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Cancer 246

Well, that was an experience. I have some advice for those of you who have a terminal diagnosis of one sort or another, don’t wit until you are dead to have a wake, especially if you have a wonderful set of friends. I don’t really know where the idea ame from. It was originally going […]

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Cancer 240

My tiredness and dropping off to sleep is getting serious. I am sitting reading the draft of my thesis (yes, draft complete and printed out – long way to go yet though) and found myself with my head down, fallen asleep. OK, last night I got virtually no sleep, because no matter how tired I […]

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Cancer 225

It is the middle of the night (0347), it has been snowing, and we are supposed to be going on holiday to the Lake District today for few days – that 6 day period I get between hospital visits every fortnight. I am not sure yet whether we will be able to leave in the […]

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Cancer 223

And a Merry Christmas to everyone. I managed to stay in bed until 3am, so not a bad night’s sleep. I have seen no sleigh in the sky so I must begin to doub the existence of Father Christmas, and as for Jesus being born today, his existence is even more doubtful. Sorry folks, as […]

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Cancer 178

It was agony last night. I couldn’t lie down properly. I couldn’t turn onto my right side. This morning, the wife made me take my temperature because she thought it might be pneumonia again. The first reading was 38.5, and I am supposed to ring the hospital if it is over 37.5. Fortunately, two further […]

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