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Cancer 17
Posted on March 10, 2023 1 Comment
If I am a little less positive than usual today it is because my prognosis is not good. The surgeons removed the original tumour from the bowel. It had grown a fair bit, but beforehand they found a second tumour outside the bowel attached to the peritoneum. It was about 12cm x 12cm. At the time […]
Cancer 16
Posted on March 10, 2023 Leave a Comment
Apologies in advance for errors and general weirdness in this blog as I am writing it on my phone a few hours after waking up from the operation. ‘You must accept your treatment not just with faith but with joy! That’s the only way you’ll ever recover.’ Alexander Solzhenitzin, Cancer Ward. Until going for an […]
Cancer 15
Posted on March 7, 2023 4 Comments
I received a message today saying that it is 99% certain that my operation has been brought forward to this Thursday! Good but terrifying news. I am very glad that it is going to take place sooner. I won’t describe how my bowels have been feeling recently but I know I need this operation quickly. […]
Cancer 12
Posted on March 2, 2023 Leave a Comment
I am in hospital again today, this time for an echocardiogram. I think the anaesthetist is a little worried about my heart. There are two key aspects to consider beyond heart rate and blood pressure, both of which are controlled by drugs (OK, my blood pressure is a little high, bt not ridiculously so). The […]
Cancer 14
Posted on February 27, 2023 Leave a Comment
We all criticise social media for its triviality, its nonsense, its ridiculous videos, and so on, yet most of us get involved in one way or another, through Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, or all those others that I may or may not have heard of but don’t know what they do or how they work. I […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 