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Posted on April 30, 2024 Leave a Comment
It has been a little while since my last blog. It has been a difficult few weeks. Since February there has been several problems. I have had pneumonia, and I have had several infections mainly due to my PICC lines. I have had three PICC lines fitted, one in my left arm and two in […]
Cancer 118
Posted on April 23, 2024 Leave a Comment
Today is, or was meant to be, a treatment day, but my PICC line is causing too many problems. There is now the threat of a clot so I need to go for a scan. This may mess up all our holiday plans, as we have booked for the gaps between treatments, and now those […]
Cancer 116
Posted on April 2, 2024 Leave a Comment
I started this post a little while ago but got distracted by treatment and life. I was back at the hospital a couple of weeks ago because my PICC line appeared to be slipping out – something that is not supposed to happen but had happened to me a few weeks before. The PICC line […]
Cancer 114
Posted on March 19, 2024 Leave a Comment
For the first time in about three weeks, I am feeling fairly normal. I am sitting in the rooftop restaurant in the hospital waiting for my chemotherapy. Having cancer is a little like being in the armed forces. There is a lot of waiting involved and at the end of it a serious risk of […]
Cancer 110
Posted on March 6, 2024 Leave a Comment
My treatment didn’t go as well as expected yesterday. It was going perfectly well until nearing the end, where I should have my bottle/pump fitted, which I wear for the next 46 hours. Unfortunately, there was a problem with my PICC line. It had started to pull out. How? No idea, it is not supposed […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 