As I was saying

Well, that's me back in hospital again with a little infection. I've been in since Saturday night, but this is the first time I've had internet access to write about it; the room they admitted me to had no 3g reception whatsoever, so they eventually moved me back to my original room here at the Beatson. To be honest, I quite liked the bigger room they had me in; the lack of internet was a bit of a pain, but I quite think I'd have survived for a couple more days.

As for what I'm actually in for, they're not quite sure about that. Currently they're treating me with wide-spectrum antibiotics and an antiviral called foscarnet for a virus called CMV; once tests start coming back, they can be more specific in their treatment. Hopefully it'll turn out to be something that responds to the stuff they already have me on, because then I should be out within about three days. If not, it could be a week or more.

Anyway, I'm mostly passing the time in here by sleeping it away, so I think I'll get back to doing that now. Good night.

An overdue update

I'm pleased to announce that I've been discharged from hospital, as of last Wednesday, thereby concluding (hopefully forever) my cancer treatment. While I'm nowhere near out of the woods yet, and there's a long road of recovery even if everything goes perfectly, it is nice to have this milestone out of the way. Other than biweekly clinics and the odd transfusion of blood or platelets, I shouldn't have to spend any more time in hospital.

I'm feeling generally okay, day to day, apart from the tiredness. I'm told I should start perking up in a month or so. My skin is quite dry after the radiotherapy, but moisturiser seems to keep that under control. All that's left to do now is wait six months or so for my immunosuppressants to be tailed off and for my strength to return.

This might be my last post here for a while, I think; I don't envisage a lot more excitement in this treatment regimen. No news is good news.