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...

Clinical Trials in the UK

When Steve was first diagnosed with mesothelioma, finding out about clinical trials recruiting in the UK was a bit hit and miss.  You had to...

long and slow....but we got there in the end - chemo 3, day 1

Back in 2009 when Steve was having his first line chemo on the Velcade/cisplatin drug trial, his blood counts were so low before the start o...

Meso-bloods-meso Part 2

Meso 1 Today it is three years and five months since Steve was diagnosed with mesothelioma.  When I started writing the blog, I would do a r...

Meso-bloods-meso-Part 1

As the end of cycle two of Steve's alimta/carboplatin regime approaches, we feel a bit like the ball in a ping-pong match, ping-ponging ...

coming out of purdah - chemo cycle 2, days 9 - 14

After his bad experience of fighting an infection whilst having his first cycle of alimta/pemetrexed and carboplatin chemotherapy, Steve has...

Getting it out of the system: chemo cycle 2, days 5-8

It's now a week since Steve had his second dose of pemetrexed/alimta and carboplatin.  It's been a bit of a roller coaster ride....T...

Chemo cycle 2, days 1 - 4

Testing Testing After Steve's experience on cycle 1 of his chemo regime when there was a mix up between the hospital and the GP about wh...