Another chat with Gerard

Those of you with an eye on the ball will realise that today is the last day of my second cycle (see The Cheese Question). Tomorrow I start my third (possibly last) cycle. I'm probably a bit anxious about the treatment still. I'm probably quite used to it now, I know what's going to happen. But I still feel the ache in my arm, the treatment is okay, but I'm not sure what else might happen.

It was great this evening to get a call from Gerard, I had been meaning to call him, but hadn't got round to it. We ended up chatting for an hour. It certainly made more sense discussing about the treatment than when we spoke last, now I can talk about what's actually happened rather than what might happen. I still think he had a tougher time than I'm doing at the moment. But the main thing is that he is not sorry for himself at all but accepts it all and takes it in his stride.

I think the main lesson from Gerard is how important it is to write this all down. He wasn't always quite sure about the timeline of what happened and when. So, although this is sometimes a bit tedious, it is primarily supposed to be a record of events.

I (actually Sam) did remember to put out the black bin tonight!