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Cancer 132

I am writing this from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. I don’t think I am meant to be abroad between rounds of chemotherapy so don’t tell anyone. I had my chemo bottle removed around 3pm on Thursday, then we immediately set off in the car to Harwich, staying in a Premier Inn at Colchester before getting […]

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Cancer 131

Well, here I am again, in the depressing rooftop restaurant of Derby hospital, the food choice consisting of poor quality standard breakfast items. I just havea cup of tea, unfortunately in a cardboard cup which does nothing for the environment, and is called a coffee cup despite its contents. There are ill people around me […]

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Cancer 130

I felt worse than an England fan after 94 minutes of the recent game when I got up this morning. Depression and misery are everywhere in my head. I feel a bit better now, but not everything is resolved. After delays to treatment, I had my blood taken on Thursday as usual in preparation for […]

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Cancer 129

I arrived at the CDU (the cancer unit) this morning more in hope than expectation. Probably due to a chaos of people, no one had sorted out the deferment of my treatment from last week to this week. My infection of last week is now cleared up, and so I could be treated, but no […]

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Cancer 128

Hospital again, for the third time in a week. Each time it is over 30 miles round trip, and then, because of limited parking, I have to get in early (by around 0730) to ensure I get a space, irrespective of the time of appointment. This then means that only Costa is open to get […]

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