allbeit I've had a good hard wack of Pethadone last night, no additional teatment has been necessary today.  Last night the temp was 39+ shivers and the rigours for about 8 hours.  more news to follow shortly.

BTW the address above is now correct, not in ICU just yet

hell of a night, details to follow

i get my first dose of chemo tomorrow, glad my hair is at'P' Platoon length!!  i'll post some shots soon.

well the good news is that the dongle works! 7.5 mega bytes/sec, the down side is that the treatment to get me ready has begun and I'm hooked up to my first bag of fluid.  The measuring of input vs output begins at 07:00 tomorrow, two of the three lines which hook up to my aorta via the juggler aren't working at the mo, so might have to jump up and down to get the lines unblocked, failing that a call out to Uncle Bill Perdu for emergency roadside repairs   looks more likely...

back on air, not tried the dongle thingy yet, no doubt the greedy bastards have eaten the 5 lb tin of chocies already so more expense for sunday, fingers crossed for a straight forward procedure.

one of the really nice bits from the last few days, if going into a place where the first thing they try to do is kill you, followed by rescue treatment, is that so many of the transplant team from three years ago are still there and are as happy and supportive as ever, the five pound tin of chocolates was also well received.

I wasn't the only person subjected to 'barrier' nursing, with half their face covered by a mask and woken up at 02:00 for the four hourly 'obs' can be a real frightener, believe me.  Temperature, blood pressure O2 %, heart rate, pulse and breathing rate plus pee and poo samples to make sure there wasn't anything nasty growing inside me.

Some other good news is that my 'donor' is from the good ole US of A, I felt like asking near turn 10? but when i heard that the lady concerned was slightly bigger than me and they were expecting a good cell harvest i knew that couldn't be true as it is well know fact that turn 10 cells are over 95% proof and can only be used for cleaning wounds and fuelling dragsters.

that's all for now, a good night sleep beckons and the beaming face of Nurse Glacee'...

yes Mike, my Dongle has arrived and I've had a feel about its smooth and shiny surfaces, please feel free to publicly humiliate me in the best CA traditions

i see even when in hopital the remarks continue, managed to get released for two weeks after having temperature spikes all this week, no reason for them although the docs and nurses have done there best to grow 'cultures' in liquids and solids gathered and extracted from me.  why is it they always ask for a pee or poo sample after a monumental dump.

need a sleep now and will return to do my best with the helpful replies

well that's it, off now to the hopital, hopefully will have computer access in a couple of weeks or so when my bt dongle arrives via royal mail   other then that see you all when i come out of the sin bin.

all sorted, didn't realise my BT service provides it free, so done that and got a beter package at a lower price, aren't BT magnificent!!!

you'll have to excuse me a crusty ole pensioner, but are you saying if a put in one those card thingys i can access the internet?

they just don't have 'em

just back from hopital and having the long line inserted, make of that as you will   Mobiles are no probs, well there weren't in july 08 and three years ago when i had my last stem cell transplant.  as of yet southampton doesn't have any patient broadband or basic computer hook up. so no surfing to while away the hours, instead lots of books and films to catchup on.

Robbo SPS has lent his copy of Band of Brothers to me so thats five hours of ten weeks sorted

many thanks for all your kind words and wishes, they mean a great deal, had the kick off phone call this afternoon, so it's hopital tomorrow at 08:00 for the long line and then report for operations on sunday afternoon   so thats that as they say