kate jock's blog

In tribute to you; all my lovely, warm and kindhearted friends, I offer you the following poem (not from my own pen, but from ee cummings). Each of you should have a copy of these words to keep and remember because each and every one of you is more precious than gold, diamonds or indeed any other rich resource which the earth may hold forth to tantalise us. You and I shared, still share, and will hopefully continue to…

Hi to one and all! I seem to be having a few blips at this end - well, I hope that's all they are BLIPS!! As I've mentioned previously, a couple of my cycles of chemotherapy; no: 2 and 3 have been postponed due to low white blood cell counts. On the second cycle, this didn't appear to have any adverse effects on me. However, with this cycle I have been left TOTALLY lethargic, with some difficulty in breathing, which whilst…

Went for a blood test on Monday, and as it was the second blood test in a two week period, I was convinced that all would be well and I would go for my chemotherapy on Wednesday. This afternoon received a phone call from a nurse who works on the ward where the chemo is given. She told me that my chemotherapy session had been cancelled because the white blood cell count was still too low. This happened last week also,…

Hi everyone - I had a bone scan done a couple of weeks ago, and not long after having it done, I spoke with the cancer care nurse at Bart's hospital where I go for chemotherapy. She told me that the bone scan showed "no conclusive evidence" of cancer activity. Phew! It felt great knowing that cancer was NOT eating away at my bones as I walked around. What does that mean, I asked her? She said it was either; the chemotherapy…