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Cancer 173
Posted on February 7, 2025 Leave a Comment
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. […]
Cancer 170
Posted on January 26, 2025 Leave a Comment
How many emotions and viewpoints can a person hold at one go? I am both optimistic about life and pessimistic. I feel my health is reasonably good and terribly bad. I am in pain and I am not in pain. I look forward to the future and there is no future. Orwell was right in […]
Cancer 167
Posted on January 7, 2025 Leave a Comment
I don’t know where I was the other day but I heard Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult, as far as I know the only song they ever did. I quite like the song. It fits with my usual view of life and death. Unfortunately the other day it didn’t. I had quite […]
Cancer 164
Posted on December 26, 2024 Leave a Comment
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 […]
Cancer 152
Posted on November 8, 2024 1 Comment
I get my latest scan results today. For some reason I am not as optimistic as usual. At some point the chemotherapy will stop working and the cancer will grow. I have had a somewhat rough time of it in the last few weeks re diarrhoea, possible Covid, temperature probably relating to the flu and […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 