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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 224

This is the point where everyone says Happy New Year. I have never been comfortable with those kinds of phrases. Beyond a certain good manners, their words are not meant to convey any real meaning. I am not convinced this is going to be a happy new year for me. The growths in my abdomen […]

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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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Cancer 220

A day with developments. I am unsure whether to call them good or bad, positive or negative. I think I am losing the ability to judge right from wrong. I was at the hospital today to see the consultant. Fortunately, I saw the main consultant, not the person I had last time with whom I […]

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