Hi everyone,
Tim saw his Haem. specialist last week and the report again is very good. His blood counts were good, so this has meant another increase in the dosage of daily oral chemo. He seems to be managing this well the only side effects are fatigue, neuropathy in his feet, occasional headaches and nausea. The chemotherapy has damaged the nerve endings in his feet and he does suffer from a horrible numbness, tingling and pain in his feet. This could be permanent, but it may go over time. Tim finds it quite uncomfortable, as there is no relief from it, but he feels it is a small price to pay considering...
We have just discovered that Robbie, the fellow leukemia sufferer that Tim made great friends with, died in January. As I may have mentioned in an earlier blog, Robbie's cancer had spread to his spine and left him a paraplegic late last year. He was receiving treatment at Royal Talbert in Kew and this is where Tim made contact with him over the phone briefly, but he was unable to speak for long. We had been concerned for his welfare for some time and we were devastated to hear this news last week. He was a tremendous guy, who we thought would get through this, as he was positive he would. Even though we had feared the worst for him, as he had not been in touch, we were still so very shocked and upset.
Tim has still been able to maintain many of the Gawler principles that we learnt on the retreat. His diet is excellent, he still juices and meditates regularly and has a fabulous frame of mind ( which is amazing, considering the passing of Robbie and now 7 of our fellow Gawler colleagues). He has really turned his life around and has been 100% committed to getting himself well again. I still sometimes have a little cry, when I think back to the day of his diagnoses and all the subsequent complications with almost every organ in his body. He has certainly defied the odds and sometimes I cant believe he is still here....and he looks better than ever. I think he is better than ever in every way, so for that I feel very lucky.
Thank you for all your continued support.
All my love,
Andi
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