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Cancer 183

Well, that wasn’t fun. A night of wakefulness, abdominal pains, and the serious thought that I would phone the hospital and go in for help. It was a little frightening. Pressure had been building up around my abdomen for a day or so, but it didn’t really hit until last night. You know the feeling […]

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Cancer 182

What a day! Nothing interesting, Just a treatment day where I am unable to get things done. I have hardly read, I have hardly written. I have just eaten too much out of boredom, something I probably shouldn’t do as my weight is up again. Today is the first time my new portacath has been […]

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Cancer 181

Part A I am rather nervous this morning. I am having my portacath fitted. The appointment is 0800, so my usual arrival time in order to get a parking space – 0730 – is for once appropriate. I am having tea at Costa Hell, with its unusable off centre saucers. I am surrounded by ill […]

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Cancer 180

Part One It is a special day today. I am in London. I woke up this morning as though prepared to do battle, as there is nothing more frightening than the thought of going to London (ok, I know it is nothing like battle – I just wanted to make a point). What do I […]

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Cancer 179

I am up in the middle of the night as usual. The pattern at the moment is to go to bed early, wake up around 1100 (yes, I now get up in the evening rather than the morning. It is rather odd), then go back to bed around 0500, getting up around 0700-0800. While in […]

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