Whitestone was great. Excellent concerts from Anna Heinz, Native (versatile Dunedin acoustic band with Hamish Mepham doing vocal leads, and featuring some weird and definitely wonderful instrumentation) and Little Green Men (Brad and Chrissie). I sang my new song-first in the Friday night session (with Sue Harkness sitting right in front of me) and ( Read more... )

33 radiotherapy sessions down, 4 to go. Checkups later in June, heart checkups in July, then I'm ready to face the next health crisis, whatever it may be.

Can I please ask my Kiwi friends to read this article from the Otago Daily Times, and write to Tony Ryall, the Minister of Health, using the email form on his Parliamentary web page. It would be good if it could be spread around. I suggest everyone putting a time limit on it in their communications, as these things have a way of circulating for ( Read more... )

Not the kick-off of radiotherapy after all. Just a consultation. Only, the hospital's new i-soft computer system was down, and after telling me how embarrassing it is to be put in the position of asking a patient, "What are you here for?" Dr Costello asked me what I was there for. It didn't even occur to me to give him the real answer, which was, " ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Wednesday: Isaac's sixth birthday. Also the day of my CT scan. I now have an appointment for next Monday with Shaun Costello, the radiologist, and I think this will be the kick-off of my radiotherapy. According to the lady in charge of the scan, it should be pretty much life as normal-folk festivals included.