Thoughts and musings on living with cancer from Brighton Biker

  • 3 - A new perspective on risk and statistics

    As Sarah’s eyes widened and an expectant hush simmered in the room, I knew that this was a ‘big moment’. As any teacher will know, a ‘big moment’ is when a spontaneous silence arrives in a classroom and everyone is liste...
  • 2 - Old Father Time

    Reading the amazing, heartbreaking book ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ by Paul Kalinithi has made me think about the concept of time in relation to an advanced cancer diagnosis. I’ll be coming up for my one-year-diagnosis-anniversary in...
  • 1 - The start of an unwelcome journey

    My name is Andy, I am 45 years old, and I have f***ing prostate cancer. Somewhere in the fog of doubt, worry, and the attempt to carry on with life as normal, I am here, floundering and trying to make sense of it all. It’s been nearly four mon...