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…
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…
The long trek goes on
My Allograft 2018/19 – 19. 6th April 2019 By Andy Burrows, 6 April 2019 Some progress It’s 58 days since Day Zero, the day I received my donor’s stem cells. It’s five weeks since I came home from hospital. And the reason I’ve left it almost a month since I last wrote an update is…
The real cancer battle
My Allograft 2018/19 – 18. 10th March 2019 By Andy Burrows, 10 March 2019 Not much change Every morning I see my pale, colourless, hairless reflection in the mirror, and I feel slightly uncomfortable. The weight I’ve lost since the end of January is obvious – 12kg (26 lb / 2 stone) in six weeks…