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Posted on September 9, 2025 Leave a Comment
I have nothing to say, but I am sitting in hospital undergoing chemotherapy getting bored, so I thought I could bore you in turn. This is my 42nd round of chemo. According to Douglas Adams this is the answer to life, the universe and everything, so perhaps I will go home today cured of this […]
Cancer 206
Posted on September 6, 2025 Leave a Comment
I have been ill. A week ago I spent 24 hours throwing up and having stoma problems. Throwing up is not good when you have an abdomenal hernia that feels like it s going to explode every time you retch. Neither is it particularly pleasant emptying a stoma just after the contents of your stomach […]
Cancer 205
Posted on August 26, 2025 Leave a Comment
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 […]
Cancer 190
Posted on May 13, 2025 Leave a Comment
Today I started my 36th round of chemotherapy. It is late evening and I am sitting with my bottle of flourouracil dangling from a tube attached to my portacath and hence to my heart. It is dripping slowly into my bloodstream, and should continue to do so until Thursday afternoon, so I need to be […]
Cancer 189
Posted on May 8, 2025 Leave a Comment
It is a bit of a struggle at the moment. The main problem is my hernia, or hernias, as it feels like my abdomen is a sieve, with bits trying to poke out in various different places. I have a deep chesty cough and every time I cough it is a) painful, b) feels like […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 