beginning to think I’ll soon be able to at least look up at the parapet, if not over it. Two weeks to go and those two weeks still seem like an awfully long time but there’s no mistaking there’s … Continue reading →