Midsummer

Thank you wife for maintaining the blog in my (mental) absence!

Times have been pretty good since the last stent insertion where they used the ERCP technique. The blood values on Monday were also good so this may be a sustainable solution. I'm getting Vectibix every second week and had my second shot on Monday. The side-effects aren't bad. The main issues are rash in the face and upper-body. In future I can expect nail bed infections and (natural) eyelash extensions.

I've been on sick leave from work since the bile ducts problem started in April. I'll stay off from work throughout the year since the situation with the cancer is uncertain. The next CT scan (August?) will probably tell more what's happening.

I've had the pleasure of spending a lot of time with the kids recently. A week ago we took a day trip to visit Hakkaraisen talo in Vammala (House of Mr. Clutterbuck) and the spa in Ikaalinen. I think this was the first spa visit with the kids ever and they had great fun. The water slide was in particular a popular place and it was difficult to pull them out from there when we decided to leave.

Last weekend we celebrated midsummer (Juhannus) on in-laws summer cottage. The oldest kid fell in love with the tent that we brought along for the fun of it and decided to sleep all three nights there. He had no trouble falling asleep while I stayed awake for most of the night. Luckily, Marjo stepped in for the following two nights so I got to sleep inside the cottage in a proper bed.