Hi guys! Alpaca, thanks for asking. My parents moved to France in the early 1970's when I was 14. totallly the best way to learn a language - get thrown in! I also learnt Spanish and German in French. In fact I have a strong French accent when I speak German!

I do French or Spanish to English and will translate basically whatever people are willing to pay me for - I don't do medical or legal (except contractual), too specialised. I mostly do technical (I never realised I knew quite so much about electrical wiring or plumbing but for various historical reasons, I do...) and scientific, IT if I can get it (I have an IT background) and business.

Since 2012 I have been doing an MA in Translation (online) with the University of Bristol - so much fun - although I'm taking rather a long time about it, I was originally supposed to complete in 2014, but I've just suspended for the second time, due to my health issues. But I would so love to do a PhD, I seem at last (in my mid '50s) to have found that academic vocation I was supposed to have had when I was young!

sweetpe - I note you had cisplatin chemo (or is it your mother?) - I had that, although maybe a lower dose, I didn't find it too terrible (it roughly went, 1 week felt rubbish, 1 week ok but feeble, 1 week ok, next treatment), but I guess we are all different, eh. I really hope the new treatment works ok and the side effects are bearable.


6/09 lump undr chin
10/09 SCC R tonsular fossa T4N0M0, spread to tongue
11/09 R tonslctmy, partl glssctmy, nd
2/10 IMRTx30, Cispltnx3
5/10 thrombosis port cath remvd L jugular blckd
1/12 mets R lung, part lung remvd
1/13 mets R lung
2/13 partl lobectmy upper R lobe
12/14 MRI enlrgd nodes meta oesophgs
1/15 DX recur 4cm lymph
2/15 Start 6xCispltn+Erbitx+?