Steve has completed his first course of chemotherapy and sail through it. Since he has cerebral lymphoma they had to give him a strong concoction to penetrate his brain. He coped brilliantly. No nausea and no apparent side effects so far. Physically he’s doing really well. We are hoping he will be able to come home this coming Wednesday for about nine days before his next course of chemo. The treatment consists of five, 2 weeks cycle of chemotherapy and at the end Steve will have an assessment and we will see how he is doing.
Emotionally Steve often struggles but he is strong. Our lives have completely changed and there’s a lot to take in, accept and adjust to. The heavy dose of steroids he is also taking, intensify all his anxieties and worries so that’s a battle in itself. The doctors and nurses here have been amazing. I expect in a chemo ward like this, the staff are often dealing with people like us and have the support system in place. I am certainly glad of it.
Our plan for delivering Dignity to Australia is going well. Peter on s/y Nymph will be delivering our boat for us. We know him and trust his skills and experience. He is also the boatyard manager at Norsand, NZ where we hauled out and did work on Dignity so we know he has excellent knowledge of boats in general. Sam and Dignity will be in good hands.
At the other end in Brisbane where Dignity will be delivered to, Trish and Rob on s/y Bristol Rose have been researching marinas and making enquiries for us. We now have a berth booked at Manly at the MBTBC marina. Thanks to Trish for all her efforts.
We are hoping that Sam will continue the tradition and write about the passage to Australia for our blog.
Again thank you everyone for your best wishes and kind thoughts. I am sorry I have not answered many of your emails but every message was very much appreciated.
