Daz's Almost Daily Dose

Check-up #4

2009-03-30T13:35:00.003Z

Another one in the bag, all appears to be good. Saw the actual consultant for the first time since the all clear instead of one of his lackies!! He said that as it is nearly two years since the all clear and there has been no relapse since, there is only a very small chance that it will come back - woohoo!!!!
Celebrated this weekend with far too much real ale and even more boo-jolly noovoe, great to see wor David for a few days, we made this video.........

Check-up #3

2008-09-03T17:03:00.001Z

The third check-up of my six monthlies (17 to go!) saw the usual gland groping and blood sacrifice with nowt to report other than still 100% healthy.
Life is fully back to normal and I'm seldom reminded that I had cancer at all apart from these check-ups!!
Next one in March '09................gan canny.

Check-up #2

2008-03-06T08:44:00.009Z

Just back from the hospital and official cancer check-up #2. The doc's were running late so I had to endure a 90 minute wait in a sweltering waiting room hoachin' with OAP's.
Just like during my cancer treatment, I was the youngest in there by atleast 20 years, and I'm no spring chicken! Is this a sign of what we can all expect in old age - if it doesn't get you when you're young it'll come knockin' when you're about to enjoy your retirement - I hope I'm wrong.
Anyhoo, sacrificed the usual claret which had been analysed by the time I was summoned to see the doc. Another junior, I haven't seen my specialist since the 'all clear'. He gave me a quick 'once over' and whipped around my glands (oooer missus). My bloods were normal and I left with another all clear, 'fine figure of a man, you're never 43', etc, etc...........
Next check-up in September. Back to the painting........
......and the golf!!

'Satisfactory'

2008-01-29T16:49:00.000Z

That was it, one word from the receptionist when I rang up the quacks yesterday to enquire about the blood test results............. 'satisfactory'. That'll do me, I think. Then again, the only real way to test if the Hodge has returned is to biopsy any lumps, I don't have any of those either so lets not go there.
Next proper check-up at the hopital is in March.
So 'til then.......................

Owld Cow......

2008-01-24T16:47:00.000Z

Off to the quacks this morning for a set of blood samples. Having already been down to Inverurie to handball over a tonne of firewood into the tranny van, I then dashed up the road to make the 10.20 appointment. Looking rather disheveled and with a bad case of bed-head, I was summoned by the nurse. She obviously took an instant dislike to the scruff before her. She gave me that 'Matrons' eye, with a look to suggest I was one of our newly welcomed (ahem!) Eastern block cousins, recently arrived to fleece our already overburdened NHS, but after exchanging a few pleasantries it became obvious to her that I am indeed a Geordie which did little to soften the dogs arse pucker around her lips. Her contempt eased the choice of implement as she selected the largest needle she could find - not much smaller than a knitting needle, and was soon jabbing at my quickly retreating veins. I sacrificed four tubes of blood before the needle was sloooowly removed, yep it hurt like hell (soft shite). With a surly 'that's you' I was on my way home to stack the timber I procured earlier.
Results on Monday.........

Worried

2008-01-15T09:23:00.000Z

I've had this bloody cold and chest infection for over 6 weeks, even had a course of anti-biotics to little effect. More ominously, in recent weeks I've felt a little 'gladular' particularly around by biopsy site and also more tired than usual - pretty much how I felt when I was diagnosed!!! And get this, the hair on my face which stopped growing when I had the radiotherapy has stopped growing again! Hope this is just some sort of radiotherapy flashback and nowt more serious.

So to be on the safe side, I'll be off to the quacks when I get home from offshore on Wednesday for a full round of blood tests etc.........

Fingers crossed!

Check-up #1

2007-09-05T17:10:00.001Z

Back in hospital today for what I was expecting to be my first of four 3 monthly check-up's. After giving me an all too brief once over, the doc told me (after admiring my six pack) I was a fine figure of a man and the 3 monthly's would not be required!! Next check-up will be in March 2008. After refusing one of my six pack (he's a tea totaler) the doc sent me on my way for a blood test and then home.
By the way, the picture isn't me.......honest!
For some hilarity, check this Still game clip, sooooperb!
Weigh-in tomorrow, check the lardy-blog for details.

All Clear.....................again!

2007-08-01T20:12:00.000Z

Blood test results are in and there's nowt going on inside me that there shouldn't be - woohoo!! The lump on the roof of my gob has also started to reduce in size, so hopefully that will be the end of that. Also the painkillers I'm now on are doing the business, can't feel a thing plus I'm sleeping 11 hours a night - bonus! Nothing more to add really, everything is looking positive again and long may it continue.
Next 3 monthly check-up with the hematologist - 2 weeks.

Tired arse..............

2007-07-28T14:24:00.000Z

Arrived back home yesterday morning, just off nightshift so I had a quick couple of hours kip before my afternoon appointment at the quacks. My specialist had been in touch with the Doc to confirm my skin problems are related to the radiotherapy. Apparently the radio treatment endures for several months after the actual zapping!! The treatment has damaged the nerves in the vertebrae just below the skull which has caused the burning sensation on my arms back chest and head. Like the hair loss it could be permanent in some people, but as my hair has just started to grow back the skin problem should heal with time. My arms are no longer a problem but along the spine, across the top of my head and the left side of my dish are pretty bad just now.
I've been prescribed an unusual pain killer usually prescribed to epileptics and those recovering from shingles!! It is very strong and I have to be weaned onto it over 9 days - its biggest side effect is drowsiness which I proved last night. Took a pill just before bedtime and slept for 12 hours. Not bad after coming off 9 night shifts!
They will keep an eye on the lump in my mouth but will have a better idea when the blood test results come in - Monday.

Och ma heed!!

2007-07-26T22:17:00.000Z

Struggled along offshore for over a week now with little respite from the skin burning. Although the pain in my arms has lessened the sensations have spread over the top of my turnip and down the left side of my face and appears to be getting more painful by the day.
The doc suspects a virus or nerve damage in the spinal cord and I'm being sent home tomorrow to give blood so they can rule out anything more sinister - more sick leave!!!. I've also developed a sore lump on the roof of my mouth which after a week shows no sign of shifting, might be just an ulcer but needs checking.

Hopefully it will all turn out to be nothing more than chemo/radio hangover and maybe doing a bit too much too soon! Felt knackered these last few days.

Stay tuned..................

Bronzer???

2007-07-15T09:22:00.000Z

Just when things were on the up, something weird has happened.
Over a week ago I developed a small patch of sore skin near my left elbow. Over the week this has spread to cover both arms, halfway down my back and across the top of my chest and shoulders. This is becoming more painful each day and is now feels like bad sunburn - although it certainly isn't that as we've had no sun so far this summer and I haven't had my tits oot in years! But, there is nothing to see, no rash, redness, swelling, dry skin, nowt!! Very strange.
Went to the quacks on Friday, Doc S thinks it may be nerve damage within the spinal cord due to the radiotherapy. Why it is happening now and not during the treatment is a mystery. They will consult with my hematologist this week to try and shed some light.
Due back offshore on Wednesday, not too sure how long I'll last if this keeps up or gets worse!!
Don't forget, the lard-arse challenge starts tomorrow - bronzer permitting.

Been Graftin'

2007-07-09T19:40:00.000Z

From the very start of this Hodgkin's nightmare, I'd always planned to return to work in June. And that's exactly what happened - albeit on light duties and only for a week. Nearly didn't make it though, unbeknown to me, my offshore survival had expired in May and there was some hurried string pulling going on behind the scenes to ensure I was booked on a refresher the day before I was due offshore. Also had the not so small matter of getting through the company medical and convincing the doc I was up to the task. Successfully passed the medical on Monday, got through the survival refresher on Tuesday, made it offshore on Wednesday. An easy week of paper shuffling and now back at home for a couple of weeks leave - you can't buy a job like this'un!!

The Hodge blog will soon be taking a back seat to my Lard Arse blog which I will be starting this Monday. I'll now only update this blog with details of my future check-ups and any scan results.
If you've been a regular reader, thanks for the interest and I hope my experiences have helped and will continue to help future sufferers.

My next challenge is to lose about four stones of blubber in a year - fellow dieters go here.
Everyone else, get back to work..............................

'There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes'

Stand by ya beds.....................

2007-06-18T18:13:00.000Z

You might have noticed that my posts have dried up a bit, that's because there's nowt much going on in the Hally household. Spent the last couple of weeks assembling the entire Ikea showroom in the house and turning the garage into a workshop, and that's about it!
One big occasion did happen a week last Friday. It was my boy Lewis's passing out parade from his 14 weeks of basic training in the REME - probably the proudest moment of my life, it was a top day apart from the stress of just making the various planes trains and automobiles that took us from Aberdeen to Surrey and back again in the same day. We've shown him the delights of Aberdeenshire this week and even took in a distillery tour up in Dufftown (its better than it sounds) before his return to Phase 2 training yesterday - this time he's away for 14 months.

Worraboot the cancer?? Now officially in remission, I spoke to the company doc today and I'm booked in for an offshore medical next Monday which might see me return to offshore on the following Wednesday which will draw a line once and for all under this cancer shite. Still got the large baldy patch on the back of my turnip and I'm still only shaving one side of my bracket but they say it will grow back......eventually. I hope its soon, I quite fancy one of those rascal tashes!

The tranny van has got to go! It's paid for itself many times over and has done a load of good work for me but last weeks indiscretion means it's time is up. I was invited to a meeting last week at my company's swanky recreation facility in Aberdeen. The car developed a last minute puncture so I had to take the van. There was a large conference going on at the facility and the usual car park was full and I was directed into the overspill car park which is basically a large well manicured sloping lawn sometimes used for pitch and putt. After the meeting I returned to the van to make my way home. Could I get the van up the slope? Could I bollox! Thirty minutes of revving, skidding and sliding around the lawn, flushed with anger and embarrassment, I was about to give up and ask the security blokes for a push when the old skip decided to behave itself and make for the exit, but by then, the damage was done. I had single handedly turned the lawns into a demolition derby skid pan - although this goes no further than you, dear reader.

The lard-arse challenge will be starting soon, after I get back to the graft.

Thanks to all for your comments and emails, I'll get some replies sent shortly - been having a bit of bother with the old broadband, now sorted.

Did I say there's nowt much going on? Cheerybye!

Relapse, don't do it, when you wanna go to it...

2007-06-02T08:36:00.000Z

Yoohoo, seem like nice boys!!!!
Went to see my new haematologist the other day - Doc C. He gave me a quick once over to check for swollen lymph nodes, thankfully none were found. I asked him about the likely hood of a relapse which is always possible with any cancer but especially with the Hodge. For a bloke of my age and condition (ripped!!) I have roughly 85% chance of cure - that's about 1 in 7 chance of relapse. I must admit, relapse has been on my mind quite a bit since I was told I had the all clear, I keep getting the odd twinge in my neck around the biopsy site and often mistake the small scar tissue lump for for a swollen node with a corresponding leap of dread in my chest until I realise that its nowt to worry aboot. I'm now on the lymphoma follow-up program and my next appointment is in three months time.
I'll soon be paying the company doc a visit and will hopefully be back among the graft in a few weeks.
The tranny van is now sorted and stops like a new'un, so we'll be making the arduous journey down the road to Ikea in Edinburgh (nowt but quality in this house) tomorrow - we're only going for the hotdog's.
Yesterday, we watched the herd of bulls stampeding away from our house and across the horizon, not immediately realizing they were being chased by our Yorkshire terrier - hilarious!!!

Settling in.............

2007-05-26T07:47:00.000Z

It's over a week since my last post and the time has flown by, seems like only a couple of days. The antibiotics have done the business and I'm now able to swallow solid food so I'm back on the Ruby Murray's and the chinkees. Still got the thyroid lump and my new doc is referring me to a specialist - but thinks it will sort itself in time. My latest blood test showed normal blood counts and near normal thyroid levels although the TSH is still low.
Got my first cancer follow up appointment with my new haemotologist in Aberdeen on 31st May, then probably every 3 months for a year or two and then 6 monthly for the next 10 years-ish.

Had a hair raising journey from Ardrossan in the overloaded tranny van the other day. The front brake pads collapsed only a few miles out from Ardrossan, so had to make the journey up to Aberdeen with the handbrake only - doh!!! Had one or two 'tanner-shillin' moments with some near rear end shunts - ooer, but eventually arrived safe and sound - Tranny's off the road now, waiting for bits and the drivers seat requires a valet!

Settling into the new house well, everything is superb at the moment apart from the Starlings that are nesting in the chimney - my trigger finger is getting itchy!!!

Thoughts go out to Chris, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's shortly after my own diagnosis. His post chemo PET scan has come out positive with some residual disease, so he has to undergo further chemo. Stick with it matey, we'll soon have this cracked!

Moooooved

2007-05-18T12:16:00.000Z

We're now on a temporary dial up connection until our broadband is up 'n truckin in the next week or two. Blog updates might be sporadic!
Moved into the new house on the 15th, everything went sweet and we're now busy emptying what seems like a thousand boxes! The house backs onto a field full of cows which stampede towards the house when the dogs start barking where they remain for an hour or two looking over the fence and scratching themselves on our wheelie bins.

Haven't eaten anything for twelve days now, my throat has been pure hell and I've demolished a couple of boxes of painkillers which give only slight respite. Went to the quacks the day before move day who suggested the pain was due to thrush, which apparently is common in chemo patients. The medicine prescribed has had no effect so I was at my new doctors yesterday where he suggested it might be strep throat and so prescribed an antibiotic which after only a day seems to be having an effect, might be eating normally next week. Lost 17lbs of blubber so far!
The doc suggested my blood counts might be low, so I also had a blood test while I was there, results on Monday.
Back to the unpacking........................

Radiotherapy - Week 3

2007-05-12T07:18:00.000Z

This week has easily been the worst week of my adult life!! Even worse than my baddest chemo days. I haven't eaten anything since last Monday and even drinking water is pure torture. My throat is extremely sore and swollen and I have been told that this will persist for another two weeks before getting better. I've had no sleep for the last two nights either and I'm vomiting on occasion due to the swelling stimulating my gag reflex. On the bright side - if there is one, the radiotherapy is now complete and I've dropped 9 lbs of lard this week.
I'd expected these side effects, but me being a bad-arse thought I'd just shrug them off as usual but how wrong was I? I'm rattling with pain killers, I'm even on oral morphine but none of it is doing any good.
I also have a large bald patch on the back of my head which, as you can see looks fantastic!
My bowels have seized up due to no food, haven't had a Tom Tit for 5 days.

The blood test taken to check my thyroid function shows it is not producing the normal levels of T4 hormone - hence the sudden weight gain, but further, my pituitary gland is not producing enough TSH hormone to stimulate the thyroid. This may all be hangover from the chemo and is now being walloped by the radio. I am being referred to an endocrinologist when I get to Aberdeen. If its not one thing, its summink else!!!

Apart from that, everything's champion!!!!
More whinging to follow......................................

Radiotherapy - Week 2

2007-05-04T16:08:00.000Z

Two weeks down, one to go. This week was pretty much like the first, plenty of window shopping around Glasgae, seemed to have spent most of the week reading magazines in Borders bookshop.
One side effect is kicking in big time - my throat is as sore as a mackem caught up the Toon, and it's getting difficult to swallow solids just now, by next week will probably be on liquidised food, last nights zinger was torture!! Also getting a bit of a suntan on one side of my face and neck.
Saw the consultant on Wednesday, discussed my Thyroid and took a blood sample to checks its function - will find out result next Wednesday, it's still very swollen and is causing additional problems when swallowing.
The silver lining of the throat problems is that I'm off my food and feel like I've dropped a few pounds this week. Chins are down from four to three and I appear to have only one arse!!
Went to the flicks last night to see 'This is England', set in the 80's, it's about the skinhead culture of the time - worth a watch, especially if the cinema has Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia - brilliant for a raggy throat!!
Got home this afternoon on the 1230 boat.

Thyroid

2007-04-30T06:31:00.000Z

Been doing a bit of surfing to find out what the large swelling is in my throat, just below my Adam's apple. I've had this swelling since the start of chemo in January. It comes and goes but is usually always there and is even more prevalent since the start of radiotherapy.
The lump is my thyroid gland and when swollen usually means it is not functioning correctly. The thyroid is responsible for regulating metabolism and when not functioning can lead to weight gain and fatigue among other symtoms - I knew it wasn't the pies!!! I'll bring this up with Doc F on Wednesday. A blood test/needle biopsy (woohoo) will confirm its function and can be substituted with thyroid hormone replacement therapy, although I think they won't entertain this until the radio is finished in two weeks. Off to the mainland today for Radio week 2, see ya Friday........................

Radiotherapy - Week 1

2007-04-27T13:55:00.000Z

Two words sum up this week.................bored shitless!!!
No internet (so no blogging) for a week as there was no suitable connection available in the hotel.
Arrived at the New Beatson Hospital on Monday - Treatment room H. This hospital is brand new and the equipment has been recently commissioned but still has a few teething problems as I was to find out later in the week. I was soon called into the treatment room which was more like the internals of the Enterprise - loads of impressively gleaming equipment, flashing lights, lasers and VDU's. Prostrate and shackled to to the bed via my mask the radiotherapy machine went about its business of buzzing then rotating and further buzzing. In less than two minutes I was done, no pain (no gain) or other sensations at all. The volunteer driver service turned up after a few minutes and whisked me into the city for my first of four nights in the Jury's Hotel. Apart from the occasional delay due to equipment faults, each day was much like the first and I whiled most of my days away window shopping. I have to admit to doing something that I swore I never would! I've been forced into shelling out for the largest pair of jeans I've ever bought - 38" waist - doh!!! I was just so fed up with my elasticated jogger bottoms (chav pants) that I've admitted defeat to my ever growing waistline. I still feel like I'm getting bigger even though I've hardly eaten this week (hotel food is grim) due to no appetite - although I had a one-off visit to KFC last night for a zinger after a rare trip to the cinema - Shooter, superb!!! But fear not dear reader for I am planning a new blog - Daz's battle against the bulge. Two more radiotherapy groundhog weeks to go, then the new Battle will start - drop 4 stone in 52 weeks - easy, easy!!
Back to the therapy. Starting to suffer the sore throat they warned me about, getting worse each day, also after day 2 I developed a sore swelling on the zap site just below my ear which went away overnight. Apart from that, nothing else to report although I'm getting a tan on one side of my face! Now washing with baby soap and shampoo until further notice - Doc's orders.
Back home Friday afternoon.

Sssssssmokin'.............

2007-04-17T17:30:00.000Z

There are occasions in life when you encounter things that make you say 'you don't see that everyday', today was one of those days!
Another trip abroad, this time to a new hospital for me, The Beatson Oncology Centre - Glasgow, for pre-radiotherapy shenanigans. Left Arran on the first ferry, arrived at Beatson 1045 - traffic was horrendous! Hung around the waiting room for an hour before being summoned into the 'Mold Room'. Here I was to have a mask custom fitted to my turnip for what I mistakenly thought was to protect my head from the X-rays, not so, it is purely to keep my head and neck rigid while being zapped. After stripping down in front of several onlookers I climbed aboard a CT scan type bed which had a neck support at one end. They made several attempts to raise the bed with the electric jack but my gargantuan weight was too much for the feeble motor and I had to get off the bed while they raised it to the correct height. The onlookers, now five in number, eyed me with fattist distaste for nearly breaking their machine while I tried to hide my threpenny bits and ample gut, it was like trying to juggle jelly - I wasn't embarrassed at all......not! Back on the bed they showed me a large sheet of thick plastic which had clips around three sides and a small hole in the middle - this would eventually be my mask. The sheet was heated in water then stretched over my face, neck and shoulders then clipped to the bed. Then, what felt like a dozen hands pressed the flaccid plastic into every nook and cranny, eventually molding into the shape of my face. After cooling, the now rigid mask was un-clipped and removed, I got dressed and returned to the waiting room. This was one of those moments in life, the whole experience was just bizarre!

Later I was summoned to the CT scan room where I once again 'got me tits oot', had the new mask fitted and a full CT scan then ensued. This allowed them to pinpoint the tumour sites and mark them onto the mask for targeting the radiotherapy machine. All done, I was again dressed and shown to a side room to see the consultant.
Dr F explained the radiotherapy process and told me I was getting a larger field of therapy than I was expecting. She also explained the side effects I would probably get:
Severly sore throat after about two weeks - may not be able to eat for a week or more - woohoo!!!
Loss of salivary gland function - may be permanent
Loss of thyroid gland function - may be permanent
Loss of facial hair on one side - for several months
Loss of chest hair - I knew that Hasselhoff chest wig would come in handy
Stop me if its getting boring.........
Loss of hair on the back of my head - what the hell's that gonna look like - Frair Friggin' Tuck!!!
The only good news out of this is that I am getting only three weeks of therapy and will be complete before our house move.
With all that good news ringing in my ears, I was soon on my way back to Ardrossan for the 1515 ferry.

Big thanks this time to NACC (North Ayrshire Cancer Care) for the taxi duties. NACC are a voluntary organisation who's main role is to provide transport for cancer patients around North Ayrshire. They exist purely on public donations and income from a few charity shops they operate and have about forty volunteer drivers - Jim, many thanks.

I might be out of the woods, but there's still a few trees to negotiate.

Tale of the tape

2007-04-15T16:22:00.000Z

For any fellow sufferers out there who don't want to wade through the blurb to see how this all started and what the time scale was between diagnosis and cure etc. Here's a fairly accurate timeline of events.......................

Nov '06 to Apr '07 - Gained 19lbs (8.6kgs) of lard - doh!!

September 2006 - Noticed small lump on left side of neck
September to December 2006 - Felt more tired than usual (if that's possible!!)
5/12/06 - Went to see doctor about lump on neck, also found small lumps just below left collar bone.
07/12/06 - Full blood test and chest X-ray
08/12/06 - Surgeon confirmed swollen lymph nodes in neck and suspect groin
14/12/06 - Check up with E, N&T consultant - needle biopsy on neck lump
20/12/06 - Officially on sick from work
21/12/06 - Result of needle biopsy, not enough material gathered to give meaningful result, lump requires full biopsy.
27/12/06 - Neck lump removed under general anaesthetic
04/01/07 - Diagnosed Hodgkin's disease
10/01/07 - Admitted to hospital to begin staging tests - Heart scan, ECG, lung function, bone marrow.
11/01/07 - CT scan
17/01/07 - Full staged diagnosis - Hodgkin's Type 2B - nodular sclerosing - Small tumours in neck and between lungs (1.5cm). Later downgraded to type 2A
18/01/07 - First of six fortnightly infusions of ABVD chemotherapy
27/03/07 - CT scan
29/03/07 - Last ABVD infusion
04/04/07 - PET scan
12/04/07 - All clear
17/04/07 - Pre-radiotherapy CT scan and mask fitting
23/04/07 - Commence 3 weeks radiotherapy
11/05/07 - Radiotherapy complete - Large bald patch on back of head - Officially in remission?
June/July '07 - Back to work?

Hodgkin's has left the building!!!

2007-04-12T13:13:00.000Z

Off the island on the first ferry and into Crosshouse for 0940hrs. I must admit I was starting to feel nervous as it was just dawning why I was here. I hadn't really thought about it until now, I wasn't here for the chemo this time, it's my PET scan result I'd come to hear. My 1000hrs appointment came and went and I was eventually called in at 1020hrs, thoses extra 20 minutes seemed like hours!
Doc E didn't beat about the bush and told me what every cancer sufferer wants to hear, I was all clear - woohooooooo!!!! The tumours are dead and there was no evidence of any hodgkin's disease.
This life changing news is still sinking in, only a few weeks of precautionary radiotherapy to endure than I'll have my life back! I might indulge myself in a wee swally tonight.
Thanks to everyone for your messages of support, keep on checking the blog as I've still got radio stuff to report and the all important 3 & 6 monthly check ups - for the next 10 years!

'Crosshouse no more,
Chemo no more,
Blood tests no more,
Shite no more'

D-Day approaches

2007-04-09T10:52:00.000Z

By now, my CT and PET scan results should be in the hands of my consultants who will hopefully find that my tumours are dead and all there is left to do is zap me with a bit of radiotherapy. I'm summoned to Crosshouse this coming Thursday to find out the actual results. Fingers, toes etc, crossed.
Chemo#6 is well and truly behind me now, the only remaining side effect is a sore mouth from the low blood count.
Yesterday I managed my first 9 holes of golf this year, and not surprisingly, I've still got the magic;)
Back on the bike today, got to shift some of this 19 pounds of blubber I've put on since the start of all this shite!! Might even give the rower a bash - not been on that since November.

Next post - Thursday (Daz Day)!!

'Ice
Your only rivers run cold
These city lights
They shine as silver and gold
Dug from the night
Your eyes as black as coal'

Concluded Massives!!

2007-04-07T16:12:00.000Z

There's a big weight off our shoulders as all the legal stuff has been completed for both the house we are selling and the house we are buying - so that's us contractually bound and just waiting to move - Roll on the 15th of May!!
New house pictured - luxury!!