Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

A celebration

2026-09-23T12:05:46Z

July 20 2021 A message I got from a friend so touched me There is a Facebook group called Young Tongues. They are fairly new and need more members so take a look….but I digress My friend sent me this picture of the cake a young lady&rsquo...(read more)

Post Treatment Follow Up Trial PETNECK2

2026-09-23T12:00:55Z

May 27 2021 Research Question: Does PETCT-guided, patient-initiated follow-up result in similar overall survival compared to current post-treatment routine surveillance for head and neck cancer (HNC) patients? International guidelines recommend r...(read more)

Lymphoedema

2026-09-23T11:44:13Z

February 2 2021 I have been chatting to a friend on the Macmillan forum about coping with lymphoedema. This unpleasant swelling occurs when lymph drainage is damaged by either radiotherapy or surgery. It can vary between a mild inconvenience to a pai...(read more)

Two Year Anniversary

2026-09-23T11:37:21Z

January 23 2021 Today has been a day of contrasts. A bit like the last two years; not much to say except to leave a few snaps MORNING community.macmillan.org.uk/.../Dani-vid.mp4 AFTERNOON I thought I’d simply paste the post I put&nbs...(read more)

The future of follow up

2026-09-23T11:24:14Z

January 17 2021 As I hadn’t had a nasoendoscopic exam for 8 months I asked that my next appointment wasn’t over the phone and was a F2F. I was looking for that reassurance even though I felt well. Dr Banner and I talked about follow up. I...(read more)

A quick review of the year

2026-09-23T11:04:51Z

Jan 4 2021 A Snapshot Light at the end of the tunnel? I’ve seen a few lights already. Some of them have been oncoming trains BUT After Lockdown we got away a few times. Still enjoying a beer Then out of the blue came...(read more)

Another Birthday

2026-09-15T15:43:30Z

January 4 2021 Kilimanjaro 5895 metres above sea level Twenty years ago this morning I stood gasping but deliriously happy at the top of this mountain. So I’m raising a glass to the next twenty and bugger Cancer!(read more)

Coping with Treatment

2026-09-15T15:38:06Z

January 3 2021 I was going to put a 2019 review up next but talking to somebody on the Macmillan forum https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/head-neck-cancer-forum I think I’ll just put a few words up about treatment in general and ho...(read more)

Happy New Year 2021

2026-09-15T15:18:09Z

January 2 2021 It just occurred to me that I haven’t posted here for months so the start of a new year seems to be a propitious time. Time to reflect and the mirror for these reflections is deep this year. Not a year to simply reflect on my rec...(read more)

Surviving Covid-19

2026-09-15T15:03:40Z

May 3 2020 Well we are still here. Matt Hancock the government’s poster boy Time I put some more work into this blog. I have been terribly lazy and not visited here for some weeks so I should get off my backside…or rather on it&hell...(read more)

And Now For Something Completely Different.

2026-09-15T14:58:03Z

February 20 2020 Absolutely nothing to do with cancer I spotted this piece on the news today. It gave me so much joy and the hairs prickled on the back of my neck so I thought I’d share https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51553381 ...(read more)

After Treatment

2026-09-15T14:37:41Z

This is an excellent article about life after treatment. I’ll put a link to it at the end in case anyone wants to save it but I thought I’d put the whole piece here. After the Treatment Finishes – Then What? Dr Peter Harvey Consulta...(read more)

Robot Surgery

2026-09-15T14:36:16Z

February 14 2020 A significant number of oropharyngeal tumours are in difficult to reach places and have conservatively been operated on by splitting the lower jaw and prizing the two parts apart (a bit of an oversimplification here, but humour me). ...(read more)

Acupuncture Update

2026-09-15T14:12:28Z

February 13 2020 Today I had another session of Acupuncture so I thought I would add some pictures. Excuse the ragged gardener’s nails! This type of Acupuncture is called Auricular Acupuncture and there is lots of data on how well it w...(read more)

World Cancer Day

2026-09-15T14:11:10Z

February 8 2020 February 4th was World Cancer Day and Radiotherapy for Life were at an event at the House of Commons trying to raise the awareness of the importance of Radiotherapy in the successful treatment of cancer. RT is severely underfunded and...(read more)