Maintenance #7

The title of this post says it all - I've been prescribed for maintenance cycle number 7.  My platelet count remains below normal, but is within safety limits, and is within the criteria for the Myeloma XII clinical trial.  Dare I risk saying that I actually feel quite well?  I've recently been installing a new cooker hood in our kitchen; a task that has involved several physically difficult steps.

Since the last post we've had the pleasure of a visit from our elder son, his wife, and our grandson.  This coincided with my annual honour to participate in the Lord Mayor of Bristol's Remembrance Parade.  This starts by assembling in the Bristol City Hall then processing to the cenotaph for the traditional service.  We the return the way we came.  It is so special to see so many members of the public, often with children, who have taken the trouble to attend the ceremony.

Each year I provide a Remembrance cross which is planted by the Royal British Legion in the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.  This year it was opened by  HRHs Duke and Duchess of Sussex. 

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Poignantly, our grandson gave me a Remembrance cross which I labelled in memory of my uncle, his great great uncle, before planting it at our local village church. 

Let us hope that his generation will grow up to understand the horror and futility of war.






It seems right to continue to offer a piece of music.  This one is always played as part of the Remembrance ceremony at cenotaphs.

Dido's Lament by Henry Purcell

Keep well
Stephen