After the spectacular results of Alex’s last MRI I was a bit nervous for his next one. Worried that the temperature he spiked after the last one wasn’t some random virus exposure and was in fact somehow related to his […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the weeks since our last post Alex has had 4 ECG’s and 4 Echo cardiograms – all of which showed normal function – fortnightly blood tests and many checkups. We have had oncology, endocrine, and cardiology checkups, ophthalmology and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First an apology. We haven’t posted an update since January and so much has happened. Our only excuse is we were too busy adapting to all the changes to find the time to write about them. So, what has happened? […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve made jokes from time to time about how Alex seems to get sick on or around significant dates and anniversaries… Well Phil and I just celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary Guess what happened. In his defence, this time it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As many of you know, Alex has had some hearing difficulties of late. The hearing loss he has had from the chemo is stable, only a specific frequency band is affected and his hearing aids compensate for that by boosting […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So earlier this month we had another MRI done on little Mr and like usual it was a very long day. Into the Michael Rice Centre early for a quick port flush then over to DOSA for admission then the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I normally do the grocery shopping on a Friday – hardly a fascinating start to a blog post, but bear with me. Friday being Christmas I had to go the day before, and in anticipation of all the last minute […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
MRI day again. We were on the afternoon list which meant we had to be in D.O.S.A (Day of surgery admissions) for 11am, and nothing to eat or drink for Alex after 7.30. The afternoon list starts at 1pm, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alex had his MRI in March which was the usual day in hospital, followed by several days of biting our nails, followed by enormous amounts of relief when we got good news in the results. There are 3 tumor sites […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So not the greatest of news to start a monday with, but not the worst either. We had a call from Alex’s oncologist last Wednesday at lunchtime asking if we were ok with bringing his MRI forward, to tomorrow (Thursday). […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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