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  • There's a Vibe in the soup ... and there is more that a pinch of hubris

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    There’s a vibe in the soup … and there is more than a pinch of hubris
    Did I really start the last post saying we have had no recent medical dramas and we were trying out living life as ‘normal’? 
    Well, that will teach us.
    Here is the update:
    Our Hero, typically, is determined that he will continue to work.  He has a mural to paint for some valued clients and there are still those…
  • There's still a vibe in that old soup ...

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    Have you been holding your collective breaths?   Luckily, we have some spare oxygen at Cold Comfort Cottage if you feel in need of a blast.
    There have been, you will be delighted to hear, no recent medical dramas to report and we have been tentatively trying out the idea of ‘living-life-because-this-is-as-normal-as-it-gets.’ 
    The dreaded cluster headaches are on the wane and Our Hero seems better than…
  • There's a Vibe ... and there's a blast of O2

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    I was struggling with this one, my friends.   I had several versions in mind: there was the one in which I did the update/introduction for newcomers to the site and explain the eccentricity of the blog (in which, Oscar style, I thanked you all, because I really couldn’t, and wouldn’t, have done it without you ...  I tried to spare your blushes).  
    There was the one where I explain how I try to draw together…

  • There's a Vibe ... and there are mice and mavericks and cluster headaches.

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    Well, my dear readers, the writer of our script has been throwing in a few more surprises. 
    We will try to keep the tone light:   the week begins with Our Hero taking himself off to have his monthly infusion of Mistletoe which is designed to keep the immune system in trim – and we do indeed think it works.  After all, he is still with us, Our Hero, despite the gloomy oncologist’s prognosis.  
    However…
  • There's a Vibe ... and there are clinical trials and the wonders of 'backing up and restoring ...'

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    I was going to preface this blog post by saying ‘I am a ‘Carer’ and my husband’s prognosis is very bleak indeed …’   However, I have several problems with that.  One is that the term ‘carer’ is not a term which fits me well because it suggests a stage of dependency which my husband has not reached and, as far as he is concerned, will not reach - ever.   And the other…