check in, check up, check out

Today was Steve's "mystery" appointment at the Chest Clinic.  I say "mystery" as we had no idea why he had been call...

Chemo cycle 1- end of week 2

We have reached the end of week 2 of Steve's first cycle of alimta and carboplatin and, slowly but surely, things are on the up - albeit...

Looking backwards, looking forwards

As Steve is now well into week 2 of his first cycle of Alimta/carboplatin chemotherapy, I thought it worth a quick review of what's happ...

Saturday night and Sunday morning

Saturday night If you read yesterday's blog, you will know that Day 6 of Steve's first cycle of Alimta and carboplatin was not a goo...

expectations, a reality check and putting things into perspective

Cycle 1, Day 6 First, the expectations... When Steve was on the Velcade/cisplatin chemotherapy drug trial in 2009, it was a pretty grueling ...

pill popping - cycle 1, day 2

If you have undergone chemotherapy, you will know that the hospital visits when drugs are administered are only part of the process. If chem...

Cycle 1 Day 1 ..and things can only get better.....

Chemo day today - the start of Steve's second regime of treatment since he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in June 2009.  The first regi...

countdown to chemo

We had hoped to use this week in the run up to the start of chemo as a time to relax, enjoy the simple pleasures of life and prepare ourselv...