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Seeing stars…

So the last few weeks have been very stressful, especially for Samuel. Well, that’s not strictly true. Every third day has been stressful for about half an hour. For some reason, Samuel has been buidling up a fear of having … Continue reading →

Bleeding Cannula

No, I’m not swearing. Although I am annoyed with Samuel’s cannula’s in one respect. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, that we had started to see the odd breakdown of his infusion site on the third day of use. … Continue reading →

Clumber Park Duathlon 2011 – done!

I did it. It took me 1hr 21mins 49secs. That compares to 1hr 28mins 22secs from last year. Nearly 7 minutes quicker. I nearly didn’t though. I remember last year after the event, I was standing in the queue to … Continue reading →

World Book Day

Guess who Samuel is going to school dressed as, for World Book Day?

Training with the Marathon Man

We have been away this weekend to visit friends who live near Guildford in Surrey. We have known Tim and Tracy for nearly 15 years, and we meet up at least a couple of times a year. It would be … Continue reading →

Infusion Site breakdown

Samuel’s blood’s have been pretty good for the last couple of weeks, except when we approach the end of his third day on his infusion site. The site needs changing every 3 days and for the last couple of times, … Continue reading →

London to Paris Cycle Challenge 2011

An open letter to anyone thinking of doing the above this September…. Dear potential cyclist, I took part in the London to Paris Cycle Challenge last year. Why would I do such a thing, I hear you ask? Would it … Continue reading →

Clock watching…

It makes a change from watching Sam’s bloods. But watching the clock is the only option this weekend. Samuel is away for two nights at a Scout’s weekend camp. He has the responsibility of watching his bloods himself. This is … Continue reading →

A romantic in training

Who said romance is dead? A normal Monday morning would involve me sneaking out the house before anyone is awake to go for a swim. But this isn’t any Monday morning is it? How romantic would that be? So as … Continue reading →

A week in review

With three weeks to go until the Clumber Park Sprint Duathlon, I should be increasing my training. But I’ve only managed one session on the turbo trainer. So the cycling is suffering, not coming on. And I think I slightly … Continue reading →