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Cancer 84

My first real setback, other than side effects. My treatment has been delayed a week because I have a cough and a cold. I have bad it for weeks but last time I got away with it. This time shows the balance between receiving treatment that might help woth the cancer and not receiving treatment […]

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Cancer 83

I know people like to say that I am ‘living with cancer’, but I do prefer the practical ‘dying of cancer’. I don’t know how long I have, but the cancer isn’t going away and I certainly will die of it, unless I get hit by a bus, but that is unlikely as I try […]

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Cancer 82

I am back in the chemo room. Because I have a bit of a cough and a sore throat I have been tested for Covid for the second time in my life. A horrible experience. I don’t mind being jabbed with needles, having my abdomen opened up, having a stoma fitted, watching Strictly Come Dancing […]

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Cancer 81

OK, overall that was a bad week. I felt for the first time that perhaps I was on my decline and I didn’t like it. I am not ready for it, but I am trying to be honest with this blog so you get the bad with the good. Fortunately, I am back to feeling […]

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Cancer 80

One thing I have been wondering about is the way people react to cancer, and particularly the difficulty some people have with communicating with the person with cancer. I must say at the start that most of my friends, acquaintances, and colleagues have been very good. They have contacted me, communicated with me, called me […]

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