Belated Happy Birthday Jo, I hope you had a good day. I will have to find a happy song now for while I like 'Bonnie Boy' it is hardly celebratory. :-S

Much love and many happy returns. 🙂

Dai xxx

David,

"Living and the Dead Tour of England and Scotland – 2011"

What a wonderful and thoughtful idea made even more wonderful because you actually planned and executed it. 😀 😎

The Welsh side of my family is quite easy to find as generally they live in the same hole… or next door.:-D The London Irish (Mother's Father's side) and…[Read more]

Wow David, that sounds both complicated and expensive. :-S

I made a conscious decision to spend my holidays either with or near to friends and family… partly because of some of the stories I heard about extensive bone damage and air flight… but, as I said, the main factor was a widely scattered group of friends and family that I would like…[Read more]

Wonder drug indeed – it doesn't explode out of the pack and it does not work particularly well as an instant cure for blockages… but as a regular, complimentary medicine it is marvellous. (The word marvellous was used by both the ward Sister and the duty Doctor).:-D

I feel a different person today… still fatigued and 'heavy' limbed but I…[Read more]

The very best of luck… hold on… I've missed a day.

Results please madam. 🙂

Dai.

Hi Shirls,

Of all the pluses of recovery from treatment having a real taste and desire for food and drink is by far the biggest bonus… and its not just 'back to normal', everything tastes bigger and better and bolder. Bring it on… Hmm, dare I risk a 'drink' drink with my MST?

Nah… I won't push it… enough lessons for the time…[Read more]

Ah, it is the Sunday shakedown… maintenance on the site.. it has happened before. I can't get it here either… I am sure it will work fine (again) by tonight.

I love micro breweries… they are an art form and you get to be very close and personal with the beers.8-)

Dai.

Regardless of the location I am so glad that he slipped away surrounded by love… 🙂

Bridget, I do feel compassion for your father-in-law and his family but if you don't mind I will concentrate all of my love and sympathy and encouragement for you and you alone, to help you as you play your part in this sorrow.

I can remember when I…[Read more]

I am so sorry to hear your news Bridget… I know that at his age we would normally say that he has had a good innings or that he has reached a very respectable age which is all fine and good if the end is full of dignity, grace and love… but when it is like this, with family having to travel to a strange place and your FIL is denied a familiar…[Read more]

Hi Jet,

Thanks for the video link, it was very enlightening. The idea of one-stop, one-fits-all has been a bugbear of mine for a long time now. I asked the Prof at the Nottingham INFODay the question about an individual disease being treated with blanket, 1-2-3 treatments and the seeming lack of flexibility and he agreed.. but said that there…[Read more]

Hi John,

I imagine consensus and best market would dictate a central concert venue… I was thinking of our patron, the wonderful Maureen Lipton and the possibility of a West End Theatre for one night only… but there are a hundred Arts Centre venue if that idea fails… 😎 😀

Baby steps, think big and stay big… that's my take for what…[Read more]

That is interesting Jo because as I have said previously, I wish I had on reflection (backed up by a pretty strong conviction at the time) held strong and postponed my SCT until after my CDT remission failed… but that's no longer an option and I didn't get enough cells for a 2nd. 🙂 >:-( 🙁

The video posted by Jet shows the concerns in…[Read more]

Hi Jr,

How old is your Mum and did they give a name to her Myeloma… i.e. Heavy chain or light chain? For instance if paraproteins were mentioned it will be heavy chain myeloma. What treatment have they mentioned… it is usually CDT (Cyclo, Dexamethasone and Thalidomide) but there has been a plethora of clinical trials that are proving to…[Read more]

Wow, now that is interesting. Strange but I have always imagined that major ways forward for diseases such as MM might well be found from other areas of medicine… side products and such… and this is a perfect example.8-)

Dai.

Thanks Tom and Jean,

Ideas are inspirational not frightening… I know the processes and procedures inside out but it is not the technical know how that matters, it is the enthusiasm, countered by fiscal realities and firm commitment that either quenches or instills the confidence to move forward towards an actual event.

In truth I imagine…[Read more]

Ha, well the production team is forming, thanks Jean, I'll do a little exploring of ideas with Myeloma UK and possibly MacMillan and see if there is any interest..

It will have to be examined, a proposal put forward and a viability report showing concert and recording costs plus reproduction, artwork et al. The initial point would be to…[Read more]

Ah, tell me more Tom… about the Trent work, it sounds interesting… are you anywhere near the Nottingham stretch?

Dai.