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Cancer 176

I had a number of ideas about this blog but the chemobrain means that ideas fall out of my brain like lemmings off a cliff (except lemmings dot do that, do they?). My brain is significantly affected by my treatment, unless the cancer has got to my brain. I wouldn’t know if it has because […]

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Cancer 173

I am in hospital for my consultant meeting prior to restarting my chemotherapy. I have had six weeks off, six weeks where we have been away three times, attempting to take advantage of the time. We went to the Netherlands, Yorkshire and Shropshire. All good, but I am exhausted. Holidays are supposed to be restful. […]

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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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