Hello all and welcome to the last blog entry for 2007. HiHo HiHo its off for the last chemo I go. Anyway that’s what I hope & I just got a call saying I am booked at the poison kitchen on the 27th for cycle 6 of what I hope & trust will be my final chemo.
I have been bad in updating the site but here it is and sorry if I have had you in limbo with no further news. But don’t despair here is the update. If you want to flick me a mail or organize a game of golf douglas@balamanzi.co.za . Cycling appointments will follow shortly.
Then on the 27th or 28th we head off to Maanskynbaai between Hermanus & Stanford for 2 weeks where I can recover and we can just chill. It is the boathouse and friends of ours offered it to me and I have decided to just clutch out and head down there. Its on the waters edge and away from the crowds. I will just head back to town on the 3rd Jan for my little Gemzar Chemo session and then head straight back till the 11th. I am quite apprehensive regarding this cycle as the last double dose I had knocked me flat for almost 5 days and know I know what all the fuss about chemo is about. It is really unpleasant with this weird sensation. The only thing is that if it makes me feel like that imagine what it is doing to the cancer which it targets and is aimed at. It must be almost gone as I wouldn’t hang around if someone was tossing that shit at me !
Enough about the chemo.
Attached are some pics of the spot with us there having spent the long weekend there and yesterday when Mark & Melissa our friends whose spot it is offered it I could not refuse the offer. Whats great is that we can go down there and just space out and take it easy. I am going to quickly squeeze in some golf games between now and the treatment.
There is also a pic of me and oliver with an amazing sunset at home in Stellenbosch from a week or so ago.
The family continue to flourish and do well with Ella on the verge of crawling and Oliver getting all amped and ready for Xmas with much excitement and anticipation of the pending visit from Father Christmas. Any threat to him that Father Christmas is watching when he is up to mischief leads to a very quick change in attitude. We will just stay put for Christmas at home and then head off to the beach.
To all you bloggers out there I wish you the best for Xmas and look forward to giving updates in the new year with more good news and updates on the captains log. Talking of the captains log - what is the difference between the starship enterprise & a roll of loo paper ? They both circle Uranus looking for klingons !
On that note I shut my log and say bye to you , 2007 and the cancer ! Good riddance to the latter.
See you again in 2008.
I have been bad in updating the site but here it is and sorry if I have had you in limbo with no further news. But don’t despair here is the update. If you want to flick me a mail or organize a game of golf douglas@balamanzi.co.za . Cycling appointments will follow shortly.
Then on the 27th or 28th we head off to Maanskynbaai between Hermanus & Stanford for 2 weeks where I can recover and we can just chill. It is the boathouse and friends of ours offered it to me and I have decided to just clutch out and head down there. Its on the waters edge and away from the crowds. I will just head back to town on the 3rd Jan for my little Gemzar Chemo session and then head straight back till the 11th. I am quite apprehensive regarding this cycle as the last double dose I had knocked me flat for almost 5 days and know I know what all the fuss about chemo is about. It is really unpleasant with this weird sensation. The only thing is that if it makes me feel like that imagine what it is doing to the cancer which it targets and is aimed at. It must be almost gone as I wouldn’t hang around if someone was tossing that shit at me !
Enough about the chemo.
Attached are some pics of the spot with us there having spent the long weekend there and yesterday when Mark & Melissa our friends whose spot it is offered it I could not refuse the offer. Whats great is that we can go down there and just space out and take it easy. I am going to quickly squeeze in some golf games between now and the treatment.
There is also a pic of me and oliver with an amazing sunset at home in Stellenbosch from a week or so ago.
The family continue to flourish and do well with Ella on the verge of crawling and Oliver getting all amped and ready for Xmas with much excitement and anticipation of the pending visit from Father Christmas. Any threat to him that Father Christmas is watching when he is up to mischief leads to a very quick change in attitude. We will just stay put for Christmas at home and then head off to the beach.
To all you bloggers out there I wish you the best for Xmas and look forward to giving updates in the new year with more good news and updates on the captains log. Talking of the captains log - what is the difference between the starship enterprise & a roll of loo paper ? They both circle Uranus looking for klingons !
On that note I shut my log and say bye to you , 2007 and the cancer ! Good riddance to the latter.
See you again in 2008.
1 comment:
Douglas!
Thanks for the update - its not easy at this manic time of the year to be blogging.
All the best for the 27th - it sounds just like all those other ordeals you tend to pitch yourself against.As usual the last few yards are the toughest! Keep your chin up and soilder on as you do! Before you know it all this kak will be gone for good!(Sorry Norma but this is the English version of this profanity).
Sounds like a great break away and hope you get all the rest,peace and quiet you deserve with the fam.
Lotsa Love
MAK
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