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Posted on March 13, 2026 Leave a Comment
My tiredness and dropping off to sleep is getting serious. I am sitting reading the draft of my thesis (yes, draft complete and printed out – long way to go yet though) and found myself with my head down, fallen asleep. OK, last night I got virtually no sleep, because no matter how tired I […]
Cancer 239
Posted on March 11, 2026 Leave a Comment
It is getting worse. I am getting worse. Sleep is one of the main problems. I am falling asleep in odd places and odd times. I have never got on with sleeping, but now it seems I have no choice. If I sit for any length of time I fall asleep, whether I am sitting […]
Cancer 238
Posted on March 7, 2026 Leave a Comment
We are away on holiday in the Lake District. Ever since I started my second line treatment I have quite ill on the Sunday and Monday following the chemotherapy. This time I am trying to reduce the imact with a range of drugs, including morphine, metoclopromide and parcetamol. This is in addition to my usual […]
Cancer 236
Posted on February 26, 2026 Leave a Comment
I am writing this deliberately before I see the consultant tomorrow, when I expet to find out the awful truth. So Long folks, and thanks for not giving me the fish. It feels like I am dying now. I know I have been on this track for a long time (not long enough), but this […]
Cancer 233
Posted on February 17, 2026 1 Comment
It is a few days since I found out that I am headed for the endgame. I am not happy about it. It hasn’t become all right. It is still all wrong. But when I look back, we can split life into three stages, childhood, adulthood, and retirement. The first two have been excellent, but […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 