Stuck in a moment you can’t get out of
My Allograft 2018/19 – 29. 7th September 2019 By Andy Burrows, 7 September 2019 Everest descent vs Snowdon I have now been in hospital 25 days. To put that in perspective, the hospital stay for my autologous stem cell transplant at the end of 2015 was 23 days. And that had been built up into…
Carried
My Allograft 2018/19 – 28. 31st August 2019 By Andy Burrows, 31 August 2019 Tuesday I must admit that I never thought I’d be writing updates so regularly at this stage (Day +204)! But this past week does warrant it. I’m still in Basingstoke Hospital in that side room on the Wessex Ward. But there…
Time to take a chill pill
My Allograft 2018/19 – 27. 24th August 2019 By Andy Burrows, 24 August 2019 Two in the mouth It’s only another six days on since the last update, and I’m still in Basingstoke Hospital on this hot Bank Holiday weekend. But this is still going to challenge my memory! It’s been a week of both…
Round in circles
My Allograft 2018/19 – 26. 18th August 2019 By Andy Burrows, 18 August 2019 Spoke too soon It feels like an update is appropriate, even though it’s only a week since the last one. I said last time that it seemed like I’d had a couple of days where things seemed to be getting back…
Off track? Against whose plan?
My Allograft 2018/19 – 25. 11th August 2019 By Andy Burrows, 11 August 2019 You have to feel it to know it I’ve noticed that this allogeneic stem cell transplant, especially for lymphoma, is so specialised that it’s very difficult to find anything on the internet to help when you need to crosscheck what you…
A storm in the Khumbu Valley
My Allograft 2018/19 – 24. 21st July 2019 By Andy Burrows, 21 July 2019 Irony and poetry There’s a certain poetry in where I am right now. Because where I am right now is in the Wessex Ward in Basingstoke Hospital in the same side room I was in almost 12 months ago when I…
In the mind
My Allograft 2018/19 – 23. 14th July 2019 By Andy Burrows, 14 July 2019 Feeling the length of the journey I’ve no idea, as I write these words, what I’m going to say. It just seemed right to update, being six weeks since I last put anything on the blog. So, here goes!… It’s Day…
Down
My Allograft 2018/19 – 22. 2nd June 2019 By Andy Burrows, 2 June 2019 Hello again! Ok, so I’ve changed my mind! I was thinking, when I wrote the last blog post, that it would be too boring to write any more on the blog about my allograft journey. But I’d forgotten two things: Firstly,…
Coming up to 100 days
My Allograft 2018/19 – 21. 5th May 2019 By Andy Burrows, 5 May 2019 Losing the dangly bits It’s Day 87. That is, 87 days after my transplant, after Day Zero. I’ve been out of hospital two whole months. I have to admit, it feels like longer than that! I’m still making progress, ticking off…
It is what it is
My Allograft 2018/19 – 20. 14th April 2019 By Andy Burrows, 14 April 2019 Back to the Future Most of you will know of the actor Michael J Fox from the 1980s – mainly as Marty McFly in the iconic Back to the Future movies. He was also the original Teen Wolf and Alex in…