Dreaming
It’s now three weeks since my last chemotherapy treatment and the body is slowly getting back to ‘normal’. The side effects that I had experienced are beginning to wane. Fingers and feet are still a bit numb, but I can […]
Christmas Time
If you have been daft enough to read this blog over the past few months, then I thank you for doing so. I hope you have a great Christmas with the people you love and you manage to avoid those […]
Fifty shades of beige
All I have done today is eat and drink. Sounds great doesn’t it, well it fucking well isn’t. I know hospital food is an easy target and I shouldn’t really be taking a swipe at it. I know it must […]
The Truth is ….
I am now at the stage where my bowel is active and starting to work and for those of you who knew my pre-op regularity, you will know that I would probably be classed as high output. So now that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]