Recipe for a memorable Christmas!

Ingredients Christmas tree, lights, baubles and a star Wrapping paper, ribbons, sticky tape and tags Cards, envelopes and letters (sent and ...

Six and a half years on: A blog post from Steve :)

Today marks the six and a half year anniversary of Steve's diagnosis with mesothelioma.  Sadly, not many people live as long as he has w...

DNs join the team

Although she arrived late on Wednesday - just as we were about to eat lunch - we forgave District Nurse Mandi at once. Oxford traffic is bad...

Joy and Frustration - the Attendance Allowance saga continues....and where is the District Nurse???

We have had a lovely couple of days, enjoying visits from our friends Agnes, Andy and Dave on Monday, and Keith and Glynis yesterday.  But t...

Festive feasts in the House of Coughs

The festive season has started early at Henry Road.  The Sunday before last, we hosted our first extended family festive gathering with the ...

The importance of following up

No blog posts for a over a week, and now three come along together.  Here is number 1 Following up  Hospital and GP Steve had his post-radio...

Times they are a changin'

No blog posts for a over a week, and now three come along together.  Here is number 2 In May we were in Seville, climbing the Giralda tower,...

Home entertainment

No blog posts for a over a week, and now three come along together.  Here is number 3 As getting out and about now is difficult for Steve, w...

We are not alone

First, a big thank you - you wonderful people!   In response to my last post, we have been inundated with comforting messages of support; en...

time for some lifestyle changes...

Those of you who have followed this blog for a while will no doubt remember our friend and fellow meso warrior Tess Gully, whose own blog ...

ups and downs...

It's been a week or so of ups and a few downs. The ups have mainly been on the social front.... A visit from Steve's brother last Fr...

zapped....

Since my last post, Steve has been zapped.  Five times, on the Linear Accelerator (LINAC).  Three radiotherapy sessions last week and two th...

What a difference a day makes...

For various reasons, the phone was hot yesterday with lots of calls including one from a doctor at our GP's surgery to say that he had s...

Waiting, news, action and more waiting

After my last post, we were waiting on tenterhooks for what seemed like forever to hear whether Steve could have a stent inserted to keep hi...

Leo is being obstructive

Those of you who have read the blog from the early days will know about "Leo".  Inspired by other meso warriors, it's the name...

Family and friends

Since my last post, much of our time has been spent with, talking to, and hearing from, family and friends. First of all, thank you for all ...

A difficult week, but with some happy moments

As you can imagine, with the death of Steve's mum late last Sunday, it has not been an easy week.  Although you feel numb at the loss of...

For Jean, with love

I had intended to write a post about the meet ups we have enjoyed with our wonderful friends over the last week or so, but that intention ha...

On the move again

Things are on the move again. Sadly, it's not us on the move this time. It's Steve's meso.   The cancer is progressing visibly. ...

birthday, Bristol, family, friends and (another) festival

Its been a busy fortnight.... A birthday trip for me, starting in Bath with a visit to the Royal Photographic Society to deliver a print sho...