Andrew Johnston
Apr. 14th, 2008 02:57 pmA friend just sent me this and it made my hair stand on end.
Apr. 14th, 2008
A few weeks ago, Riverford, our organic veg supplier (we still get stuff from them, though a lot less than we did in pre-allotment days) sent us some really fantastic potatoes. They were a pale gold inside and had a flavour like no other spud I've ever tried.
So I wrote to Riverford yesterday and asked what variety they were. Riverford, who are good at customer service as well as wonderful veg, promptly replied that they were either Sante or Valor depending on exactly when we got them.
Looking on the web, they were probably Sante, but Valour has blight resistance and that is a really big bonus. Maybe I'll try growing both next year. (We're trying four different ones this year, and only one of them is one we tried the previous year)
So I wrote to Riverford yesterday and asked what variety they were. Riverford, who are good at customer service as well as wonderful veg, promptly replied that they were either Sante or Valor depending on exactly when we got them.
Looking on the web, they were probably Sante, but Valour has blight resistance and that is a really big bonus. Maybe I'll try growing both next year. (We're trying four different ones this year, and only one of them is one we tried the previous year)
State of the hands
Apr. 14th, 2008 07:06 pmIt's now ten months since I had the radiotherapy. My hands look exactly the same.
This is good. The condition has not progressed; I've not lost any more flexion in my fingers. The lumps haven't vanished, but then I wasn't particularly expecting them to. (In some cases, the disease is reversed, but it's not that common)
I've had no side effects at all, not even dry skin. (I don't know if religious use of moisturiser during the treatment helped with regard to this - I followed the instructions the radiotherapy team gave me to the letter).
I've been getting a number of queries from people asking how I've done since the radiation therapy, so I'm starting a new LJ community,![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dupuytrens_uk for people to talk about what is available in different parts of the country.
On other fronts, my mother is considering getting treatment, but at her age, she may not need to. Late onset Dupuytren's does not always progress very far and she's pretty elderly now. Radiotherapy would be possible at the stage she is at, and she's glad that there is an alternative to surgery if she wants it - she's had too much surgery for other conditions and would not want to go through all that again.
This is good. The condition has not progressed; I've not lost any more flexion in my fingers. The lumps haven't vanished, but then I wasn't particularly expecting them to. (In some cases, the disease is reversed, but it's not that common)
I've had no side effects at all, not even dry skin. (I don't know if religious use of moisturiser during the treatment helped with regard to this - I followed the instructions the radiotherapy team gave me to the letter).
I've been getting a number of queries from people asking how I've done since the radiation therapy, so I'm starting a new LJ community,
dupuytrens_uk for people to talk about what is available in different parts of the country.On other fronts, my mother is considering getting treatment, but at her age, she may not need to. Late onset Dupuytren's does not always progress very far and she's pretty elderly now. Radiotherapy would be possible at the stage she is at, and she's glad that there is an alternative to surgery if she wants it - she's had too much surgery for other conditions and would not want to go through all that again.