Sometimes you can speak to soon, although we were delighted at the stem cell result and genuinely intented to celebrate, you can forget that someone took all the blood out of your body and centrifuged it before putting it back that afternoon. Well about an hour after I wrote the last blog my body decided to show me, once again, who is boss. I started to feel wobbly and went to bed having only sipped at my first glass of (very nice) red wine, some hours of fitful sleep and I woke up with a temperature of 38c and a soaked pair of pyjamas, over the night the temperature stayed at this borderline for calling the hospital but by 8am it had crept up to 39 which is past the "go to hospital now" rule I have been given (not 99 as in earlier chemo head edition). I duly phoned in with the measurments and they told me to get in now and bring a bag to stay. Bummer!
Fortunatly I only stayed in till 4pm as my temp dropped of its own account and the blood tests for bugs proved to be negative so they let me go after I had watched the first four episodes of Lost on the DVD, and read some chapters of my "heavy" book just to keep my intellectual credibility up with Dave and Kenny. This time I was in an isolation ward on my own as they did not know if I had a bug, or what kind of a bug it was. Turns out the balance of opinion was that it was just a kind of kick back by my body at being roughly treated, pumped full of growth factor, centrifuged and then left, seems reasonable to me really.
So I got home late yesterday feeling a bit "out of sorts" just because my day had been displaced with hospital and yet I did not feel 100%. An odd day.
My mood was not improved by the discovery that the resolution of the cracked mounting round the jack point on the bluesmobile is not clear or easy. My dealer, and the dealer I bought the car from (who is still liable for this type of fault insided six months I have discovered, but he is cautious to admit) all agree that (a) they have never seen this fail before (b) its serious to fix and (c) Aston martin should really pay for it as its clearly a construction defect or weakness and they build reliable cars. All of which is great, except Aston disagree, they are after all for sale by Ford so I guess purse strings are tight.
So they are all in furious arguement about who should pay, but my car is stuck in the garage in limbo for the moment, which is irritating, and I am having to waste time writing formal letters to set out my legal options to return the car, and to get my money back if necessary. This is not an outcome I realish but a point I need to remind the dealer of, just to ensure the correct application to the resolution of the problem (and in case it becomes necessary). In short all a bit tedious and time consuming when I could have done without it.
On a happy note Johnathon and Sophie our good friends visited tonight and, after appropiate scrubbing down and hand washes, stayed for some of my famous Irish stew and a glass of red wine before heading down the road in the snow, yes our tiles have a light dusting of snow and it looks like we are due more in the next few days. So a happy eveing was had by all and everyone else has retired under duvets except me and the cats (one of which is very pleased to have caught a mouse today in the hall). I am off to the hospital again tomorrow for some regular check ups and line maintenance but have a relaxing weekend of Rugby watching planned ahead, and scans early next week in advance of chemo 3 and consultation on Thursday. All go in Hodgkins land.
Hope things are good with you, Brenda and deputy blogger contine to try to sort out accomidation for the monster challenge, I guess 600 others are trying to do the same thing. I think more hiking is planned this weekend and the recovery of our bikes from Aberdeen may happen when I am up for the scan, so lee can have the same fun Tim has found with sore arse syndrome!
Its a nice change that the sore bits are not mine !
Cheers
Gerry
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Hello Gerry, just back from ISPO so catching up on the good news, shame about the celebration though. Sorry to hear about the AM..all the best John
I told you not to catch bird flu! And I also told you a VW Beetle Cabrio was probably a more economical option that an Aston Martin. Funnily enough, at no point in any of Ian Fleming's novels have I read the line, 'Bond could not set off in high speed pursuit of Bloefeld due to a cracked jacking point on his Aston Martin.'
I also never heard of James setting off in pursuit in his VW Beetle Cabrio with his immaculate freshly permed curls blowing in the wind...I supposed they would have had to change "pursuit" to "following at a distance" to make it past editing.
Ran out of cheeks after the first two, and I am a bit senstive about my cracked jacking point as its the same bit of metal that holds the back wheels on.
Cheers
Gerry
Good to hear the good news.
Still trying to imagine how you get a dead mouse past the virus controls though.
Catharine
Hi Catharine,
Good to hear from you, (I am guessing from the tone you are Catharine Sowerby rather than my cousin Catharine, apoligies to all if I got that wrong). Anyhow I did have to usher the cat out of the house with the mouse still wriggling in its jaws so that I did not have to touch the cat or the mouse for bug control reasons!
The monster challenge seems like the sort of thing you would enjoy if you are still as fit as you have tended to be over the last years.
Cheers
Gerry
In one of the films Bond does manage a pursuit in a Citroen 2CV. And in another, the back end (including wheels) fall off a Renault driven by Bond and he still manages to drive on. My bonnie Beetle sounds better than both of those!
Hi Gerry, following your blogg regularly.... nasty Aston. If a normal Beetle Cabrio does not do the job for you,... how about a V8 280HP Beetle Nürburgring-version ... and as it is not a cabrio, there is also no issue with "permed curls blowing in the wind" at pursuit (which is Ok for me). All the best, Serge
Glad to hear they were able to extract essence of Gerry. They have the techology. They can rebuild you. Could be dangerous in the wrong hands!
Ah Kenny this could explain the crack perhaps they wanted the Aston in the scene where the back wheels fall off. I have to admit any car with back wheels attached to the front of the car is better than one where the connection is as tenious as mine at the moment. Good news is that AM, the dealer that sold me the car and the dealer who did not find the fault are all near to reaching agreement on who should pay what and it does not include me, should have a deal done on Monday which will be a relief.
Gerry
You do also have to differentiate between cars he steals or borrows because someone is shooting rockets at him - and cars he drives up to the casino with, or to get the girl. Necessity and style are not the same, hence "my other cars a mondeo estate" sticker I recently put on the rear window of the Aston. He did open the last film in a Mondeo after all.
Gerry
Hi Serge nice to hear from you how are things going in bavaria ?
You can email me on mulliganhome@blueyonder.co.uk if you want.
Good to hear from the bavarian team over the last days.
Cheers
Gerry
Hi Gerry, even if I am a bit behind in reading your diary it is again and again a reminder for me what is really important when my head sticks too deep in the daily business. No surprise to see the large book in front of you in the picture below. No surprise when I read about your plain scientific approach to the nasty treatment you go through. Just a surprise that the Aston Martin seems not to do what it should do! By the way: I bought a new BMW, which does what it should do (so far). All the best from Anton
Hi Anton,
What type of BMW did you buy ? Is it a fast M type like Johns or more economical for your long commute?
Gerry
Hi Gerry, I am more on the economical side as you know. Nevertheless 160 horse power is a good basis. And I do not want to watch the car just in the garage. So I have at least two hours fun each day.
cheers
Anton
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