With the second recurrence of my bowel cancer, I was moved on to palliative care based around palliative chemotherapy. Coping with palliative chemotherapy turned out
Every time I go on holiday, I think; I really ought to write about this. But I never do. Mainly because I worry about whether
After the news that my cancer had come back for the second time in a year, since my original round of surgeries, it was decided
Halloween seems to be the preferred celebration of the Lewis family. We just all seem to chime with the idea of scaring the hell out
After my first recurrence, in November 2015, and the surgery that followed it, I was actually able to have something of a pleasant Christmas. Which
In late 2015, I had a recurrence of my bowel cancer, in the form of a couple of liver metastases. So, it was agreed that
In October 2015, on the evening before the stoma reversal surgery to get rid of my colostomy bag, I received a call from my bowel
Life after bowel cancer starts the minute you’re given the all clear. In my case, I was told that I was ‘Cancer Free’ in April
And so here I finally am; at the end of my initial experiences with cancer: when I was Coping With Cancer. My depression after bowel
This will be the penultimate post recounting the first stage of my ongoing experience with cancer. The stage that I’ve come to think of as
In a recent post, I discussed the impact of your cancer on the people around you. In that post, I suggested that, ‘to some extent,
Before my bowel resection surgery, I was warned that I might end up living with an ileostomy bag. As it was, I woke up with