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What to say to somebody with cancer.

I had a doll order, actually last week but I only happened by chance to notice it.  Orders come into a special place in my inbox.  As there have been none for a year I stopped checking, if you do … Continue reading

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Worry.

My first and probably only meeting with the oncologist midweek was a disaster, to say the least. My specialist nurse has been off sick.  I do not take the OH into meetings: I did once and he contradicted what I … Continue reading

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Future dread.

I have come to dread the arrival of letters from the hospital.  Last week I had a couple of awful ones.  One was the appointment with the oncologist, which is at nine in the morning next week.  It feels like … Continue reading

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Buckets of blood part 2

The first news is that the news is not good.  I saw the surgeon on Friday; the histology shows that the cancer had invaded more than half the muscle which makes it stage two.  I will see an oncologist in … Continue reading

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Yo ho yuk and buckets of blood. Part the first.

Prior to going into hospital on the 25th of January for cancer surgery, I did as much as I could to put my affairs in order.  I just knew something was going to go horribly wrong.  Some of the most … Continue reading

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A bit of bad news.

I’ve started the year with a bit of bad news and we haven’t even got the first week over yet. I’ve got cancer. The results of the exploratory surgery came back, now I have to have an MRI scan on … Continue reading

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