'ginger for ovca' has reached the BBC website - look under Health at bottom of main news page - www.news.bbc.co.uk/ - picked up on the American conference I think.  Have been eating it for some time now so hope it does me  good!

Tandy (Helen Jane) - can you tell us about your 9 year story ? - sorry, I may have missed it along the way.  That's an impressive length of time!  You sound very sorted out about it all - must be the Scottish genes!  

Sue - so very sorry you are having such a bad time with your skin and feet - must be miserable.  Hope the acqueous cream and cotton socks, gloves work.  Have you had a good Easter?  It's lovely here (Hertfordshire, UK) today - sunny and bright with all the spring flowers and blossom coming out now.  Been trying to do a bit of gardening now I'm only on the carboplatin but I don't really have that much energy.  Did manage to clear the greenhouse out a bit - aren't women strange getting a sense of satisfaction out of tidying up!?  Trying to estimate if I could go on the cruise before the final chemo - we cancelled in Feb as I knew I wouldn't make it on normal chemo - will have to take a risk with infection etc (not that likely with a bunch of old folk! well middle aged to be kind).  It's to the Greek islands and Turkish coast seeing lots of ancient monuments etc on a wonderfully comfortable ship (been before).  I won't be able to get travel insurance for the cancer so not sure.  My daughter thinks it would do me good but my husband is more anxious (he'd have to pick up the pieces if things went wrong!)  Cheers, Jenny