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• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 45 minutes ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 8 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 14 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 16 hours ago
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  A blog about bowel cancer at a young age

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• Living with Desdemona

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Latest blog posts

• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 30 — On To The Next Step

  I took my last methylprednisolone tablet on the 8th of October. I’d been waiting for that moment for months. And then it arrived, and I was still tired, and nothing felt immediately different, and the anticlimax was almost impressive in its com...

  Phild26 45 minutes ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  Efudix

  I think Efudix, the chemotherapy in a tube, isn't as readily available nowadays as it was in 2022. In their letter giving me my diagnosis, the bots had mentioned the treatment was going to hurt and I needed to keep going for four weeks. Apart fro...

  dolphin99 8 hours ago
• 

  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 456: To hop on or hop off that’s the question - part 2

  Post 456: To hop on or hop off that’s the question - part 2. The shoes I’m wearing to the oncology appointment are feeling fine today, it’s a good way to be but I have the willies about what will show up on the bone scans. I’...

  Mr U 14 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  The wait for meds was not so bad today and neither was the whole 'getting out of bed and getting to the loo' first thing. The pain has been less and the meds have for pain and nausea have kicked in, I'm feeling more comfy  than I hav...

  Rowan8a3264 16 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  So we cancelled the visit, this was mainly due to the weather, it looks set to be awful here, so best for everyone to be in their own homes. Pulled the plug this morning so we all know what we are doing. We all bawled a bit and there were choice word...

  Rowan8a3264 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Had a good vent first thing and felt better for it. Now medded up, so comfy sitting up, not feeling sick, have snacked and  am having a coffee. The codeine has kicked and I feel a little high. Not too much, it is pleasant, plus the relief of the...

  Rowan8a3264 1 day ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 545: Rest day before the oncology appointment.

  Post 545: Rest day before the oncology appointment. Nothing to do all day today but rest and watch tv, so that’s what happened. I wish I could say the new Duloxatine pills were doing something but they need a bit more time and I’ll doub...

  Mr U 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Got today done. There was no good way of having a bath,I had to chivvy myself in (don't have a shower), good grief it was painful getting out but did it. I felt so much better for it. Had left plenty of time to rest after that to be ready for a h...

  Rowan8a3264 2 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Coordinator and The First Dermatologist

  A few days later the electronic prescription from my GP whizzed through cyberspace to the local pharmacy and I was able to pick up the Efudix. According to one of the links I'd been sent by the bots, this magic cream was going to sort everything ...

  dolphin99 2 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  Actinic Keratosis

  By this time I was intrigued to see what else the bots wanted to help me with, so I had a browse through some of the information they'd sent me. What about my diagnosis of actinic keratosis? AK to those in the know, but not to me. I still couldn&...

  dolphin99 2 days ago