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Cancer 205

Here we are again, at hospital to begin round 41, Muhammed Ali wouldn’t have survived this many rounds. The last week has been a hospital week. Tuesday, Thursday, Thursday, Friday, and now Tuesday again. Why Thursday twice? I went for my blood test and forgot the blood form, the holy blood form, without which blood […]

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Cancer 204

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 […]

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Cancer 203

I am in hospital again, this time for my 40th round of chemotherapy. It almost feels like a birthday, so I deserve a present. I am in early, so hopeful that I will be finished with at a reasonable time and can spend the afternoon in the garden reading. I am still reading Stalingrad, by […]

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Cancer 201

I am a little out of it at the moment. I was told the effects of the radiotherapy could be three or four weeks. I finished 10 days ago, and have since had my 39th round of chemotherapy, and my body is a bit of a mess. The stoma is the worst. The RT was […]

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Cancer 200

My 200th post on cancer. When I started this blog, I didn’t think I would still be here two and a half years later. I am, but there are end signs. There is growth of lumps in my abdomen, and a significant lump at the opening of my stoma. The first led to the possibility […]

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