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Cancer 211
Posted on October 16, 2025 Leave a Comment
It has been a while. It is still a time of rollercoasting. My abdomen is distended, presumably both by hernias and tumours. It feels like a bag of marbles. The tumour by my stoma is immesely painful if touched. I generally cry out like a big soft [fill in own word here] if anyone or […]
Cancer 207
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 188
Posted on April 29, 2025 Leave a Comment
Well, that was an unusual day at the hospital. It was longer than expected. I arrived at 0730 and left at 1630. It started well, I met with a lovely ex-colleague from Nottingham and we had a good chat about life and books. It could have gone on much longer – I would have preferred […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 