So we had a plan, 6 months post transplant I would have a PET scan to detect if there was any sign reoccurance, Doc made me suffer for an extra month so made my PET scan appointment for 16th May, I then tried to make my appointment with leon to get the results for the following day, but shocker Leon would be away on conference for a week so I would have to wait the whole week for the results…… EEEK I couldn’t do that…. So the only option available was to bring the PET scan forward to the 12th …

Sorry it’s been a while since I last posted, but I felt I needed a break from all things Cancer for a while. Anyway looking back on my posts, last time I posted I was still in Jhb. At end of November I was given the clearance to return to  Durban. Back in Durban I have been trying to be good, with much to do for work and around the house, and the kids on holiday, I’ve been itching to get going. In fact the worst problem is that whilst doing nothing I feel great, only when I start chasing …

A few people have been asking me for news, the problem is I don’t have much. I’m still at the flat in Bryanston with my folks looking after me. Being a month since my transplant I am allowed to venture out a little bit. I have also moved to the next diet, there is not much change except we can start to eat out, but do need to be very cautious on where and what I eat. As far as side effects, mostly all have gone, and those that remain are definitely manageable. The more activities we do the more I’m …

If you read Megan’s last post you know that I was admitted on Sunday 1 November back into ward 20, based purely on what the doc saw, we didn’t even have blood tests. Sunday night wasn’t a great one for me and I think I had Megan’s stomach bug. But I was in the right place at the right time,  a few different IV’s were hung and by morning I was feeling much better. With my blood results normal the  the doc started me on a 5 day course of IV antibiotics, this meant I had to spend another 5 …

So the last few days have been a mix of highs and lows, fun and disaster, and good and bad…. Sean & Lu flew the kids up to Jhb to spend the weekend with David and I.  We did this for 2 main reasons : 1.  David & the kids hadn’t seen each other for almost a month 2. The kids have been desperate to fly in an aeroplane ( Adam has never flown and Rach was about 2 the last time she flew) So this was going to be great weekend all round……or so we thought. It all started …

Yesterday was a very emotional day for me, and as you all know I’m not an emotional guy, even my dad commented “David you don’t put much emotion into what you write” Isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black? When I was discharged Megs asked me how I felt, I answered hot, we had both forgotten that I’d been in the state of the art temperature controlled environment for 3 weeks, I did not know what it was to be hot or cold any more. What was quite ironic is that Jhb/Pretoria had been going through a heat wave, and …

Why Part 1?? I’m feeling very emotional today and there is  much I want to say, but it is late and what I want to say will need careful consideration to make sure the right words make it from brain, through my fingers to the keyboard. Straight to the point I’m not writing this post  from Room9, Ward 20 of Pretoria East hospital. Yesterday I wrote that I had achieved the requirements in terms of  Blood results to be discharged. I also stated that I doubted that would be discharged that day, but I was given hope by the doctors …

Up here north of the boerwors curtain they take their rugby very very seriously  and yesterday for the Bok v NZ game half of Pre-toria were dressed in Springbok attire, so i thought we should  bring a little green and gold to The Bubble….

Doctors always told me my bloods will start to increase on day 9 or 10 post the transplant True to form they started to increase on day9. Day 10 also saw a sizable jump and today, day 11, when I picked up my results I was expected good news. One of the very few things I can remember from boiology is that cells divide ie 1 becomes 2, 2 becomes 4 etc, thus  I was expecting my counts to double. Thus my theory was that my white whites would go from 0.20 on the 24th October to approximately 0.40, and …