Rocket Fuel
Today I visited the Pre Operative Assessment Centre (POAC) to go through the many checks necessary ahead of my operation on the 1st of July. I came away with a dose of this powerful concoction, Moviprep, or rocket fuel as […]
Telling it to the People you Love
It’s true. The toughest part is telling those that you love that you are unwell and that it’s serious and that life, in that moment, has changed. I remember saying to Sam, that all I wanted was for everything to […]
Bringing it up to Date
Much of what I have written so far happened a few weeks back and a lot has occurred since. So in a nutshell, this is where we are as of today. Tumour found – tell immediate family and friends (bastard difficult […]
F*ck
Being told that you have a tumour up your bumhole. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, […]
Friday the 13th
My colonoscopy was scheduled for Friday the 13th and I trotted off to my local hospital for the procedure with few worries about the outcome. At this stage I hadn’t really considered that there would be anything wrong with my […]
The First Part of the Story
So, this is what happened. Five words that I have become familiar with over the past few weeks as I explain to people how I discovered that I had bowel cancer. So it seems sensible to start this post off […]
Please Read This Post First
This blog and the posts contained within, do include frequent graphic and gratuitous descriptions of the human upper and lower colon, bowel and rectum. It will almost certainly reference poo, in all its various forms, and other toilet matters. There […]