
Progress Update for January 2019
Ah, January 2019; it’s a brave new world for the Cancer Dad blog. A new home on a dedicated site which, admittedly, still needs a
Ah, January 2019; it’s a brave new world for the Cancer Dad blog. A new home on a dedicated site which, admittedly, still needs a
In October 2015, news broke that processed meats had been classified as carcinogenic to humans. This, understandably, caused a certain amount of consternation in all
In June 2018 I wrote an answer on Quora to the question, Is Chemo Bad. Long story short: yes it is, but it’s a necessary
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