Friday, October 28

He's Been Nobbled!!!

Went for my appointment to see the Chest Consultant today. It was up to the usual organised chaotic standard. Go here, wait for 30 mins then go there, wait a further 30 mins then go wait to see the Main Man. Well my 3pm appointment turned out to be 4.30 by the time i got in to see him. We exchanged the usual pleasantry's then i set about trying to make my point that we seem to be getting nowhere with sorting out my chest. I could sense there was something different about him and his attitude to all this, this time and it suddenly dawned on me that when i went to see my Transplant Consultant a month or so back, he was fuming at the lack of treatment i was receiving from the chest people and said that he would write to them and say so and to demand they pull their finger out. Well it looks like he was true to his word and had in fact nobbled the chest consultant. He was in agreement with me that we are not getting to the bottom of this at all and the only way to progress in his opinion is for me to come into hospital and to stay till they find out what it is that's causing me all these problems. He wanted me to come in straight away really but i managed to convince him to let me come in next week so i've got time to get ready and stuff. So i will be waiting for a phone call from his secretary next week to say to go in as there is a bed available, lets hope it's not before weds as i need to get my new gnashers!!! I'm in two minds whether its a good or bad thing really although i'm trying to look at it as a possitive thing, but i do have some feelings that it's a step back after being out for quite a while now and judging on past experience all the tests they've done have not been conclusive, but as he says i need to be in because they simply can't conduct a lot of the tests as an outpatient as quickly and they cant monitor me either. So i guess i'd better start packing up my stuff this weekend in readiness. I'll try and keep you posted whilst i'm gone somehow maybe i'll be able to tap into the mainframe at the hospital who knows, i like a good challenge. Oh No i just had a horrible thought...I haven't told the boys yet and there won't be room for them all to come, maybe i could work out some sort of rota so they each have a bit of a holiday...Yeah that sounds good I'll let them know tomorrow i'm sure they'll be excited. Right i better get some sleep because my nose is hurting now from banging the keyboard all the time when i nod off, so see ya tomorrow hopefully.

Wednesday, October 26

I'm Still Here!!!

Hiya peeps yes i'm still around although probably more in mind than body. I think i'm in for a winter of discontent with my chest because it's already giving me loads of grief and the bad weather's only just started. Still at least i got me pals to keep me company. "Well whats been happening then i hear you all shout", maybe not shout more like a whisper really with my hearing the way it is. I guess not a lot in the grand scheme of things along with world poverty and mass warfare etc etc but in Duckland little things tend to occupy my life like, do i really have to get up and walk out the kitchen to make a cuppa why can't i employ a maid to bring it to me and also why can't i have a lift installed to save me from having to make the daily treck upstairs to exercise the boys?? I guess they're the sorts of things that concern the people in power on a daily basis i don't know how they can cope with such serious decision making responsibilities.


I've come to the conclusion this week also that my recent ISP move over to PlusNet was a right royal disaster too. The speeds are horrific and try and download a file well, absolutely rubbish. 2 Hours later still waiting. I finally had enough after only 10 day and am on the move again this time to F2S which appears to be okay, but then again so did CrapNet. A very expensive lesson learnt i hope.


From a medical prospective things are very much ticking over quite normally, although i'm a bit p'd off today. All my own fault too i could kick myself but i ain't got the energy lol. Today was the day that the partner to my Bottom set of teeth was to make an appearance. I didn't have a very good night really and ended up completely sleeping through the alarm and woke up eventually 15 mins before my appointment time. Prob is i live about an hour away from the hospital so even if i were to go hijack a plane over the Raf Base i was not going to make it. Grrrrrrrrrr!!!!!! I'd set my heart on having them today as well. Gotta wait till next week now, back to the soup i suppose. Up to see the Chest Consultant tommorrow not that he will do much but it might be interesting to see what he makes of that killer Lung Function Test they did last week you know the one where they tried to kill me. I don't hold out much hope of him actually doing anything though he never does.


Right i better make a move upstairs to exercise the boys while i still got some energy left, that's a joke!!!!


See You Next Year????????


Thursday, October 20

Stop Messing Around!!!

Hiya Pop Pickers. What a stressfull day i've had today, phew!! and all my own doing too. we've recently changed over ISP to Plusnet which seemed like a good deal at the time. Way cheaper than BT and a free Domain Name and some Web Space too. Well up till the last few days all's been well but when i started to try to download a few tunes from one of them nice friendly Share and Share alike Progs it was taking a lifetime to download just one tiny file. So no fear, Computer Wizard Here to the rescue!!! I started to investigate by playing around with the Firewalls on the pute's with no success then i tried re-installing the Share Prog and that didn't make a difference so the next port of call was the Router/Modem settings. So i set about changing just the odd setting here and there and then coming out and trying the prog again. No difference at all so i was begining to get really annoyed by now so i just pulled out all the stops and changed just about every setting on there. So i came out of the program and re started the router and lo and behold i had completely lost the internet connection all together, good move i thought. Well nothing to loose i thought so i had to totally reset the Modem/Router again. All seemed to well till i tried to get on the internet on the Laptop, it was having none of it although i could access the router from it but not the internet which left me scratching my bald head. After about 2 hours of further twiddling around i ended up restarting the Router again this time after disconecting all the other putes from it and Hey Presto it worked we have lift off as Bud would say ha ha ha!!! Once i had set up the other putes to be able to connect i went and tried to download some tunes again and the problem was still there. Damn, Damn, Damn!!!! After venturing on to Plusnet's web site more so the Forums it appears that the service we signed up to is not designed for downloading via these P2P type progs and as a result our best option is to Upgrade. OH NO YOU BLINKING DON'T!!! thankfully we are only on a Monthly Contract so should be able to move fairly swiftly although there may be a prob as I've promised Bud, Blue and Green their own new home which was part of the deal when we moved to Plusnet so I'm waiting to see what they have to say before i have to break the Good or Bad news to the boys. So please keep your fingers and toes and whatever crossed for me and Mum make sure that includes Jemma too!!!



By the way did i ever mention the fact that i take on Computer Repairs if anyone's interested? Anyone? Maybe? Well Guess Not Then.....



See Ya....

Wednesday, October 19

Muted Pleasure!!

It's been a day of Muted pleasure really today. I set off to the Dentist full of intrepedation about picking up my new Gnashers this morning. On the way i stopped at Tesco's to pick up some Fixadent to keep the things from ratling around. Got there in plenty of time in fact i made sure that i was there early as i had to make a mad dash afterwards to the other side of the city for my Lung Function test. Well things didn't start off too well. The dentist came out to the waiting room to let me know that they hadn't brought them down from the lab yet and that they should be there soon. Well 15 mins later they turned up. She called me in to see her and started to explain what the problem had been. Apparently the Head of the lab brought them down to explain to her that they had managed to somehow break the original mould for the top set when they were making them and they were not going to be ready till next week but the bottom set are ready and are in place as we speak. It's just my Luck or lack of it more like it, although i guess it gives me a chance to get used to the bottom set first which apparently are the ones most likely to cause problems.. Right back in the car and the mad dash over to Llandough Hospital some 6 or 7 miles away i guess accross town. Nigel Mansell eat your heart out!!! I arrived bang on 10am my appointment time and the buggers made me wait till 20 past till they called me in. They proceeded to connect me up to all this machinery and made me do various exercises and some walking up different gradients on the treadmill which nigh on killed me. I'm not too bad on the flat although i often get passed by Snails and Slugs but make me go up a ramp or any slight incline and i get in a right mess, puffing and panting not a pretty sight. I finally put up my hand to say thats enough torture and it all stoppped thank god. I need to wait till i see the doc next week for the results as such although they did say that as usual i was only using about 40% of my Lung Capacity. I was actually having a Good Chest Day Today so i wonder what the result would have been if they did it last week when i was strugling in fact it's quite scary to think that i might be only using 1/2 that again.....



On a brighter note i been exercising the boys tonight. they had a good old swim around, in fact i struggled to get them out and ended up pulling the plug out and they stayed in till the very last drop had gone. Making up for the other day i guess with the shower. I been trying to build them a new home the last few days and will hopefully be finishing it soon then you'll be able to have a rare look into their lives a sort of "Birds Eye View" so to speak.



Right back To It see ya later !!!!!

Sunday, October 16

Taking It Easy!!

Well as they say Sunday is the day of rest i didn't want to dissapoint them so that's exactly what i've done all day is Rest. Well it's been a hard week after all, well okay just checking that you have been keeping up. It's almost like it's back to normal this week after a week off so to speak from Hospital Visits i've got 3 due this week. Tuesday Day Unit and Wednesday well i've got a Dental appointment in the Heath at 9am to hopefully pick up my new set of teeth yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! then a 10am appointment the other side of Cardiff at Llandough Hospital for a Lung Function Test which i ain't looking forward to at all as it involves a Treadmill which i just know is going to be hard work and also involve lots of Coughing and Oxygen. I still haven't quite decided on what to do for my Anniversary so to speak next week-end either and am still open to suggestions.



Bud and the guys have been sulking this evening as i decided to have a shower instead of a bath and they just had to sit there and watch. If looks could kill!! I did fill the sink basin with water and let them paddle in there when i was in the shower but that wasn't good enough oh no.... I think it's the bath tomorrow because i can't take another night of this sulking. Not a quack to be heard.



Chest's a lot better today too which has helped a lot. I'm still coughing a bit but nowhere near as much as earlier in the week thankfully. I could Gaurantee that it would be better by the time i had to go for the Lung Function test as it always is. No matter how bad it can be every time i go to Hospital for anything to do with my chest whether it be a test or to see the consultant it always gets better the day i go. Ah that's given me a great idea, what if i arrange a Chest Hospital appointment for every day, that way it will always be a good day????? I'M JUST A GENIUS REALLY!!!



Right back to playing with the Badger, no before you think i've gone crazy not That type of Badger, This type of Badger. Nite!!!

Life On The Sofa!!

For about the last week now i've been living quite literally on the sofa downstairs in the Lounge. The reason being that my Chest has been so bad that the movement involved in getting up the stairs to bed etc has been out of the question as on the odd occation of doing so resulted in me strugling for breath by the time i got up there. It's quite a strange feeling not being able to get up there sometimes a feeling of Defeat and Dispair and also feelings that this Blinking Illness keeps reminding me that it's still here, like i need a constant reminder that this thing has invaded my life without invitation. It quite strange that at other times for example if you meet someone new, a friend say, you sub-consiously allow this person into certain parts of your life depending on what you want to share. But with an Illness such as Leukaemia it sort of invades every part of you no matter what you do to try and prevent it. I must admit it has got easier over the last few months compared to what it has been in the past and if anything it's passed over the responsibility of doing this to my Chest now. It seems to dictate to my body what it will or will not let it do although probably not to the extreme's that the Leukaemia did.



That's enough of all them negative thoughts for now as it does become quite depressing and also it's not really me as you might have guessed if you've been mad enough to read my rantings to date. By the way i can recommend a good shrink to anyone in this position. I am still wearing my Badge with pride though.



My hair is starting to grow back strangely as well. Since i started shaving it a while back due to it growing to about a centimeter then falling out, my heads obviously been nice and Bald and Shiny. I decided that as the weather was changing and the cold winds were arriving i would start to let it grow. It appears to be growing in the style of a Steriotypical Monk. Just like a ring around the edge and perfectly Bald and Shiny on top. The problem is i know that before, the sides were growing back curly which my dear hard working student (yeah right) Sister had kindly donated to me through her Stem Cells and i hated it. So i guess i'll probably end up shaving it again.



Quite a serious Blog today for a change and i do appologise to all those expecting my usual drivel, i promise a normal service will return tommorow.



Quack, Quack from the boys too!!


Saturday, October 15

5 Gas Bottles Standing On The Wall!!!!

My Chest has been dreadfull this last week mainly due to the change in weather. I've needed a fair bit of Oxygen for a change and in fact i panicked a bit this morning when i discovered that i was down to my last 1 1/2 bottles. So rang the Doc's to arrange for them to let the Chemist know to order me some for Monday. The Main prob is they only have them delivered on a Monday so i didn't want to miss it or there would be problems. Not done a great deal today really as it seems even simple things like getting from the sofa starts my chest off and is really quite hard work. Sounds weird don't it just standing up makes me need oxygen but at least as the week's gone on it's got slightly easier. Looks like Bud's settling in quite well and thanks to my sister i've managed to order him some Space Food that he's used to like This so at least he won't feel so home sick. Blue & Green been showing him around today all the places of interest and they all seem to be getting on really well which suprise's me a bit as the boy's, Blue & Green have sort of had the run of the place for a while and i thought that maybe now Bud's turned up they might gang up on him, but they been great and besides i think Bud could give as good as he gets. Righty oh i better try get some sleep if i can. See you guys tommorow. Be Good!!

Friday, October 14

Free Is Just Not Enough!!

The last few day's i've been attempting to look locally for a Computer shop or Repairer's where i can get some work experience to compliment the Course that i'm trying to study. I've called at a number of places to enquire about maybe spending 1 day a week sitting next to someone doing the work and helping where i can and all for no payment just to gain the experience. You would think that at least one of them would be interested as they all said they were quite busy and stuff but no, not one of them wanted to know. They were varied excuses from not covered on insurance to not enough time Huh that's where i would help ??? I guess then that to offer your services for Free is just maybe too cheap. Well on a brighter note the Space Duck who i've named Bud is settling into his new home and had a bit of a getting to know you session with the other 2 Green and Blue ( I know not very original) last night. they seemed to get on okay although Bud's got a real strong American sqweak which can be quite difficult to understand at times but i guess they'll learn to understand each other. He seemed to have settled into life in the Big Tub fairly quickly and was soon laughing at Blue's impression of a Submarine and was rolling around Quacking and Quacking. He must have been so worn out from his Travel's and the swim last night because he's been asleep most of the day. By the way does anyone know where i can get hold of Space rations as it seems that's what he likes to eat??. Right, back to my old mate Linux for some more fun, just downloaded an Emulator which will allow me to run lots of Windros Programs like Office and Messenger and Notepad and stuff so i gotta set that up yipeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, October 12

Thanks A Million!!

Hi Peeps and what a wonderful day it is too although try telling my chest that. Its been 2 days of being awaken by the dullset sound of the Postie banging hell out the door, not that i'm complaining mind you. Then the scratching of the head to wonder what it is as i'm not expecting anything. Well you all know about the book that dear old mum sent me which i've now read from cover to cover and found it to be very educational indeed and the sound it makes when you push the button are cool. Thanks A Million Mum!!. Todays post was a much smaller parcel. what could it be i wondered as i was ripping the box to shreads. I was gobsmacked when inside i found another box all wrapped up neatly with some very fancy paper and a card which said "I thought you would like a fancy one not a boring yellow one", could it be what i've been longing for all this time. Should i wait and open it later ah what the hell i went at it like a bull in a china shop there were bits of paper flying in all directions. Eventually i came accross this wonderous site IT WAS A RUBBER DUCKY!!!!!!! but hey this was no ordinary rubber ducky this was an American Spaceman Rubber Ducky complete with Plastic Helmet and USA Badges. Its a beauty in the realms of Rubber ducks and it even quacks too i shall have hours of fun with this. It suddenly dawned on me i don't know who had sent it so i started rumaging through the shards of paper and cardboard spread out all over the floor and finally came accross the Tag that had been attached and it wasn't signed at all so i thought i know there's bound to be something on the invoice attached to the box so i ripped it off only to find that there was only my name Jonny and My address. So to the Mystery Sender of my new unfeathered friend thanks a million and rest assured he will love his new home and be very happy here. Right I'm off to play see ya later!!!!

Tuesday, October 11

Early Wake Up Call!!

I didn't have a very good night's sleep last night which seems to be the norm at the moment the way my chest is, anyhow about 7.30 the door bell rings. Who the heck calls at 7.30 in the morning around here the only one it could possibly be is the postie and she doesn't get here till around 10am so shes probably still tucked up in bed. Off I went and answered it and it was the postie but not just the usual one he was from the parcelforse division with a package for me. I haven't ordered anything i thought to myself well i couldn't wait to rip off the packaging to see what it was. You'll never gues what it was in a million years. It was a book entitled 10 Rubber Duckies complete with it's own sound effects too. My Mum sent it to brighten up my day which it surely did although it goes a bit soggy when you take it in the bath and the sound don't work then but you can still look at the pictures. It's loosely based on an event that happened a few years ago when a container of Bath Toys fell overboard from a ship that was carrying them. It spured me on to go find out what i could about this and come up with a few places here's one of them http://www.msnbc.com/news/940859.asp and there still offering a reward for anyone that sends them one they found so you better all go down the beach and start looking you never know. It's been a day of ducks today as i eventually managed to find a small Rubber Duck in Tesco's, maybe they did listen to me the other week when i complained that i couldn't find any of them. Only prob is got well and trully stuck into Linux this evening that didn't manage to have a bath and sort of try them out so it'll have to wait. linux has this sort of effect on people so it seems. Well all this excitement is making me race for the oxygen so i better go and leave you to it. But before i go there's just one thing "THANK YOU MOTHER"!!!!!! your an angel Nite Nite!!!

Sunday, October 9

Jonny's Got A Brand New Toy!!

Sadly before you all breathe a sigh of relief, I haven't managed to find a Rubber Ducky YET!!! although I haven't totally given up hope either but if any of you mad people reading this and feeling sorry for me and want to brighten up my day you can always go try and find one for me and send it to me at Jonny5. 27,Livingstone Way, Eastvale, St Athan, South Wales United Kingdom. CF62 4JG I promise to give it a good home. Right back to the point my New Toy is actually Linux. Whats Linux I hear you ask well let me try and explain it too you. Linux is an Operating System the same as say Windows XP or Apples Mac. The main difference between them is the fact that Linux is actually Free to Download and play around with unlike Microsoft Windows which sells for around £80 and is tighter than a nun's knickers to get into. My only play around with Linux up till now was a few years back and then it was all having to type in commands to make it do anything, now however it is very much on a par with Windows very Grafically based and do everything with a mouse and not have to type in anything unless you want too. There are also Lots of different versions or Flavors as there known of linux so there will always be one to suit everybody from Buisness Person to School Children. They're soo much fun to play with which explains my New Toy Heading. Would you believe that the thing come with like 30 Games and no Sollitaire in sight and you get about 6 Web Browsers(Thats 6 Internet Explorer Type Programs) and heaps of other stuff and it's all free. there is also no such thing as a virus on Linux too which is pretty cool too. I been playing for hours and hours and still ain't had enough which is unlike me as my attention usually wanes quite quickly. Well thats the sales pitch over with try searching it out on Google if your interested and see what you think you might be suprised and decide to change over as well oh and one other thing you can actually have both Linux and Windows installed on the same computer which is super cool for those just wanting to try it out. Okay for those expecting the usual drivel i assure you that a normal service will resume again tomorrow once i've played myself out. I'm off to have my Duckless Bath see ya !!!

Friday, October 7

Wear It With Pride!!
Hello there peeps i am gonna let you know whats going through my mind today for a change. Before you all shout at me no i am not going to go on about Rubber Duckies although if you manage to find any be sure and pass them on. No this I think is much more deeper. I don't know why i'm thinking of this today of all days but there we go since when did I ever pretend to know whats going on in my head. It's all about the Disabled Badge, you know the Blue one which used to be the Orange one which most people will remember. I guess it can be seen by different people as maybe being another way of sort of pigeonholing you as some people do or maybe it could be seen by others as a sort of badge stating that "Hey I am Disabled and Proud of It". Most of the time i guess i tend to fall in the later group as you might have guessed although I have been known to be partial to a bit of pigeon in the past. I guess it could be seen as drawing attention to yourself which is not neccessasarily a bad thing is it?? Some people like to colour their hair strange colours and wear strange clothes maybe and what about the men who have the combover hair syle you know the one , that involves combing the one strand of hair over from one side to the other to hide up the bald patch unsussesfully most of the time. They always make me laugh though so maybe thats why they do it. I'll have to ask one of them one day just to see. Back to the point about Disability Badges I wouldn't say i'm particularly proud of being Disabled, and not quite sure if that is actually possible, but I am cetainly not ashamed of it either so I guess what i'm saying is "Wear your badge with pride people" but also never forget that because you got a magic badge that will let you park nearer the store than others doesn't mean you can abuse that privelage and park in the Mother & Baby spaces if there are no Disabled spaces available, unless of course you happen to have children with you of course and however much you hope that a Teenager constitutes a Baby you are not entitled to park there. Right i'm off to see if there are any Mother & Baby campaigners out there banging the same drum as me.

Thursday, October 6

Enough's Enough!!
Well it's begining to wind me up now , the fact that i can't find a Rubber Ducky anywhere. I can't believe that they dont sell these anymore, do people not bath their kids anymore or what. Maybe they just take them in the shower i suppose not a good place for a duck to hang out as he might get stepped on and hurt. I may end up having to resort to Ebay at this rate however much i'm trying to stay away from that highly addictive place. I will get one somewhere somehow, i know maybe thats a good way to celebrate my BMT Birthday my lovely Donor who i know has soo much spare time on her hands now, can spend some of it trawling round the shops to find and present me with one as like a present, yeah that sound like a great idea. I will suggest it when i speak to her next i'm sure she'll be amused. Talking about my BMT Birthday I got a confession to make. You know i said that it was on the 23rd Oct, well i was talking about it to Judith and she is always great at remembering dates and she was convinced it was the 22nd Oct, so when i went up the Day Unit i asked the lovely Una to have a look in the notes for me and to my Horror we were both wrong it is in fact the 21st Oct. You'd think such a momentous date like that we would remember but obviously not, so all you people from all over the world planning to come and celebrate with us on the 23rd i hope you can get a refund on your air tickets and stuff and do accept my sincere appologies for the confusion. Well not much else to report then apart from the fact that i do believe that i am becoming addicted to Linux oh yes and i should be having my new set of teeth in 2 weeks after going for a final fitting yesterday, sounds like i'm going for a wedding dress fitting doesn't it. ha ha ha. Right time for some more Linux Fun see ya later!!!!

Wednesday, October 5

Hiya Peeps!!
I seem to owe you lot another appology for not writing in sooner but in all honesty i haven't been too well. Nothing Serious just a bit of a sore throat and tight chest and generally felling under the weather not that i'm complaining. It beats Leukaemia any day !! A couple of visits up the Hospital over already this week. Monday as I said was the Lung Function Tests, sort of blow in this tube at different times and strenths and so on really exciting stuff. It always makes me cough my heart out which i think they get some sort of Sadistic pleasure out of as they keep asking me to do just one more. So I couldn't wait to get back home for a rest and an early night as i really felt yuk!!! Up bright and early on Tuesday morning, well early anyway I don't know about bright and up for the usual waiting session at the Day Unit. They were actually quite quick taking my Blood for a change and i thought that it might be a quick in and out today for a change. No such luck, about 45 mins after they had taken my Blood the doctor still had no results so she rang to find out where they were and she was told that where they'de sent them up in a pod( through like this little air tunnel device between depatments) mine went up with a few others and apparently my blood samples smashed on the way up, It could only happen to me. So i had to have another set of bloods done and wait another hour for the results. Anyhow it gave me chance to catch up with a pal who I haven't seen in about a year it must be. I remember him coming in just as he'd been diagnosed and we seemed to hit it off right away. He's doing really well and unlike me has managed to stay out of hospital for nearly a year now apart from the usual check ups. He was in to donate his stem cells ready for a stem cell transplant, he'll do well he's a good man and a fighter too which you need to be really to get through the bad times. Right i'm supprised i lasted this long on here today, i'm gonna go have a lay down for a while. Been up the Dentist today new teeth in Fortnight hopefully but i'll let you know all about maybe later of tommorow. See ya !!!

Sunday, October 2

I'm Still Here Honest!!

Let me appologise for not updating this over the last few days but I been soo busy since the New stuff arrived that I just didn't have to time. Let me fill you in on all thats been happening then in case your interested that is well if your not now's the time to go pluck your eyebrows or sit on the loo for an hour contemplating lifes great mysteries. For those of you still here, hello...HELLO.... well what the hell someone might come browsing past and read this tripe so i better carry on. Since I last posted I have managed to wipe and re-install 3 Computers compete with programs etc etc and even managed to turn my Laptop into a Dual Boot System which means that I can now choose between loading Windows XP or Linux which is quite cool although its a bit hard to say the least to set up it's all good fun and experience. I quite like the idea of Linux in that your not tied down to what one person thinks (Namely Mr Bill Gates ) you should have on your Computer as you can play around with it to your hearts content, which I plan to do. One of the best things about it is "THERE'S NO WINDOWS MESSENGER ON HERE" Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God I hate that program with avengence. Looking forward to my week of Hospital visits of course as usual and expect to be a changed man by friday with all this attention.

One final note, for those of you that know and I guess thats all of about 3 of you dear listeners I suppose, it will be exactly 1 Year on the 23rd of this month since I had my Bone Marrow Transplant and I am looking for suggestions as to how to celebrate this momentous day. Any idea's would be appreciated as long as they don't involve Bungee jumping or such like!! And also bear in mind i ain't got Bill Gates Diposable Income either.

See Ya Later!!!