Overdue...again? Only by many weeks!

High time to give the Blog a tweak so you can see what we've been up to of late.

Jeanette's plaster and moon boot are now long gone and things are healing up, except that her back has suffered a bit from the uneven loading over the weeks in plaster and boot. We're hoping that sorts itself out as time goes by. One of Jeanette's current activities has been lecturing at Unitec on event management. Her 3rd year students have an event on this weekend which has been an interesting practical assignment for them all to have gotten their teeth into. Tomorrow night will be the acid test for them.

Life continues on at the usual frenetic pace. My crunched big toe is pretty right now, although the new nail still looks kind of ugly. Matches my face! The trip to Sydney was worthwhile and gave a very helpful induction into Hills SVL head office and the scale of the operation across the Tasman. Good to spend face time with some of the folk I'm in frequent email and/or phone contact with.

Had my 3-monthly (roughly) CT scan recently and subsequent appointment with the Haemotologist to discuss the results. They are still seeing some (non-cancerous) stuff in my spleen which is inconclusive but they seems to think warrants further attention. All the lymph nodes in the abdominal area they scanned are "pristine" which is nice to know. It is not easy or possible to do a biopsy on the spleen apparently. They seem to think the smartest move is simply to remove it. Sounds like although it has various functions, it is an organ which you can live perfectly well without. I will have a further talk with one of their surgeons to discuss pros and cons. Watch this space...

My sister Sue has very recently moved back to NZ after about 15 years living on the Gold Coast as an Aussie. She seems very glad to be back, and as the timing has played out has moved into Mum's investment property immediately across the road which, as it turns out, was due to come vacant a day after Sue arrived back. It means she is close to her daughter Zoe & son in law Will, along with their very special little 1 yr old son Noah. Also having her so handy to Mum (now 91) and us is great. She has brought her two little dogs - Molly & Spike with her. They have never seen a heater before! Sue accepted a lecturing position at Auckland University.

That will have to do for now...

Cheers
Bruce & Jeanette
bbremner@ihug.co.nz