Treatment 1 - Day 2

Well Colin has had 3 of the 14 doses of HD IL-2 and so far hasn't had many side effects, which is a good thing and hopefully will continue.
I thought I would have the bed all to myself (no-one snoring next to me) while Colin is in Manchester, but no I get woken at 4 this morning by Kieran asking if he can sleep in with me because he had a nightmare and guess what - he snores too just my luck :).
I will up date my blog as and when I hear from him & have a spare 5 mins :-)

There and back again...

We drove up to Manchester on Wednesday, arrived about 6pm, found Luther King House, the B&B we were staying at, dropped off our stuff and went to find curry mile. On the way we stopped for a pint at Hardy's Well and then found an Indian/Thai Restaurant called Al Bilal. We decided to try something different and both ended up having Chicken Tikka Keema Lazzez which was very nice.
After a restless night we caught a bus to Christies at 8.10am as Colin had to be there for 8.30 for his CT scan. After the CT scan we went to see Prof H and had a chat about the HD IL-2 treatment and now have a start date for the treatment of 20th April. So I will be driving to Manchester again in a couple of weeks (I'll be able to do the journey with my eyes shut soon ;-) ).
Now to celebrate Colin's Birthday as he will be 45 young on Sunday and has been advised not to drink after the weekend as his liver needs to be able to cope with the treatment.

Manchester here we come ...

Well we have heard from the Prof at Christies Hospital, Manchester and Colin has an appointment at 8.30am on Thurs 2nd April for a CT scan and meeting with Prof H about the HD IL-2 treatment which they hope to commence on 20th April. So its off to Manchester on Wed night for us as the appt is at 8.30 in the morning and trying to get there for 8.30am would be a nightmare on a Thurs morning. M5 and M6 before 8.30, I think not!!!! The Hotel is only £38 for the night including breakfast, a 5 min bus ride from the hospital and a short walk to Rusholme's Curry Mile (Manchester's answer to London's Brick Lane) so that's tea sorted for Wed night!! :-)