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Cancer 142

I read all sorts of stuff, from the extremely interesting to the downright nonsensical. I sometimes get so confused I cannot separate the useful from the dross. I get caught up in those spirals of internet bollocks, where the truth is never as close as a bullet to Trump’s brain. I do read about death […]

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Cancer 141

I am abroad! After my 25th round of chemo I have taken a six week break, which means I am going to be poison free until towards the end of October. I have learned how to flush my lines so that I don’t need the district nurse for a few weeks. My medical bags are […]

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Cancer 140

My common Tuesday, sitting in a chair that is too small in a room with lots of ill people being pumped full of poison. It is afternoon, so as usual, by this stage, I am starting to feel ill, but I try not to show it. I don’t want to endanger my treatment, particularly the […]

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Cancer 139

I am the last of my childhood nuclear family. We were two parents, one son and one daughter; it was pretty traditional. My parents died old, my dad at 93, my mum at 85, so no complaints there, but my sister Helen died last year of cancer at 63. When you are in your 60s, […]

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Cancer 138

I had dreams last night about both my PhD supervisor, Ian, and my sister, Helen. Both are dead. Ian had some sort of super space age weapon and was using it. Helen was involved in something about a route that kept closing. Dreams are generally meaningless to those who are told about them, but meaningful […]

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