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Latest blog posts

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

  Post 367: Back ache but oh, the mattress is good.

  Post 367: Back ache but oh, the mattress is good. On a day that was meant to be a rest day after two very busy days, I was seated and happy to watch K-dramas to ease the (self-inflicted) pain in my back. However, I did have the delivery of a mattres...

  Mr U 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 366: Nasty pyracantha stings and the motorbike’s dead.

  Post 366: Nasty pyracantha stings and the motorbike’s dead. Have I actually got stage 4 Prostate cancer with a PSA of 738? It makes me so pleased that I can have days like this. Another busy day spring-cleaning the garden out the back and bri...

  Mr U 4 months ago
• Local Wide Excision on left forearm and lymph node biopsy

  6 weeks after the operation

  I’m a first time blogger on here, and I have just found out about the blogging option on here. 6 weeks ago I had a second operation on my left forearm. My first operation in Nov 2025 removed a suspicious looking mole which was confirmed to be a...

  ProudOfMyScar 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 365: I slept for seven hours.

  Post 365: I slept for seven hours. A well-deserved rest after an amazing day with the weeds was just what I needed to feel free and alive. The TV missed me today because I was most definitely not a lounge lizard. In fact, I felt strong—so str...

  Mr U 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 364: Not much happened.

  Post 364: Not much happened. Being able to laze about in bed all day and get up for dinner is the domain of the very tired retired. My thoughts about getting back to work in a month for a couple of hours a day are twin-bladed: my mental health will...

  Mr U 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 363: Reality bites.

  Post 363: Reality bites. Another tired eyed start to the day but it was nice but breezy outside. I grabbed my notebook and set out on a journey of discovery. The Aviva form had been emailed and I was still waiting for a price for that holiday in n...

  Mr U 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 361: An email and phone call that makes me happy.

  Post 361: An email and phone call that makes me happy. My eyelids gave the game away this morning. I was all ready to get up—but they were not. They were in cahoots with my legs and arms, and the overall feeling my body had decided on was one...

  Mr U 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 360: The mattress tested—and my body too.

  Post 360: The mattress tested—and my body too. An early morning call from the district nurse was a very welcome surprise. “See you in twenty minutes,” she said. I was already up, but conveying the message to my darling was met wit...

  Mr U 4 months ago
• Husband don’t get it

  Husband dint understand

  So I’ve been to a cancer well-being event today was great talking to people that understand what I’m going through. i was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in June 2023, for the rest of that year and all of 2024 I had treatment, includ...

  Paulypopse911c3 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 359: My dreamy head.

  Post 359: My dreamy head. I wake, it’s dark, I’m all alone The leaves from last year have have all gone The clocks went forward or was it back And spring bulbs shoot up from the black   But I’m am stuck I can’t go out My...

  Mr U 4 months ago