Thank you kindly Tom and Jo. 😀

Coughs and dribbles receding and C: Diff seems in control. 🙂

Glad you liked it Jo… I'll dig out another couple but I don't want to be a nuisance. 😉

Much love to you both.

Dai.

Hi Vicki & Colin.

Great news… roll on Monday! Colin's bloods are remarkable for this juncture: 😎

[b]Haemoglobin up to 12.7 (13 is the lower end of normal)[/b]

[i]Thanks to my dicky Romany inherited blood 12.4 is the highest I have ever been in my life… even when I was playing County Hockey. Again C: Diff has had my HGB hovering…[Read more]

Hi Carol,

I have followed this thread closely and was very interested to learn about PAD and other such treatments… so I'll restrict myself to saying that I am sorry you relapsed, glad that the treatment they chose for you seems to be going well and a personal wish that you will soon be in remission, maintenance backed or no and feeling as…[Read more]

Hi Tina,

I recommend Wrigley's EXTRA. I don't use chewing gum that often but I do find the EXTRA very, very, good at freshening my breath.:-D

Good luck with it… but I would ask your local pharmacist for advice too!8-) 🙂

Regards

Dai.

Did Slim get on your nerves with 'Are we nearly there yet?'. :-0

Take it easy for a couple of days, enjoy those views and chill… i am sure that won't be an effort. Have a great time you two… meeting with family, exploring the Island, being plain old, ordinary tourists. 😎

Lets all wish Slim the best of health for the next few weeks…[Read more]

Hi Maria,

Welcome to the board, it is as supportive and friendly a place as you will ever want to find… but I'm sorry you had to find it in the first place. 😀

The beauty of this board is that there will be someone a few days or a few weeks ahead of you and there will be a line of people stretching all the way down the gamut of…[Read more]

Good luck with your fight too Scott.

I hope the Bendamustine shows good results and puts you back on your feet. I too suffered with Velcade… It made weak and groggy and exacerbated the PN I'd got from my CDT. I got into full remission with Velcade, the medics were all pleased but it relapsed within 4 weeks. That seems to have been my MO…[Read more]

Hi Colin & Vicki ,

As Ali so rightly put it Whoop, Whoop…. and do you know what? Whizzee!

When Janet brought me home she went into mode and treated me the same as any other time that I had been 'inside'. She put me in my chair, made sure I was comfortable, then went out to get my bag and bits, switching on the kettle on her way out. :-)…[Read more]

Hi Andy,

I think the technical term for your news is 'bummer'. To get to a point where everything looks as is it is in place, only to be faced with a 7,000,000 to 1 chance must be devastating. Your donor (or possible donor) has 2 points that make their possible contribution invalid, or dangerous, begs the question: 'What are the qualifying…[Read more]

[quote]I am in full agreement that a positive attitude & outlook is important & extremely beneficial and this is something that comes with time following a diagnosis.

However, with regard to feeling down and utterly depressed, which can be as a result of many factors for each individual, I disagree entirely that it is a matter of "choice".…[Read more]

Hi David,

It sounds like you are having the greatest of times… well deserved after the ups and downs of this year… and I am so very glad that these great times are being shared with your family. 😀 🙂

The photo is a wonderful example of camaraderie… joy, togetherness and intimacy… perfect. 😎

Enjoy the rest of your stay and…[Read more]

Hi Tina,

Perhaps it's not quite rooftops time but you can shout from an upstairs window… Unless you live in a bungalow of course.:-D

You will get better much more quickly now you are getting an appetite.8-)

Dai.

Hi Andy,

I was given potassium drink tablets and they made me nauseous… and very little makes me nauseous… so they switched to ordinary tablets… and while vile at least I kept them down. Luckily my levels were back up to normal in five days.

I agree with the banana substitute… We have one with our breakfast and one for eleven…[Read more]

Hi Tina,

I have heard of the Picc Line before… I looked it up and it really does seem a simple yet effective long term procedure, especially for those who have the devil of a job giving blood or finding a place for Cannula's.:-(

But when I asked at our excellent Day-Case Unit I was told 'We don't do them here'. When I asked why I was…[Read more]

HI Kez,

I am addressing this to you but it is a general statement meant for all those in a similar position to you8-)

[i][b]It is entirely your choice to feel down and utterly depressed and to seek out a dark place for your expression of those feelings… your choice entirely and nothing to do with the rest of [/i]us.[/b]

But remember…[Read more]

Wishing you the very best of luck with the Bendamustine Keith. 🙂

I shall be keeping a close eye on events and all of your reports. I hope that you settle into a good relationship with the drug and that your levels come down as your neuters go up.8-)

You deserve a time of respite and some kind of normality and the is no reason to think…[Read more]

Hi Tina,

Yes, it can take a few months… even 6 months or more to get to that point where you feel almost normal. But that doesn't mean that you will feel as you do now for all that time. Your getting better will be a slow but steady event. I imagine that you will feel weak and easily tired by taking on certain ventures (like going out…[Read more]

Thank you Tina,

I believe that I will have the same attitude as Patrick when it comes to letting go… even as I slip away I am sure I will wake again and drag it out. I am a bit of an existentialist… 'I think therefore I am'… while I can think and speak and make sense I believe that I can carry on.:-D

I remember my father, dying of…[Read more]