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Cancer 237
Posted on February 27, 2026 1 Comment
Well, it is an, exciting life having terminal cancer. Up to this morning I was thinking I was running into my last weeks. I have now been to see the consultant. It turns out that because the tumour growth was under 20% (I don’t know whether that means 5% or 19%, but it feels more […]
Cancer 235
Posted on February 24, 2026 1 Comment
I have felt ghastly these last few days. I am not impressed by the side effects of chemo. I was very lucky for the first couple of years in that most of the time I had few such effects. Now they are, I won’t say unbearable, because humans can put up with anything if they […]
Cancer 222
Posted on December 13, 2025 Leave a Comment
When I started this blog, my intention was todescribe the process of having cancer, and dying from cancer. It has been ongoing for nearly three years now. I was diagnosed in January 2023 and started chemotherapy in June 2023. Until recently, I have been relatively stable. The chemotherapy worked for a reasonably long period, and […]
Cancer 216
Posted on November 21, 2025 Leave a Comment
It is back to the numbers game. I am starting my second line treatment on Tuesday, after the failure of the first line treatment. I was lucky I suppose, the first line treatment lasted two years and three months, which is longer than the average. I am now moving on to Folfox, which basically means […]
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 […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 