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Cancer 106

Life’s shit, part two. It was a bad day for my stoma yesterday. I had three serious leaks, more than ever before. A leak is embarrassing. Imagine walking around in public and suddenly, without warning, faeces emerge over your stomach, leaking from a bag, and oozing around the sides of your support belt. I don’t […]

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Cancer 104

A very popular way of dealing with human problems is the support group, usually now the online support group. Before I retired I was slightly involved with these support groups, usually in relation to students’ small-scale research projects. I sometimes wondered about their value but never really thought it through. They are presumably very helpful […]

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Cancer 101

According to Orwell, room 101 is the worst thing in the world. I am not sure what the worst thing in the world is for me. I can think of quite a few objects or situations I don’t like, but the worst? It depends on timing. Whatever is bad at the moment is the worst […]

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Cancer 100

As this is my 100th blog on my cancer I feel it ought to be somehow special, but it isn’t, apart from being longer than average, sorry. While I am not sure what aspects of cancer could be special in a positive sense I don’t know. To coincide with the 100th cancer blog there are […]

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Cancer 98

Well, here I am again, the day ward for cancer patients, receiving my chemotherapy. I have had virtually an 8 week break, and I was getting used to it. Now I am back to endless repeated questions about my name, date of birth, address, and allergies. I sit here in a chair that might be […]

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