Nearly Holidays

Cant belive it is already December, just had a great birthday, the Big 48!! 

So, praise the Lord for another year. I remember being diagnosed in September 2011 which is 4 years ago. I can't believe how time has flown and how well I am. We had a great weekend spending time with family and friends had amazing meals, and watched the latest James Bond movie. 

This year really has been full-on being involved in all kinds of projects and opportunities. Thank the Lord for his provision in my life for what he has done for me.

I look forward to the holidays we are leaving on Saturday for the Cape it is really going to be great. I look forward to spending time on the beach reading a book and contemplating life, and what the Lord has done for me. 

Here are some pics of the girls in my life and also my nephew

I also build a guitar from the kit recently really enjoyed the experience and the time spent doing it, here is a pic of what it looks like. 

One thing that I know is that neither height nor depth nor anything in this world can separate us from the love that is in Jesus Christ our Saviour, Amen

3 YEARS POST SCT

I can't believe that it has been 3 years since I had my stem cell transplant. Cant believe that I spent 3 weeks in insolation, not sure how I did it. How time has flown. I'm so grateful for every year that has been given to me. I guess my paradigm has shifted, where I always used to dread getting older, and now I'm grateful for every year that I get given.

I really have not blogged much this past year, mainly not wanting to look back but rather look forward. "forgetting what is behind" and rather looking forward. Sometimes we need to look back, and only then can we see how far we have gone.

This past year has really been eventful. Where to start? After many years of consulting and owning my own business, I have moved back into the corporate environment, and so I'm a development manager for a company that owns large retail centres in South Africa. It has been a huge adjustment for me, but on the other hand has been very exciting. The projects I'm working on are very large, but very exciting.

I was fortunate to go overseas to London and Dubai attending a conference with my work. It was great seeing the city and visiting various shopping centres.

Over the last year I have been on maintenance chemo, which was a cycle of Vacade every 3 months. The doctors look for minimal residual disease (MRD), and towards the end of last year we had a scare, where my levels started increasing instead of decreasing. My doctor them put me on a 4 month cycle of chemo mainly with Valcade, also with Thalidomide. I really reacted badly to the Thalidomide, and so I was taken off it. After 4 months of chemo, I finally come off everything. It's nice to have some time off. I have to go for another bone marrow test later this month, and then see the doctor at the end of May.

"But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained"

The London Eye

The Tube - London

The Tallest Building in the Word - Dubai

My favourite pastime ... ;-)