Shit Drawings
I know I am stating the bleeding obvious, but support from your family and friends is so important when you have this sort of thing going on. I am particularly grateful for the fact that a few people have descended […]
Celebrating Every Poop
Friday sees the commencement of operation ‘colon’, as I undergo surgery to remove the tumour from my lower bowel. I have to remember that this is just the first stage of the process of recovering my health to what it […]
My Glastonbury Experience
Apparently this year’s Glastonbury Festival was the the wettest and as a consequence, the muddiest of all time. Just my bloody luck. This was my first and could of course be me last. Not because of the bowel cancer, but […]
Wading up to my Knees in Brown Stuff
My very nice surgeon agreed to delay my bum op for a week, so that I could attend the 2016 Glastonbury Festival with my family and friends. This is my first time, which is slightly silly really seeing as how […]
What Will Be Different
A few people have said recently that they expect me to be different when I come out the other side of this. So I have been left pondering, who or what will be different. Of course, there will be the […]
A Bag For Life?
Operation is scheduled for the 1st of July. Pre-op checks done this week and just an appointment with the surgeon on Monday and we are good to go. Whatever the outcome of the surgery is, I will have a new […]
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, […]