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Dealing With Thinking You’re Dying

July 27, 2026 No Comments

Speaking of thinking you’re dying, this post is later that expected because things haven’t gone that smoothly this last week. As a result of which,

July 10, 2026 1 Comment

In March last year I wrote a post entitled (500) Days of Life. In this post, I talked about how long I had left to

July 1, 2025 No Comments

Okay, so it’s been about three months since my last post. I’d been hoping that, by getting back into a regular posting schedule over February

March 28, 2025 No Comments

I’ve known about my cancer since Valentines Day in 2014. That’s more than eleven years! All told, it’s been a bit of wild ride with

March 23, 2025 No Comments

I thought it might be a bit of a laugh to talk about the symptoms I’m getting from having two sizeable tumours in my abdomen.

March 19, 2025 No Comments

By the time that my fifth bowel cancer recurrence became known, surgery was no longer an option. And while this was a hard thing to

March 7, 2025 2 Comments

In my last post, where I learned about my 5th bowel cancer recurrence, I finished by saying how important the next meeting with the oncologist

February 26, 2025 4 Comments

In my previous post I explained that I started working my way out from under my Bucket List Related Depression by doing projects around the

February 19, 2025 8 Comments

First of all, I am sorry that I haven’t posted for so long. In particular I am sorry (and grateful in equal measure) to those

October 18, 2021 6 Comments

I’ve talked about nuts before, back when I was pointing out how easy it was for them to mess up a diet. I mean, sure,

October 11, 2021 6 Comments

Talc is a fascinating mineral that has had many uses for many years. However, these days, any time talc is in the news, it’s because

October 4, 2021 No Comments

Back in June 2020, I wrote a post explaining that my new job was going to be as a coin collector. More specifically, someone who