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As Norman Tebbitt was overhead saying in the Horsham Waitrose a few years back - "Still above ground old chap" Seriously though; had an internal bleed in my upper GI tract in March which put me in the Royal Surrey for the best part of a week. I became really anaemic but several pints of the red...

Good to hear from you, it has been a while. Glad you seem so well and are spending less time in the scanners etc; what's an immune system btw? If your dad hasn't told you about the Bat 'n Ball the just don't think about having a Stag Night there. Best wishes to all. N

Sixth and final dose of chemo from this course (the fifth) successfully negotiated at the St Luke's Cancer Centre (RSCH) in Guildford yesterday. Tired, lazy and grumpy atm; currently looking at the 120 caps of loperamide (Imodium) that I now have to "support" my digestive system. CT scan and...

The good news about Lord Bracknell today reminded me to post a brief update here for any followers who are still awake. I'm now over last November's surgery and am physically fitter than I've been for a long time. My oncology consultant at Guildford has recommended a half course of chemotherapy...

Good to hear from you Baldy and welcome to the club; I'll be there today and thinking of you. A very happy Christmas to all in Cornwall and West Sussex.

NSC is a blocked site at Basingstoke Hospital so I wasn't able to post. My 60th birthday (6 Nov) was spent in a morphine induced parallel universe where I met loads of new friends, particularly Kevin who still comes to see me occasionally. Was discharged on Sunday, 12 days post op'n, having...

I wish I'd come up with an excuse, it was pretty woeful stuff on Saturday; even 'Strictly' seemed an improvement. Just back from holiday in Italy, how did it all go in the end A? I'm still due to be admitted on 3rd Nov for about 3 weeks. All seems OK atm, MRSA screen and vaccinations (in case...

Sure, there was/is an element of anger knocking about in me but tbh it's more a concern that he clearly took a decision to recommend surgery without fully assessing either me or studying my medical history. Frankly, I think he belated realised that this isn't the sort of procedure that he's...

Can't you tap up the local taxi driver from Wisborough Green?

Very pleased for you and the family, couldn't be much better news then this eh? Now get yourself a Yeovil tkt sorted - no excuses, it's only 4hrs on the train, change at Castle Carey! :thumbsup:

I hope the treatment's going well Cornish, let us know how you're getting on. Anyway, here's a brief(?) 'Spanish Eve' update from me: The coleorectal (guts) surgeon/consultant at Guildford has decided, after getting me to have a 3 month course of chemo to soften the tissue for surgery and...

That's more like it Andy, very best wishes from all of us in Alfold. I'll pm you later.

An update from me now I'm halfway through the current course of brain pickling. Have been getting very tired but that's largely down to some drug (irinotecan) induced anaemia. As a result I require a 2/3pt transfusion of the red stuff in what should be my week off during the fortnightly chemo...

Thanks for the best wishes. Seriously though, I don't find the treatment any sort of problem at all, never have done, and neither do many of the other patients I know/meet in the Cancer Unit at the Royal Surrey Hospt'l. Everything next week has a logic and purpose that I fully understand and...

Hope everything went OK with your Consultant on Monday, my treatment kicks off next week so Burnley's the last game before chemo pickle brain sets in again when I shall definitely need Lord B's mini-bus service to get to the ground from CP5. Bloods and medical interview with the chemo nurses on...

Cheers. I don't know if you knew him (Andy will) but David Sainsbury from the Weald's Sports Dept who was the school rugby coach (and a former Int'l referee) once said that if Billy played for England then he'd buy every former first XV player a drink. David retired a few years ago but during...

The PET scan was a like a slow CT scan from the patient perspective. You're given the radioactive isotope iv and then have to lay down for an hour to let the radioactivity spread throught the body; then it's into the scanner, laying down again, for about 25 minutes - I went to sleep beforehand...

I too am very sorry to hear this Bushy.

A quick update from me on the results of my back from hols CT scan last week. The marker cancer nodule in my peritoneum has grown about 0.5cm all round and is now about the size of a thumbnail. No signs of aggressive disease there or any disease elsewhere so no more chemo just yet. However, I'll...

Sorry Andy, I missed all the excitement as we were away in Vietnam. Best wishes to you all.