So here I am in Kings College having a tiny little syringe of drugs pumped in at 2ml an hour for 24 hours a day for at least the next 2 weeks !Although I checked in yesterday am, the chemo only got up and running this afternoon. I was getting a bit anxious, but now we’re off. The idea is that this drug builds up slowly in your system and cuts back those blasts so I’m ready for transplant.

It feels a bit weird being in a different hospital, different bed, different nurses doctors etc, so now to build new relationships I guess.
I’m in the private wing this time , so are the beds softer, the nurses smilier, toilets cleaner or the food better……..?
Well I do have nice big patio doors and of course a balcony ( Ken !), the beds are all the same really – mattresses particularly nasty , making you hot and sweaty. The nurses vary in smiliness ( is there such a word?) and the toilets are cleaner. The food is reasonable but I was amused to discover that the menu is the same at lunch and dinner every day ! Mmmm!
Ths doctors are just as young just as bright various degrees of gorgeousness and they're all part of the same team that'll see me through the transplant so that has to be a bonus for continuity.

I do have a phone line and of course can use my mobile without being frowned upon but best of all I can use the phone line to dial up the internet.!!! I’m not sure the speed I’ve got will allow me to upload too many interesting photos but I’ll be bloggin on………….

The ward is apparently full of Greeks, ( as confirmed by the 2 greek channels on television ) they are all here having liver transplants - too much ouzo . The Greek men sit down in the visitors area in their dressing gowns and the wives are to be seen tidying the rooms and straightening the fold out beds they are sleeping on. So Sandy if you feel like coming over and being a Greek wife for me – you know what to do. ( Wicked wicked wicked woman – deliberately mentioning you to get a response!)
Did you all see the HUGE crater they found in the western desert in Egypt ?
Have you got the GPS points for that Peter ? And is it on any of our sat images??
Pretty cool.
Sandy have you got any Desert Glass or are you off out this weekend to get some?
here's a link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4779482.stm

Boys are on leave out this weekend so Russ is going to pick them up . He’ll go up tomorrow to go to an ‘A’ level fair with Ross and then bring them down on Friday afternoon. It’ll be nice to see them even though I’m in here – I have sky sports so that may make their visits longer !! Not quite as boring as just chatting with me !

Been to rock bottom and know that the climb is still precarious but feeling fit and ready……
I can't remember ever wanting anything more.....

So that’s it then.
Here I am a slave to day time television.

What have you all been up to?

Love and Love and Love
M