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Cancer 164

I am awake – as usual – in the middle of the night. I had a good 2-3 hours sleep at the beginning, since then I have been reading and changing my stoma – multitasking, just like reading on the toilet but form the comfort of my settee. Christmas Day is over. This is the […]

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Cancer 119

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 […]

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Cancer 118

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 […]

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Cancer 117

Another unexpected trip to the hospital. I don’t like unexpected trips to the hospital. They are depressing. They show that there are flaws in the ways my body is adapting and changing to cancer. It also means I will be spending more hours waiting, and will be jabbed and poked around with more than I […]

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Cancer 116

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 […]

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