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My Fourth Bowel Cancer Recurrence

September 27, 2021 21 Comments

On the 12th February 2020, I was told, once again, that there was a new tumour in my liver, thus starting my fourth recurrence with

March 26, 2021 2 Comments

These last 15 months have been some of the strangest in my life. The fourth recurrence of my bowel cancer started in January 2020, and

February 12, 2021 2 Comments

So, it turns out that if you play decades of hockey, while being too overweight to sensibly do so, there is a knock-on effect on

November 30, 2020 2 Comments

In my October 2020 update, I said that I hoped to have a date for my surgery during November. But that didn’t happen… I did,

November 6, 2020 8 Comments

Back at the start of July, I explained that I’d be cutting down on my posts on this site. I confidently went on to explain

September 28, 2020 No Comments

As I said in my previous monthly update, August was a month full of anxiety. If I’m being honest, in terms of anxiety, September 2020

August 31, 2020 2 Comments

In my July 2020 update, I explained that I was starting antidepressants. And that, as a result, it would be unlikely that I would be

July 27, 2020 2 Comments

In my June update, I suggested that this July 2020 update was going to be dull. And I was very right about that… But also

September 16, 2019 No Comments

In my last post, I looked at whether meditation can cure cancer. And this is relevant to this post because, the process of meditation is,

July 6, 2019 No Comments

It’s been a while since I posted, for which I apologise. Of course, thanks to the way WordPress allows you to backdate blog posts, there’s

June 24, 2019 2 Comments

I said, in April, that I wouldn’t be doing monthly updates any more, unless I had something specific to say. Well here we are, just

June 28, 2017 2 Comments

I’m 46 years old and it recently occurred to me that I’ve effectively been on a diet for the better part of 25 years. And