a family Christmas

This year, Christmas has been very much a family affair.   Our son and daughter arrived the day before Christmas Eve. We were joined after C...

This is for you - you wonderful people!

This is for you, you wonderful people - our family and friends! You wonderful people who send such thoughtful, caring and uplifting messages...

Five and a half years, and a small number of months

Five and a half years: looking back Today is exactly five and a half years since Steve found out he had mesothelioma and was told he had six...

Liaisons with LINAC

Steve has been having a liaison with LINAC - a Linear Particle Accelerator which generates X-rays and high energy electrons for medicinal pu...

Treatment timeline

Over the last week, we have talked (and listened) to many people about Steve's mesothelioma - GP, counsellor, radiotherapist, medical on...

going to get zapped......

Back in hospital again today, this time to discuss plans to use radiotherapy to zap the lump on Steve's chest where it has grown through...

The care plan is coming together...

After last Thursday's bad news, we have been keeping an even closer eye on Steve's condition hoping that it would improve a little n...

Take a deep breath....

Before you read this, take a deep breath.  The news is not good, as we suspected.... It's five years and five months almost to the day s...

Frustration, frustration, frustration....

As part of the AZD0424 clinical trial, Steve takes 3 capsules of the trial drug every day.  No eating for 2 hours before he takes the dose o...

Clinical trial AZD0424 Cycle 2 - another week over....

Steve has finished the second week of Cycle 2 of the AZD0424 clinical trial.   He had his scan this morning. He has started Cycle 2, week th...

Clinical trial AZD0424 Cycle 2: hopes, hair loss and halloween

We weren't sure whether Steve would go on to Cycle 2 of the drug trial last week, bearing in mind his side effects and the lump on his c...

Last week of cycle 1 and a bit of a downer

Winge alert.... For various reasons, this last week of Cycle 1 of the AZ0424 clinical trial has been a bit of a downer, so if you are here e...

AZD0424 clinical trial start of Week 4, Cycle 1: lump

Back to hospital today for Steve's weekly check up at the start of the last week of Cycle 1 of the AZD0424 drug trial.   Weight, BP, ECG...