The portacath was installed in my right shoulder on Monday and I could leave the hospital the next day. The whole operation took no more than 10 minutes in all, but I’ve been told it has been performed in South Africa in under 60 seconds (Gerry!) Heck, but that’s where they perform open-heart surgery with [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Port installed
Posted in Hospital, Operation on January 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Next steps
Posted in Friends, Hospital on January 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday’s MRI showed some minor growth at the bottom of the tumour cavity. According to my doctors this is no surprise, but the small amount of growth seems to indicate that the chemotherapy with Temozolomide is working to some extent. Nevertheless, we will prepare to go one step further:
Next Monday I will check into a [...]
Happy 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on January 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Having spent two beautiful weeks in the Swiss mountains during the holidays, I’m back online to wish you all a very happy and healthy new year. We had two weeks of gorgeous weather here, alas I was unable to ski since my field of vision has become more restricted. The girls had a blast, with [...]
