Keith,

Well you’re a bit of a Superman in my books bouncing back so quick. You also just put a smile on my face by reminding  me of getting back on my feet and feeling brave enough to take my Triumph Speed Triple out for a ride. 🙂  Do you get up the Ace Cafe for Classic Car night?

Mike

Hello Keith,

Just read through your posts on this thread, do you have a big S tattoo’d on your chest? 🙂 I struggled a lot longer recovering from my SCT and I was 42 at the time. I did exactly 21 days in The Marsden, the home option wasn’t offered so must be something new since 2007.

Mike

PS Is that a Stag or PI you are leaning on in your avatar photo?

Hell Vicki,

Let’s hope Colin’s remission continues and the treatments also keep improving as they have over the years. I was told the average age for MM was 70 in 2007 and to have it at my age put me in a very small minority of sufferers. They took enough stem cells at the harvest for another transplant and the way things are going they might go…[Read more]

That’s a question I have never considered, I will have to ask next time I go. The blood pressure tablets were prescribed by my GP on the request of Dr.Macanjuola a couple of years ago to relieve pressure on the kidneys if I remember correctly. My weight and fitness probably does not help as I’m around 18.5st. I was playing a bit of paintball (yes,…[Read more]

Hi Rebecca,

I usually see two specialists when I attend St.Hellier, any one of the Haemotology team and one of the Nephrologists, Dr. David Macanjuola. We were discussing my creatinine level yesterday and over the past two years it has been trending up slightly but has been fairly consistent since the SCT between 180-210. I have just tried…[Read more]

Hello Richard,

I hadn’t looked at it that way, perhaps you’re right. The only contact I have with other patients is at St.Hellier and because I go every 3 months I don’t often see the same people as they might be on 2 monthly visits. Come to think of it I only saw one member of staff yesterday that was there when I had my treatment, Nicky the…[Read more]