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Cancer 231

Here we are again. In a few hours I will have my bloods taken to determine whethere I can have my next cycle of chemotherapy – my 50th cycle. I never expected to get this far. Fifty cycles sounds a lot to me, and it does seem to have gone on forever. When I said […]

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Cancer 230

My apologies. I have just noticed that I claimed 149 rounds of chemo in my last post. Wrong! It is ‘only’ 49, still more than most but it will be a while before I get to 149. I would need to live for another 5 years at least. Ha ha. My last post was written […]

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Cancer 225

It is the middle of the night (0347), it has been snowing, and we are supposed to be going on holiday to the Lake District today for few days – that 6 day period I get between hospital visits every fortnight. I am not sure yet whether we will be able to leave in the […]

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Cancer 223

And a Merry Christmas to everyone. I managed to stay in bed until 3am, so not a bad night’s sleep. I have seen no sleigh in the sky so I must begin to doub the existence of Father Christmas, and as for Jesus being born today, his existence is even more doubtful. Sorry folks, as […]

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Cancer 221

I am feeling increasingly like I am fighting the battle of Stalingrad – and I am the Germans. I have limited resources, resources that in the past I would use outside, whether for working in the garden, working at my career, making a meal, driving long distances, mending something in the house, or whatever. These […]

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