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Cancer 207

I have nothing to say, but I am sitting in hospital undergoing chemotherapy getting bored, so I thought I could bore you in turn. This is my 42nd round of chemo. According to Douglas Adams this is the answer to life, the universe and everything, so perhaps I will go home today cured of this […]

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Cancer 206

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 […]

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Cancer 205

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 […]

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Cancer 204

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 […]

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Cancer 203

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 […]

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