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Cancer 206
Posted on September 6, 2025 Leave a Comment
I have been ill. A week ago I spent 24 hours throwing up and having stoma problems. Throwing up is not good when you have an abdomenal hernia that feels like it s going to explode every time you retch. Neither is it particularly pleasant emptying a stoma just after the contents of your stomach […]
Cancer 205
Posted on August 26, 2025 Leave a Comment
Here we are again, at hospital to begin round 41, Muhammed Ali wouldn’t have survived this many rounds. The last week has been a hospital week. Tuesday, Thursday, Thursday, Friday, and now Tuesday again. Why Thursday twice? I went for my blood test and forgot the blood form, the holy blood form, without which blood […]
Cancer 204
Posted on August 19, 2025 Leave a Comment
I am not looking on the bright side at the moment. The last few days have been painful. It is the stoma, or specifically the end of the colon which is sore. It is difficult when you have a sore bit of the body that is constantly being covered by shit. I try to clean […]
Cancer 203
Posted on August 12, 2025 Leave a Comment
I am in hospital again, this time for my 40th round of chemotherapy. It almost feels like a birthday, so I deserve a present. I am in early, so hopeful that I will be finished with at a reasonable time and can spend the afternoon in the garden reading. I am still reading Stalingrad, by […]
Cancer 202
Posted on August 3, 2025 Leave a Comment
The saga continues. On the plus side I now have a stoma bag with a larger hole so it fits not only over the stoma but also the adjacent ulcerous tumour. It is a little more comfortable than before, though the ulcers are exposed to the outpourings of the stoma, which can be very sore. […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 