Christmas Day, Boxing Day and more

At the risk of sounding like the BBC, it was great having everyone home for Christmas.  For once, Jack's train from Bristol wasn't c...

Christmas Eve

Freezing temperatures, snow and associated travel problems and illness have presented us with a few challenges in the run up to Christmas th...

Lighting a candle on the winter solstice

Few symbols offer more comfort than a candle blazing in the dark, especially in the bleak mid-winter when everything is blanketed with snow ...

snowed in...and a change of plan

A conundrum for you: The christmas tree is is the garden and we want to bring it inside.  However... The wellies and spade are in the garden...

18 months and still going strong

I'm glad you can't see me as I write.  Believe me, you would be frightened.  I look (and feel) like I've gone six rounds in the ...

you think everything is going OK, then......

Just when we thought we were making good progress on Christmas preparations, I have succumbed to an infection which has put me on a diet of ...

Christmas comes early!

The approach to Steve's assessment is always an anxious period.  This time it has coincided with the run up to Christmas and a very inte...

Oh happy day :-)

There are some days when things seem to go right. This looks like being one of them!  OK - nothing life changing, but the cumulative effect ...

Telling it her own words....

Top right you will find a link to Mavis Nye's blog.  Mavis developed mesothelioma as a result of washing her husband's clothes, not ...

Feeling rather festive!

We have spent the last few days getting into the festive spirit in Brussels (the city not the vegetable) where we stayed with Angela, a frie...

The long arm of the law

This week seems to have been dominated by Steve's damages case.  We met the solicitor on Monday to go though all the things Steve had re...

Happy days

The last few blogs seem to have been invaded by a rather sombre mood.  Things have been much better recently!   Last weekend we had a grown-...

Remembering

All over the world on Wednesday and again today people have been remembering those who lost their lives in conflict.  Our hearts go out to t...

No escape

If you are a film buff (or even if you're not) the name Steve McQueen will probably conjure up memories of the actor making a bid for fr...

a forest of paperwork

We collected a large box from the Royal Mail office last Saturday. Seeing it was from the solicitor, we put off opening it until Monday so t...

The 200th

This is the 200th post, so it's me, Steve, dropping in to say hello. I'm still here, not that I thought I wouldn't be, still fe...

Jabs

Because he was undergoing chemotherapy this time last year, Steve was unable to have seasonal/swine flu jabs in the autumn.  As a result, an...

We are not alone......

At the top right of the blog, under the title We are not alone , there is a list of links to other meso people's blogs. Today, I added a...

reunion, celebration, exhibition

In recent times, I've enjoyed a girl's weekend get together around this time of year; Prue, Chris, Jenny and I go somewhere like Bat...

Trigger litigation

On 16 October, I mentioned the Court of Appeal judgement that has set the cat amongst the pigeons in terms of mesothelioma damages claims.  ...

New regime

For some time now, Steve has been taking supplements to help boost his immune system - vitamins and omega 3 (fish oil).  He has has also bee...

16 months and still going strong

It's 16 October 2010, which means it's 16 months since Steve was diagnosed with mesothelioma and he's still going strong, extend...

close encounters

We had a close encounter yesterday with a famous artist. Well, the famous artist's self-portraits to be precise.  Paul Gauguin.  It'...

Time

It must be a sign of the times that for his birthday, Jack requested our help with decorating/DIY on his house.  So that's how we spent ...