33%

Wow....that looks good, one third gone!!!

Jeanette and I had an early start today, the hotel was beautiful, we left at 7:00am for the airport.
The flight was great and Jeanette had a little panic when we landed.
She couldn't find her ticket for her car. Turns out I had it all the time!!
She has been so wonderful and I am thrilled that she like the hotel.
I slept for about an hour when I got home, I made an appointment with my GP to get a sick note. I got so carried away with the diagnosis and forgot to ask him for it. I eventually got it though.
Tomorrow I will take it into work.
Some good news is the Professor Vogl and his team are interested in bringing a mobile unit to the UK.
This would be so good as it would give a lot of people the oppurtunity to have what I have had.

Another good result

Theo is doing well and loving it here.
He has now removed another 15% of his belongings.
That means there is a 33% difference now in the size of the tumor. 

I am having another procedure in November and one in December, and that should be it.
Professor Vogl's team told me that they would like to set up a mobile treament centre in the UK for mesothelioma.
This would be wonderful if it happens as there has been a big improvement in the tumour shrinking and my well being.
My worries have melted away and I am a very happy soul at the moment.Well done Theo!!

We have arrived!!

Rich didn't turn up this morning so Siobhan sorted Kieran out before going to college.

Jeanette picked me up at 7:00am and we left for Bristol airport.

We had a very safe journey to Frankfurt and are staying in the Radisson in Frankfurt.

Jeanette has had her eye on this hotel since our first visit so, I wanted to suprise her for all the help and support she has given me.

It is lovely, we are on the 13th floor (hope that isn't an omen) and have a wonderful view of the city.

We are going to have something to eat and are going to enjoy the wonderful German hospitality.

We have to be up early tomorrow as my appointment with Professor Vogl is at 8:00am.

Jeanette and I had a wander around Frankfurt and found Romer, our favourite place. We stopped at an Indian resteraunt and had a lovely meal. The decor was wonderful, we felt like we were sitting in thrones

We were asked by a German man how to get to Romer and Jeanette directed him!!
She is so good at finding her bearings, unlike me.
We also saw a beer bike, What is a beer bike I here you say...... Well, it is a travelling bar that has bicycle saddles on it. One disgusted German passed us and shouted "Bier Bike!!!'...he wasn't impressed.

We loved this idea and thought there should be one or two in Plymouth.
Jeanette is sat in the hotel window at the moment trying to take a picture of the Frankfurt skyline at night.

She loves the hotel and it was a good idea to choose it.

Frankfurt again

Jeanette and I will be travelling to Germany tomorrow.

We will have a little trip around Frankfurt when we get there and chill out.

We both need it as Jeanette has been looking after her Grand daughter which she enjoys but it must be hard work.

I am off to work now and will finish packing when I get home. Rich will be with us tonight as I have to leave early on Wednesday.

Remembering my dad.

My dad was a great Jim Reeves fan. When my sisters and I were younger, that was all we heard.
There is a radio in the bedroom at the cottage and it is has an alarm on it.
I heard it on and went in the bedroom to switch it off. I stopped and sat on the bed and listened as tears rolled down my face. I heard Jim Reeves singing "I love you because" and felt like my dad was in the room with me.
I am a very big sceptic and don't believe in anything unless I have proof.
This was so weird but it felt like it was a message. This all happened just after I had written my blog.
If it was you dad, thanks, it was just what I needed and I love you so much too..

Remembering my father

Philip Northmore
1937 - 2006

My father died 2 years ago today and it feels like I am reliving that day again. The pain hasn't gone away. I still miss him so much.
To this day I have always thought that chemotherapy took him from us. It destroyed every cell in his body, good or bad, and brought this wonderful man to his knees. It turned a very young 68 year old into something he never was, a frail old man.

I will light a candle to his memory today and when I get back home, I will visit the cemetery and lay some flowers for him.

Dad, If your listening, I love and I know you are around, I can feel you. I know you are supporting me through this time in my life and you give me the strength to fight back and help others in my situation. Together we will make a difference.
Thinking of you always and never forgetting you

Debbie x x

Remembering Erna

I had an email today from a friend of a lady I met in Germany, Erna.
I met Erna in May when I went for my first Chemoemolization treatment in Germany.
We both waited in the ward for the nurse to tell us we could leave the hospital and imagined our water being a cocktail.
There was a picture of the human body on the cup the water was in. It was very detailed with intestines and organs clearly marked out as it was promoting the CT agent used to illuminate the orans for a scan..

We had to change that and decided that we weren't in a hospital in Germany, we were lying on the hot sand in the Caribbean drinking "sex on the beach".

We were both in hospital with very serious illnesses but managed to rise above it.

She had a great sense of humour and we hit it off right away.
We had a giggle and it was good to find someone on my wave length.

Unfortunately, Erna passed away on 1st August as she was very ill with Liver cancer.
Her friend emailed me to tell me.

This has been heartbreaking as we had become good friends through email and I will miss her.
Todays blogs are dedicated to Erna.
She was and always will be a truely wonderful lady.
Condolences and special thoughts are sent to her family and friends.

Here's to you Erna, a sex on the beach cocktail which I raise to you. I will never forget you and your wonderful spirit.

BBC local news

I was looking through the internet and found the BBC local broadcast of my interview.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7521723.stm

I have had so many people contact me since this broadcast asking about the treatment. I am so pleased to be able to give something to sufferers of Mesothelioma and, hopefully, it will work for them as well.I also found the Christmas tree one, I am adding it below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7090000/newsid_7093000/7093019.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&nol_storyid=7093019&bbcws=1

While looking for these I found a really good interview with an insurer. The report is about Des Murphy, another innocent person doing a days work and happens to have asbestos he is working with. He contracted Mesothelioma and has died since. The reporter for BBC north west is relentless with her questions. I thought it would be good to add it and watch as the insurer squirms at the questions being fired at him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7250000/newsid_7255800/7255836.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&nol_storyid=7255836&bbcws=1