Magpie Mike rare eye lymphoma journey

Hi everyone so many of us seem to be going through really tough times . Reading all your stories while lying here in the Beatson Cancer Centre makes me realise how lucky I am. I forget sometimes that many of you are coping with far more difficult situations than I. My heart goes out to you all, to many names to mention but I think of you all every day......I have had a good hat with my consultant each of the last two…

I can't believe it is so long since I put anything on this blog. A lot has happened since. My high dose Methotrexate chemo and the other chemos are now finished. I got through them much better than I expected, no real sickness. Headache and gross fatigue were my only real side effects. I had some reddening of my skin on my face especially where I had had previous e radiotherapy. My hair thinned out a bit and virtually…

Where has time gone! Only one more week of chemo to come. I don't like to be a wimp but I must admit I have had a rough time the last to to three weeks. My consultant came and sat next to me while i was in hospital a week past Thursday and said with a smile "oh at last you like a patient on high dose chemotherapy" he did say with a smile. At the time I was having 3 units of blood for low Hb 7.6. Which is a we bit low…

I new things were going to get harder just by looking at the chemo schedule. I also new i had come through so far with only minimal side effects of tiredness and nagging headaches. It was bound to get worse I thought.

Over a three week period i was in for 6 days out for 2 days in for 2 days out for 4 days then in for a week. I had 5 chemo sessions with the Methotrexate being increased each time. The last one being 12…

Emotions suddenly hit home My lovely wife Sue is doing well now she has got over a heavy cold, fortunately she was at her worst while I was in hospital but felt guilty not being at home to support her. My treatment has been increased yet again. Two lots of chemo last week (week commencing 15 October 2012)at even higher doses of Methotrexate through my brain etc followed 24 hours later by ARA-C another chemo that gets…