Farewell Party

Well countdown has begun, 6 days left to go, yes, next Friday 26th September we leave Kuwait for Retirement, First, I will visit Adam in Cebu and then head back to the UK, where I will settle with my son Steve and his wife Anna and of course baby Charlotte. We are all thrilled about the future, but don't know the details yet. We will have to take life one day at a time. My treatment continues and I continue to improve, getting stronger and more active day by day.

Last night our good friends Karen and Ali held a farewell party for us, we were surprised when over 60 people turned up,even though many of our friends were on vacation.

They presented us with a lovely plague which we will treasure in the months and years that lie ahead of us. Great friends, great food and great fun was had by all, just like the old days. Great time was had by all

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Nearly Ready to move in- Our House

Our house is nearing completion. Ruth will come to Kuwait on September 6th, we hope that before that they will have moved into the house. Adam will stay in Cebu with his uncle and cousin. He enjoys all the new experiences like riding a 'Tricad'. Here in Kuwait I continue to check out of Kuwait government offices, this involves getting clearance from the Bank, Police, Electricity immigration etc,. I continue to receive treatment, however, my general health is good and I pray it will continue so. On Sept 26th Ruth and I will fly to Cebu and take up residence there, until I move to the UK for more treatment.

Update from Kuwait

Countdown has begun. We are on our way out of Kuwait after almost 15 years. Ruth and Adam are in the Philippines, working on moving into our new house. Adam is attending 6th grade at the Indianna Areospace University. ( a very grand name) Adam is in the Elementary School. The school is only about 5 Kms from our house, and so it is very convenient for Ruth to drop him off at school each day.

Our house continues to be finished, finishing touches seem to take a while. The developer will not take possession from the builder until all the little snags are attended to.

Ruth will depart from the Philippines to Kuwait on September 6th, we will then return together to Cebu on 26th September. Adam will stay in Cebu with his uncle and cousin.

I continue to receive treatment for NH Lymphoma, the radiation regime as been stopped and I am undergoing more Chemotherapy, depending on the response we will either be in the philippines for a short period of time before going to the UK to complete my treatment. We value your prayers for us as a family during these days of moving, sickness, building and fitting out a new house, and lastly dealing with the beaucracy of leaving Kuwait. I will put a couple of pictures of the house so you can see the progress.

My Mum and Dad recently celebrated their 90th Birthdays, after a short time in hospital Dad is back at the Nursing home and doing well. Mum continues to live at home with my brother looking after them.

Up to date news

It has been a while since I worte anything. Basically, I have not been too well, after 8 sessions of Radiation I had to stop because of throat problems. Well they have now nearly cleared up and I hope to restart the treatment as soon as possible.
Our house continues to be being finished, yes that is correct not yet finished, now it's the finishing touches. Water an electricity are installed and they are building the perimeter fence. so not long now. The next big thing is the move and then Ruth's visit to Kuwait final packing and my move to Cebu.
I may also go to the UK to check up on my condition. Well one step at a time. This is all for now.
My father has been in hospital but he is now back at the nursing home, Grandma is about the same she enjoyed her 90th birthday last July 14, Grandad will be 90 on Aug 18. got to go and "cook me tea."

What to do?

What do you find to do you might be tempted to ask. Well has David Jr will tell you there is also something that needs washing, plates or clothes, shopping going to work etc. Well I have also the task of emptying our appartment, signing out of about a dozen government offices before I can cancel my residence visa. Is it any wonder so many people go on leave and then just don't return. I have sold the contents of our flat well I use sold in a very wide sence most things are at least 9 years old and not worth much, and that is what I managed to get. Suddenly I find my car is also worthless or so every potential buy tells me. We will see, I don't think I would make a good Arthur Daily.
I have been going to the hospital getting ready for Radiation treatment. This involves having a plaster cast made of my head and neck, Then a perspect mask is made and placed over my head and shoulders, this is clamped to a table (very hard) while I'm blasted with with radiation. Well today they fitted the mask and marked the spots where I should have the treatment or rather be blasted. After the mask was ready I had to have a CT scan. as usual I was told to sit and wait. Others were also waiting, after about twenty minutes sitting on hard hospital chairs I was relieved when they call Mr. David, I went into the Lab and then heard a Kuwaiti start shouting, He was saying he had been waiting longer than me. that was true, but I don't think he was to have a CT scan. Well that is when things went wrong. The Egyptian technician told me to go back out and wait, since my file wasn't ready, I commented that was strange, since they had just called me, and it was ready until the Kuwaiti had protested, I went back to the waiting room, the technician feeling put out that anyone would question his decision, came out to put me publicly in my place, I pointed out to him again that it was strange that my file was ready a few minutes earlier and it was only when the kuwait protested that suddenly it wasn't ready. I was told, ha yes, but he is old and sick, I pionted out that I too was old and sick. Well, you can't beat the Egyptians when their in charge. Two hours later after a doze I was called. This is not and isolated case, George B. hasn't done us any favours with our Arab fellow citizens. So roll on Sept 26 when I leave.

Latest News

Here we are again. I have been to the hospital again today, the biopsy I had last week showed that the Lymphoma had not transformed to higher form of Lymphoma so now the Doctor feels it is time to have radiation therapy to reduce the swelling on my neck. I start on Tuesday so value your prayers that all will go well.

Our house, we are told will be finished tomorrow, it won't there are still a number of small things which need to be completed, such as the electric connection the drive way, and some painting needs attention. We have closed in the carport but we need to put up a shade over the door and windows at the front that will be done later.

We also took possession of our new Toyota Avanza, Red, tomorrow Ruth has her driving test. it should be no problem since she has had a licance for about 7 years here in Kuwait.