Today I had a fun day, Lee called a meeting of her new company, basically myself, Steve and Lee and we worked through the business plan, projections and legal stuff to get the company up and running with the investors and the Institute she works for. It was fun for me to briefly pretend to be my old self, as I get ready for the big chemo, however it was also a good test. The meeting was pretty low stress in our kitchen, yet after two hours from 10 until 12pm, when the others left, I was back under the duvet and slept until the kids came home at 4pm. It was a good illustration to me that the mind is still willing, but the body needs a lot of kip at the moment. This is now nearly three weeks since the end of the IVE chemo but still my body is very weak, at least my white blood cell count is up now so I have some protection against infection.
In other developments my mum is coming over for the weekend and some good friends are coming for dinner with mum on Saturday after the Rugby. I am looking forward to a jolly evening with everyone as part of my "having a bit of fun" agenda ahead of the next phase of treatment. As you might expect no progress at all has been made on the decoration of the spare room or the fuel pump on the MG. I hope to get my Aston back in a few days an perhaps be well enough to take a few days out walking and driving up north (Monte Carlo was a nice thought but not realistic).
So I have twenty or so days of freedom before BEAM, half of them already taken up with medical stuff, hopefully we will be able to make the most of the remainder !
Cheers
Gerry
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Hi Gerry, this is the "anonymous" Tom Rosenmayer. I was doing some surfing today trying to find out what BEAM stood for (Turns out it is four words that had no meaning to me - so much for the search for truth and light.) and I surfed into http://www.cancerismybitch.com/
You probably have seen this but I thought others might like it, as it is written with some flair and humor. If you join the Hodgkin's Army you can post a link to your blog. And you certainly would look great in the shirt, although I'm not sure how it translates into the UK vernacular.
Best wishes, Tom
Hi Tom,
Nice to hear from the walleye camp, I have requested a listing on "cancer is my bitch" but I think the author is so pleased at being clear that he is not updating his website. Never the less I plan to make his great title my theme. You will find him quoted as an inspiration in earlier blogs along with journeytobabeland.
thanks
Gerry
Hi Gerry, yust learned that today is your birthday --> so, happy birthday. I hope that your wishes will become reality!! Best wishes for the next time - my thoughts are with you!
All the best from anonymus
Eduard
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