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IN CIRCULATI  NNewsletter for and by Clinical Haematology Patients & Carers, Manchester Royal Infirmary |
A triumph in glitter
I reckoned that I could have a great party in Belfast so at home I talked about it with Mum and Dad, my sisters and brother and we reckoned it could work. We aimed for 200 people. I chose the night of 29th December (a Monday) so that it was between Christmas and New Year's Eve and most people would be home. Venue: the Clandeboye Lodge Hotel, near Belfast. I didn't want to do any food or anything - it had to be kept as simple as possible. The disco and bar was enough for everyone to have a great night! The DJ was from Cool FM, Belfast's biggest local radio station. Everyone at home was very keen and also offered lots of help. Back in London, I started getting tickets ready to send out. I wanted people to pay at the door on the night as this way I thought more people would be able to come instead of thinking they were to late to apply for tickets. Everyone at work helped get the tickets ready. I told Louise Hannah, one of our designers, the sort of thing I wanted and she came up with the great silvery design. Our printers, 'Work of Art', printed them for us for nothing and soon we had 400 tickets. The theme was glitter because I wanted it to be black tie but needed some sort of gimmick too. Even thought it was Christmas I didn't want it to be obviously Christmas-y but wanted it to be smart. For some reason the glitter theme seemed to catch everyone's attention! I sent out several tickets to about 30 people and asked them in turn to send them out to others. I was also scouting for raffle prizes and sorting out the raffle. Word was starting to spread - the Northern Ireland grapevine sprang into its usual action! On the day of the party, having been fairly busy with Christmas preparations over the last week, I was generally losing my mind! Good friends Kevin and Roanna came over from London for the party and helped. Barry, my brother and my sister, Veronica, took turns in selling raffle tickets and so did my friends. Raffle prizes included a jacket worn by Denzil Washington in the film 'Courage under Fire', hairdressing and beauty salon vouchers, restaurant tokens, a pearl bracelet, several Simply Red CDs signed by Mick Hucknall that had been sent to Nikki, lots of booze, subscriptions for Marie Claire and Loaded, a weekend for two at the Holiday Inn given by Jon Doubt, and of course some chocolates! The raffle raised about £400. We had about 250 people. The total stands at £2,300 and I'd really like most of it to go towards the continued production of this newsletter, perhaps some to kick start some other fund-raising events and some to Leukaemia Research. Perhaps the next party will be in London, perhaps Cheshire - or anywhere! We're with Damon
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of more tricky Medical Terms L to R... LEUCOCYTE - A white blood corpuscle (cell). LEUKAEMIA - Blood disorder of unknown cause, in which there is a great increase in the number of white cells. MUCOCYTITIS - Inflamation of membranes in the mouth and oesophagus. NEUTROPENIA - A lack of neutrophils in the blood. OEDEMA - A collection of fluid in the tissues. PETECHIA - A small spot due to small bleed under the skin. PLATELETS - Necessary for blood to clot - otherwise continuous bleeding occurs. REMISSION - Subsidence of the syptoms of a disease. Our thanks to Sister Mary Murphy, Senior Sister Haematology & Operational Manager Haematology, who contributed the terms. To be continued... WARD NEWS Dr. Yin: six years of inspiration Dr. John Yin has now completed his extended term in office: a total of six years as Clinical Manager Haematology NCG. Dr. Guy Lucas takes the chair of Clinical Manager from April 1 for a 3 year period. Our best wishes and thanks to Dr. Yin for all his inspirational work and welcome Dr. Lucas. Our best wishes to you too! Staff Nurse Yvette Ibbotson is on maternity leave from Ward 27. Her baby is due any time now so we're thinking of you Yvette and waiting for the good news. Thanks, all you golfersGood luck to the golfers at Stockport Golf Club who, on April 2, will take part in an am-am event in aid of the ward. Each team will have paid £225 to enter, which will be a vital contribution towards our fundraising efforts. Thanks to all those who are taking part. | |||||||
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