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Cancer 178
Posted on March 12, 2025 Leave a Comment
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 […]
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 […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 