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Cancer 251

I have just started my third cancer treatment, after the failures of the first – which worked well for over two years – and the second – which didn’t work well at all and just seemed to make me more ill. I am now starting the third with significantly increased numbers of tumours and tumour […]

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Cancer 250

I always feel that certain milestone numbers should be celebrated. I am not sure why, but we do it in society generally so why not. Here we are, the 250th cancer blog. Do I have anything new to add? I am not sure. I will proably repeat myself, but you know that is how these […]

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Cancer 249

I am really starting to hate nights. I was never very good at them, never very good at sleeping, and during the first couple of years of cancer I sort of managed ok, usually sleeping 3-4 hours, which seemed sufficient. Now I can’t go to bed because I can’t lie down to to breathing problem. […]

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Cancer 246

Well, that was an experience. I have some advice for those of you who have a terminal diagnosis of one sort or another, don’t wit until you are dead to have a wake, especially if you have a wonderful set of friends. I don’t really know where the idea ame from. It was originally going […]

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Cancer 245

I have been a bit rough lately, though not so bad now. I am trying to get into the habit of having morphine 4-5 times a day, but I find it difficult. I am not designed to take painkillers, though rationally I know it is the right thing to do. I am regularly getting sick […]

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