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 […]
It’s all change, I think
I find myself in a rather contemplative mood this morning, post second chemo dose. At this time of the year I am usually gearing up for the start of a new academic term. Some brave (others may say foolish) governing […]
First Dose Done
So the first dose of chemotherapy has now coursed through my veins and I have been detached from my mobile pump and am free to frolic the hills and valleys of Somerset for a few days. No real ill-effects so far, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]