Once a fortnight now (T.132)

Yesterday’s visit to the Beatson Cancer centre in Glasgow was the last of the weekly visits. From now onwards instead of Glasgow on a Monday and Dumfries on a Thursday the visits are switching to alternate Mondays for the two units. That feels like real progress and a lot less of a bind. The French stem cells appear to have bedded in nicely and the anti-rejection medication (Ciclosporin) is being reduced by 5 mg each week and so far there has been no major signs of Graft vs Host Disease (GvHD). The only major problem is that the donor’s blood group was type A and mine was type B. Apparently it will take a year or more for my body to become fully adapted to being a type A. Meanwhile my haemoglobin levels are likely to remain below normal until it all settles down. So I’ll just have to carry on puffing up the hills. The bicycle muscles seem to have withered away and are going to take a while to build up. Christine is having to wait at the top of the hills while I catch up.
ps. maybe 6+ miles up that hill twice was over doing it..... I was a complete wreck the next day !!