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Month 23 EGO II

EGO rehearsing with Paco Peña

Encore!

Month 16 Greece

Exploring Mistras. Mt. Taigetos

The Med not meds

Blue in Green

Byzantine Fortificiation

Hello

The Sea from the House

The House from the Sea

Swimming into the Sunrise

 
Day 414 10K

Bridge & I just before the run

Some heroes I was running with and...

...Some heroes I was running for

Just after the run with Bridge. Time 40'44"

At the 5k point, I look happy, but it started hurting 30 seconds later!

Strangely no-one remembers seeing this little hero, he must have been travelling at supersonic speed

Group Hug!
(Wendy, Rachel, Bridge, Me and 'matchy' Alex)
Note: Little hero now flown away and my wallet's missing

Giving some support back to my support nurse, Roisin from Cancerbackup

Day 408 Greece Proof

Stopped by the Acro Police. Get it?

As the ancient greeks have done before me, philosophizing by the Acropolis, er, in a hawaiin shirt.

THe UK Eurovision totty at Passport Control: "Er, Big Mac and Fries Please!"

Deux points. The charming 'Daz' Simpson lead singer of the UK Eurovision band indicating to an adoring public, their final score.

Day 391 Lobal Puncture

What have we 'ere, 'Ere' we go, ooh goes right through me, Feeling like a prick, Don't shoot etc, etc

Day 390 South Bank Holiday Gig

 

 

May 1st 2006:
First outing of
Bridget's fantastic new band:
(Bridge, Milt, Adam Betts & John Calvert)

 

 

 

Day 365 Yo! Mister York Minster!

Floyd & Milt at York Minster in 80's Album cover mode

What no broadband?

Day 348 Cheque Please

Prsenting your money to Jane Murphy & Danielle Larner of CancerBACUP. Thanks!!!

Day 342 The Results are in

A few weeks shy of my BMT anniversary, my latest blood results are 'perfect'. Except my blood is now O-negative and female?*&!

Day 340 Worldwide Milt Spotting

Dan with a can...

It's a miracle!

I had no idea...

Milton, Ontario. Canada. Can't get enough of me clearly.

Allan receiving a sign

The Big Finnish.
Hotel in the beautiful & catchily-titled Jyväskylä, Finland.

Milton the Dalmation
(courtesy of owner Adam)

 

Finding myself. Before, and after diagnosis

Day 336 Chris Garrick Gig

Performing with jazz violinist Chris Garrick at the Royal College of Music

Chris Garrick + Band + Milt + ZERO rehearsal = very fun gig!

Day 335 Seminar

Research Seminar at York Gate Museum, Royal Academy of Music

...and then the englishman said...

Day 330 Floydian Trip

Floyd & Milt! A year and a half after Leukaemia diagnosis

Milt & Sophie

Floyd on stage, pre-leukaemia

Floyd on tour, probably just after throwing a TV over the balcony

Day 326 Visiting Royal Free

Jessica Mason just before diagnosis

Visiting Jess during her phase II UKALL treatment for Leukaemia

Day 321 What the %£&@?

Bridget on a drip in Charing Cross Hospital. Surely some mistake?

Anti-sickness push in a cannular. A bit late.

Day 313 Sheffield Trip

With the lovely Daniel Kerkhoff (8 yr.), his BMT is planned for March

Showing how it's not done

Feel the Power!

(pic: 11-year old Antony Kerkhoff)

Daniel's got a lot of balls!

Nice attitude

With Daniel & 11-year old Liam (Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma). Liam is a pretty mean electric guitarist!

Day 309 Scofield Concert

John Scofield, Peter Erskine, Joe Lovano with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. A superb musical event.

With guitarists Stuart McLean & Pete Callard enjoying a (very rare) beer. I am even more of a lightweight now!

Day 298 Visiting Guy's

Visitng 20 year old Gareth Mace at Guy's Hospital. He is now 'Keeper of THE Hat'

Day 295 Concerted Effort

After the concert with the great John Williams

With fellow cancer buddy, the mighty mac dude, Tim Stollery

 

Big Finish: The last 7 bars of the concert

My Big EGO: What a line up!

Big EGO in action

The acoustic section of the Eclectic Guitar Orchestra

Bridge and Graham order the desserts while the audience waits

A rare moment!

Bridget & Tristan take their bows

Jazz Trio with Chris & Pete

Jazz duo with Pete Callard

In full flight with Pete

The Jazz Trio going for it

Some lovely people! (Are you in this pic? Yes? Thanks!)

Last minute preparation

Milt & Chris 'rehearsing'

Milt arranging music

The Programme: front page back page
Day 285 Xmas Re-admission to Hospital

Monkey missing me:)

Using my readmission time constructively: Practising guitar in isolation ward

Now that's dedication. Close up of cannula while playing.

My dear nephew Rob visiting me in isolation . I think he enjoyed the Sci-fi vibe of it all.

Bridge keeping me company in between my daily antibiotic inhalation marathons

Day 202 Trip to Edinburgh, Scotland

At the Scottish National Gallery, home of some great modern art.

With great friend (and great pianist) Steve Hamilton at the Dean Gallery

By Charles Jencks' inspiring landscaped garden

With the artist Denitza Petrova and one of her paintings

Day 197 A Walk by the Serpentine (Hyde Park)

London is beautiful...

...whatever they say

Regrowth!

Day 147 Exploring the Peloponissos, Greece

Walking the Taigetos mountain

A view across the valley near Mercuria

The monastery at Elliniki, with its adjoining atmospheric caves

The bizarre, unexplained prehistoric pyramid near Neo Kios

 

Day 120 Wedding Party

With Sarah (lifelong family friend) and Bridget

 

Day 114 Best Man at Alex's Wedding

Bridge & I

Giving my sis away!

Day 110 Hiking in the Lake District

Bridge & I, windswept by Ullswater

With Bridge's extended family, quick mid-hike lunch

 

Bridge and I

Design by Ken Clark

 

Bridge looking good...

Day 70: How Low Can I Go?

Completely exhausted,2 stone underweight & fairly suicidal after BMT & mystery infection. Perhaps the hardest, though not most dangerous, part of my journey.

Day 65: In The Garden

Back home...

...dog tired

 

Day 7: Well Connected (Not pleasant)

With Hickman line and Nasal-Gastric tube fully engaged.

Well, it beats teaching.

 

The Days before Bone Marrow

Alex and I the day before BMT

Monkey hugs me. I love him.

Finding myself. Before, and after diagnosis

 

Diagnosis & Prelimary Treatment

(Viewer Discretion required)

3 days after diagnosis - Bruised & needing oxygen

4 days on...

Chemo  up close. Blurgh!

Chemo up close.

After chemo. Battered, bruised, balding & blissful

After Chemo- bruised & balding

In the midst of Chemo. (Pic: J.Belcher)

Hmm, a platinum-based poison in the blood stream? Oh go on then!

First Chemo session

Chemo can make your hair grow back a strange colour...

Chemo can make your hair grow back a strange colour...

 

Cancer or no, who can resist soloing over Rage Against The Machine's "Bombtrack"?

Cancer or no, who can resist soloing over Rage Against The Machine's "Bombtrack"?

 

Me photographing me, photographing me, photographing [...] my gear!

My life support system

A Day Out. I laugh at the face of death!

A Day Out. I laugh at the face of death! Bit mean, coz its someone else's grave but it was meant to be a metaphor.

I'll get my coat.

Pre Cancer: Yosemite & Grand Canyon
   
   
 

 

 

Pre Cancer: Portraits Young and not so...

 

 

CancerToons

 

 

ScreenSavers (By Tim Stollery)

Black & White MiltBlack & White Milt

 

Thinking MiltThinking Milt

 

Blue Chemo MiltBlue Chemo Milt

 

Red Chemo MiltRed Chemo Milt

 

Green Chemo MiltGreen Chemo Milt

 

Glass MiltGlass Milt

 

Arty MiltArty Milt


Cartoon MiltCartoon Milt

 

Dark MiltDark Milt

 

 

 

   
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