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

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• Warm your teaspoon

  Mrs of husband with bowel cancer - T3 N1 - chemo to be followed by radio then anterior bowel - depending what they find. Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine being the prescribed drugs. `

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Latest blog posts

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

  Post 415: I'm Fine, But Had to Discharge Myself.

  Post 415: I'm Fine, But Had to Discharge Myself Should I, or shouldn't I, have gone to the hospital in Carlisle, or gone home first? A&E. The simple fact was that, after the celebratory curry following my eldest's Mighty Hike completion, I had a ...

  Mr U 2 months ago
• Warm your teaspoon

  Bob made a Kevin

  Well if you made it through the last tranche of my letting off steam verbosity, I/we are back. 

  Bob buggered off as far as we knew for a goodly while. But he got busy as we discovered recently. 

  Husband got a cough December 2025. Between work and anima apps couldn't get GP appointment. Even turned up in person and got told to use app. 

  He worked through till end of Apri 2026 then called 111. A&E. X-ray. Opacity on lung. .

  Fast forward.

  Scans etc. Tumour on lung causing collapse. Mets adrenal...

  Sierraoscar 2 months ago
• Cup of Carrot Soup and a Modeling Contract

  Olympics, Grippy Sock Edition- my first hospital experience

  Day 6 after surgery, I trained for the Olympics. Okay, fine. It was a walk to the nurses’ station. In grippy hospital socks. After they took 2/3 of my stomach, just sitting up felt like a marathon. So when the nurse said “Let’s try ...

  Bru 2 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 414: oh crap

  I’ll tell you later, or later this week. Thanks for your patience.

  Mr U 2 months ago
• My Epic Battle Against Hodgkin's Lymphoma

  Progress Update and the Power of Music

  I am mid way through chemo cycle three, Drs were very pleased with my blood counts and they couldn't feel a swollen lymph node under my left armpit anymore. I am just awaiting the PET scan results to confirm this is the case, this will also confi...

  ROSOLotty 2 months ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  Oh FFS !!!!!!

  I could bloody scream,but I won't.Mum is kicking off ,banging on and on over Dad.Hes got Cancer FFS ,cut him some slack.Hes had a big operation he's almost 80 you're bloody 81 simmer the fuck down .Mums in tears ,can't cope with all t...

  RedTree26 2 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 413: Crafty Pints in Crafty Bars and Mighty Hikers.

  Post 413: Crafty Pints in Crafty Bars and Mighty Hikers Getting up to the sound of showers and the smell of bacon cooking in the kitchen is a welcoming start to the day. It seems like everyone is chattering and laughing, but every now and then ther...

  Mr U 2 months ago
• Cup of Carrot Soup and a Modeling Contract

  Small bites big wins - one year after stomach surgery my journey

  Cup of Carrot Soup and a Modeling Contract" One year ago this week... Five days after surgery, I had a cup of carrot soup. In a paper cup. That might not sound like headline news. But after they removed 2/3 of my stomach along with a small tumor, ...

  Bru 2 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 412: The Big Cumbrian Surprise.

  Post 412: The Big Cumbrian Surprise We stopped at that farm shop services 15 miles south of Carlisle, and I was on the phone again. For the fourth time this week. I should have been getting ready to surprise my boy, but no, I was in tears again, th...

  Mr U 2 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 411: Why Is It So Wintery Today?

  Post 411: Why Is It So Wintery Today? Yesterday was indeed a red-letter day, and no mistake. Every waking hour since, my mind has had a baby in it. Not what it looks like, nor the sex of the little thing, but how it will affect the family. It has ...

  Mr U 2 months ago