Goodbye 2012

With Steve going through chemotherapy for the second time in three and a half years, it's easy to forget that there have been many speci...

Flames of Hope and Courage - Light a candle

It's that time of the year where people around the world light a candle in loving memory of those who have lost their lives to mesotheli...

Ho! Ho! Ho! Impressions of Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer...

For different reasons, we have both been doing impressions of Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer these last few days.... ...Having heaved a sig...

Feeling festive, unexpected presents and a scan

I wondered how we would manage preparing for Christmas this year and whether Steve would be able to enjoy the festivities, knowing  that he ...

Clouds and silver linings: Chemo cycle 4 week 2

Ever since Steve started second line chemo on 8 October, we have been conscious that (if all went to plan) his treatment would include the C...

It's getting to feel a bit like Christmas... Chemo cycle 4, week 1

Its the end of week 1 of Steve's fourth cycle of pemetrexed (Alimta) and carboplatin, and so far there have been no nasty surprises.  In...

Chemo Cycle 4 Day 1: This could be the last time....or may be not!

As expected, the results of Steve's bloods taken last Thursday were borderline again (low neutrophil count).  A second set of bloods was...

a week of anticlimaxes and then.....

We had high hopes for making the most of week three of Steve's third cycle of chemotherapy.  Steve's appetite had returned, the wors...

The tide is turning....at last!

If you have read the blog recently, you will be aware that our part of Oxford has been on a flood warning for the last five days.  We watche...

High tide

We have been keeping a close eye on the weather and the water for the last 24 hours.  On the local news on TV at lunchtime yesterday, there ...

Flood warning!

After yesterday's "up" we have two potential "downs". Yesterday I started sneezing.  I know this sounds silly, but I...

more ups and downs - chemo 3, week 1

During chemo cycle 1, Steve came down with an unknown infection and ended up in hospital at the end of the first week.  Things looked up a b...