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I began my chemo regime of eight cycles of three-weekly torture on 15th December 2021. The side-effcts were horrendous, and I stopped taking chemo the end of the 2nd cycle on 10th January, although some of be effects lasted well beyond that date. I wrote a note to the oncology team in Winchester and the nurses in Basingstoke on 18th January, updated on 25th, as follows: I hope this is helpful to the team and others and explains why I’m not going on with the chemo. Herry 25th January 2022 During the 1st Cycle:  1. General lassitude and feeling yuk - lying by the fire as much as possible. Going to bed at 8pm. Feeling a bit like having radiotherapy from the inside.  2. No appetite and incipient nausea - weight 75kg at the outset (stable for months before) down to 72kg by the end of the 1st cycle (and 68kg by the end of the 2nd).  3. Tingling sensations like strong pins and needles when you touch anything cold. Also makes cold food taste/ feel like straw in the mouth. Very od...

Rosita Lau at the Three Tenors Concert in Beijing 2002  Rosita Lau Awarded then Madal of Honour by tve Hong Kong Govt 2021 This Medal of Honour recognises Rosita Lau’s work as a maritime lawyer as well as her personal contribution to actively promoting the development of all aspects of Hong Kong’s maritime industry locally, in Asia, and internationally, since the 1990s.  The Hong Kong Government complimented Ms. Lau as follows: "Ms Lau is awarded Medal of Honour in recognition of her contribution to the development of the maritime industry and reinforcing Hong Kong's status as an international maritime centre." Amidst her busy legal professional career, Ms. Lau has also enhanced Hong Kong’s status as an international maritime centre in her position as an ambassador of Hong Kong’s maritime industry in missions to overseas countries. These included promoting the all-encompassing maritime services that Hong Kong offers, speaking at and moderating international maritime forum...

John Jillings and David Martowski in Sidney Fowler's office c. 1980 John was one of the people I got to know soon after joining Millers in 1967, as we were sent on a ‘training cruise’ together, on a small Greek bulk carrier. We joined the ship in Rotterdam and sailed in round to Bremen. I remember particularly remaining tied up for almost a week in Brunsbuttel at the end of the Kiel Canal while a Force 8 raged outside. Poor John; he was landed with a wet-behind-the-ears companion who didn’t even drink -  which was all one could do in the single bar open near the harbour.  And that was on top of the fact that the ship was ‘dry’ and all we had to eat, it seemed, was rice rolled in vine leaves. We played incessant games of cards. He must have wished that he had John Tilley with him instead but he was too kind a man ever to show his frustration!  He was indeed a lovely man, always kind, never ruffled and always fair. He was also a very good at P&I, dealing with the comp...

Bill Birch Reynardson's Obituary in the Times