Tag Archives: Playback

Infection alert!

Posted on Mon, 5 May 2014 by Jet Black

Friday morning, 4 April, saw me not-quite-leaping, more like cautiously rolling my stiff self, out of bed at an early hour to go off to volunteer at a Register & Be A Lifesaver [R&BE] stem cell register recruitment event at … Continue reading →

Posted in * Myeloma, Graft versus Host Disease, Other health | Tagged Anthony Nolan, antibiotic, Certificate in Playback Theatre Practice, Chellaston Academy, Derby, endocarditis, Fletcher ward, Flucloxacillin, Haematology, Hickman line, hospital, infection, IV antibiotics, Jenny Parrish, myeloma, Nightstop, Nottingham City Hospital, osteomyelitis, Playback, Playback Theatre, pneumonia, R&BE, Register & Be a Lifesaver, School of Playback Theatre UK, Specialist Receiving Unit, SRU, staph. aureus, staphylococcus aureus, stem cell donor, stem cell register, temperature, Vancomycin, volunteer, volunteering | 6 Comments

18 month post-transplant review

Posted on Sun, 17 Nov 2013 by Jet Black

Today is 18 months to the day after my allogeneic transplant. It’s my 18-month-iversary! I’m alive, pretty well for the most part, looking and feeling good. So today is worthy of a celebration, although it is more of a quiet … Continue reading →

Posted in * Myeloma, Emotional health, Fun, play & adventure, Other health, Sleep apnoea, Work & volunteering, Writing | Tagged aching joints, Aciclovir, allogeneic stem cell transplant, anti-viral, antibiotic, antidepressant, bisphosphonates, blogging, blood count, bone densitometry, bone density scan, chimerism, Citizens' Eye Derby, CPAP, CT scan, dry eye, eosinophils, Eyebag, fatigue, Fluoxetine, Graft versus Host Disease, GvHD, knitting, lubricant eye drops, Lung function test, Maggies Centre, mammogram, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, Menopace, menopause, mindfulness, mini-allo, MRI scan, mucous membrane, muscle flexibility, oestrogen, Omega 7, ONJ, osteonecrosis of the jaw, osteoporosis, Penicillin, physiotherapy, Playback, remission, runny nose, SCT, Sleep apnoea, smear test, spinal vertebrae, stem cell transplant, swimming, T'ai Chi, tight muscles, UARS, Vagifem, volunteering, writing, Zometa | 10 Comments

The grand finale – Part I

Posted on Sun, 20 Oct 2013 by Jet Black

If you thought this post is about my own finale, you’d be right. Those of you who hoped it was a teasing headline about something else may be disappointed, but hopefully not saddened. It’s not a gloomy post, I promise, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Antony & the Johnsons, appreciation, burial ceremony, Come Healing, Desert Island discs, dying, Edward Thomas, funeral, Gracias a la Vida, Here Comes the Sun, Is That All There Is?, Jewish, Joan Baez, Kaddish, Leonard Cohen, list for living, living with questions, Lullaby, Mary Oliver, Mercedes Sosa, Nina Simone, No One So Much As You, Ofra Haza, Peggy Lee, Playback, spirituality, Thank You for Your Love, Wild Geese | 5 Comments

List for Living review

Posted on Wed, 16 Oct 2013 by Jet Black

After a few rather downbeat posts, it’s time to reinvigorate my blog, my attitude, my faithful followers and not least of all, myself! As previous readers will know, I have created a List for Living. I keep it updated, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun, play & adventure | Tagged barefoot walking, Blue Man group, bucket list, Cancer, Central Park, cycling, dog fostering, fatigue, flying, horse riding, Italy, list for living, New York, opera, Playback, R&BE, writing | 4 Comments

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