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Well, this is strange; I’m writing about December 2018, in December 2018. Which means I’m all caught up! Or, at least, I will be, in

The third recurrence of my bowel cancer took the form of a metastasis in my liver and another in my lung. By the end of

My third recurrence of bowel cancer, in February 2018, took the form of a tumour in my liver and another in my lung. The liver

After a bit of an emotional roller coaster ride, following the announcement of my third recurrence of bowel cancer, it turned out that surgery was

At the start of 2018, I was in a pretty good place, when it came to Living with Cancer. The last time any new tumours

After I’d been given the all clear from my first brush with cancer, I fell into depression. I didn’t have time to feel much of

For me, life after palliative chemotherapy technically started on my 46th Birthday, in September 2016. The scans at the end of my chemotherapy, once again,

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

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

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