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Cancer 137
Posted on August 15, 2024 1 Comment
The Combined Day Unit (CDU) where I receive my treatment flooded on Tuesday, so all appointments were cancelled. I assumed that I would miss the treatment, that my timetable for the next few weeks would become muddled, and that it may well delay my treatment break when we are hoping to get away on holiday. […]
Cancer 136
Posted on August 10, 2024 Leave a Comment
All goes on as normal. My bloods are more or less the same as usual, with the cancer marker slightly elevated, but nothing to worry about apparently so I won’t worry. It has been between 3 and 4 for a long time, now it is between 4 and 5. my 24th treatment is authorised for […]
Cancer 135
Posted on July 30, 2024 Leave a Comment
Another day in the Combined Day Unit, or cancer ward. As usual I have managed to make the day not drag by reading and writing, but again as usual the strategy has gradually failed as I start to feel more sick and my head gets a little hazy. I am now at the stage where […]
Cancer 134
Posted on July 27, 2024 Leave a Comment
A happy trip to see the consultant yesterday. Had a bit of a cold so I worried that I would have to undergo a COVID test. I am ‘lucky’ because I have only had two tests, but I can hardly stand them. Having a sharp stick several metres up my nose is pretty unbearable, and […]
Cancer 133
Posted on July 21, 2024 Leave a Comment
Perhaps going abroad with cancer is not all it is cracked up to be. I had rather an unpleasant morning today. Needing to avoid Amsterdam – one day is surely enough for anyone – we headed to a fishing village on the Ijsselmeer. It was a bit touristy but hey, we are tourists. We had […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 