A couple of weeks ago, I had a follow-up CT scan as a precaution after the ambiguous results from the CT I had in February. Yesterday we saw Steve Palmer (my haemotologist) to get the news and there is nothing to report really. Everything looks the same as it did before (which indicates it's probably carnage left over from the lymphoma treatment). The 'thickening' they saw last time has gone, so it probably wasn't there to start with. My bloods are all normal, so they don't want to see me for 6 months, which will be the longest I haven't been inside a hospital for while.

I've just finished my last session of 5 at Greenlane hospital. I go there weekly for an infusion of Ketamine. Its a drug normally used by vets to anaesthetise animals. It's also used to treat pain in burns patients, and some people use it to get high on as well. Anyway, it is supposed to treat neuropathic pain and it does seem to take the edge off it. The question will be whether it has a lasting effect. I sleep for about an hour while they put the stuff into me (and snore, apparently).



Anya continues to delight us. She's walking now and has learned to climb stairs (and fall down them) with ease. Katherine and Joss are expecting a little brother for her in October. They expect to be living in Brisbane by that time, as Joss has accepted a job offer from there.

We might have mentioned Dee's sister-in-law Carolyn, who was sick with an unusual viral type of illness some months back. We were shocked to find she had a type of lymphoma which is particularly hard to treat. Carolyn died two weeks ago, after undergoing 2 rounds of chemo. She was very much like a sister to Dee and we miss her terribly.