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Cancer 129
Posted on June 25, 2024 Leave a Comment
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 […]
Cancer 128
Posted on June 20, 2024 Leave a Comment
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 […]
Cancer 127
Posted on June 14, 2024 Leave a Comment
I had a particularly bad stoma spillage the other day. I won’t go into too many details in case you are eating, but I was changing bags when my remaining bowel decided to do a Surtsey over my stomach and trousers. It was a heavy and messy affair, but it is what you have to […]
Cancer 126
Posted on June 3, 2024 2 Comments
Three days after the butterfly catcher slashed my jugular, I am still feeling it. Last night I felt a distorted pulse (this is a vein, not an artery), and at one point I thought I felt the line move. These feelings, along with a myriad of others, are no doubt largely psychosomatic, made up by […]
Cancer 125
Posted on May 31, 2024 Leave a Comment
OK, well that went fine. I could feel it as the surgeon cut into my jugular, and as he shoved the plastic piping through my vein to my heart, but it wasn’t painful. The most painful part was the injections of the local anaesthetic at the start of the procedure, but I was ready for […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 