Great news!
Nick, the chap in the bed next to me at the NHS hospital who I struck up a friendship with has just sent me a text message to tell me that completely out of the blue he is to be released home tomorrow....
View ArticleLo.ts o. hicc.up.s ag.in, las.ing all n.ght l.st n.ght!
Not a good night. Hiccoughs started around midnight, and didn’t really stop until nearly 5am, when I finally got to sleep. Of course, this doesn’t just affect me; if I end up hiccoughing all through...
View ArticlePutting the “Va Va Vroom!” back into life
My toy car got a further injection of work this afternoon when an old friend popped by to give me a hand modifying the brackets on the axle to make sure that they could no longer bind on the strut...
View ArticleThe sound of music
My elder daughters both play piano and flute, and have the shared use of a piano and a flute between them. So far that’s worked out really well, but contention for the flute has been getting difficult,...
View ArticleFull day in the office
Yesterday I was invited to a mini-conference in one of IBM’s London offices. Given my current health situation I’d probably normally have politely declined, but the topics were of interest, and the...
View ArticleRunning for bowel cancer charity
Andy McFarlane is one of my colleagues at IBM who has also fought his way through bowel cancer. He’s about 18 months ahead of me in his treatment, and this year he is running the New York marathon in...
View ArticleNational Cipher Challenge
For the last few years I’ve been lucky to have been involved on the fringe of the National Cipher Challenge. This is a marvellous competition designed by the Head of Pure Mathematics at the University...
View ArticleHalf term break
I planned this last weeks vacation with my family on the spur of the moment nearly 9 months ago, more as a means of using up some of my accrued vacation than out of any real desire to take this...
View ArticleSad news
I’ve not added many posts recently. In large part that’s because I’ve been watching from the sidelines as a friend and colleague has been nursing his wife through the final stages of her terminal bowel...
View ArticleState of mind
It’s been a long time since I last posted anything here about my treatment. Actually, it’s been a long time since I posted almost anything here. And I’ve been pretty distant and difficult to contact in...
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