The days certainly whizz by when you are going to the hospital every day as I am this week. So far 3 lots of chemo and an intrathecal yesterday. Chemo today and tomorrow to follow. Earlier in the week I had visits from lovely colleagues to distract me, but yesterday was a long day because I managed to arrive an hour and a half early for my intrathecal (mix up over appointment times) and then it wasn't entirely straightforward so I spent from 2 - 7pm in the hospital. Shorter visit today I hope!
Andrew's contribution to my treatment is to cook wonderful food as you know (oh, and uncomplainingly come to fetch me from Addenbrookes). He's been experimenting with some new recipes this week from Nigel Slater's latest book. We had fabulous dill, parmesan and bacon pasta on Thursday evening. Earlier in the week he decided to try the smoked mackerel, beetroot and horseradish fishcakes. On Wednesday they were absolutely sublime, served on a bed of pak choi with yoghourt and home-pickled vegetables (carrot, bamboo shoots and ginger) as accompaniments. This was however the second attempt. Things didn't go quite so smoothly on Tuesday. The fishcakes are potato based and the recipe doesn't use an egg to bind them. Sadly due to this and also overcrowding the pan we ended up with the crust looking like Teflon and the insides dissolving into hash. For one horrible moment (since I was really hungry) I thought Andrew was going to bin the lot, but he decided to rescue the insides which were delicious if lacking somewhat in structural integrity! The next day, determined to crack this one, he added an egg and cooked them in small batches in a lighter pan - result!
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