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Latest blog posts

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

  Post 98: Two days till my 3rd Carboplatin.

  Post 98: Two days till my 3rd Carboplatin. All’s well that ends well. ——— Tomorrow’s first house valuation is looming in our minds, but today is grey and blustery. After a call from my little bro—sheltering fro...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 97: Dietary adjustments and estate agents.

  Post 97: Dietary adjustments and estate agents. The breeze and clouds were a welcome change — but the heat is on (still), as Glenn Frey used to say. ——— Today’s hospice visit was food only — my final counselling...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 96: A painfully quiet week ends.

  Post 96: A painfully quiet week ends. At the start of the week it’s time to take stock – lazy Sundays are exactly that. They’re lazy. ——— The sunflowers keep growing in the bags by the wall, now nearly as tall ...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 64: Another setback.

  Post 64: Another setback. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou ——— With a run of bad juju lasting too long, it’s starting to feel like there’s no beating my...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 95: Celebrations and Seatbelts.

  Post 95: Celebrations and Seatbelts. On an OK day, a period of it can be nearly perfect — embrace it as soon as you notice. ——— The last few days have been easily forgettable thanks to the back issues, and while I’d ...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 63: Three days and all’s well.

  Post 63: Three days and all’s well. When I say three days, I mean three days till it’s a week after the last A&E visit for another AFib — which will trigger a review of the date at which I can resume the chemo. That said, I&r...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 94: Blogging swings and Rollercoasters.

  Post 94: Blogging swings and Rollercoasters. ——— The pain, in the main, will remain a strain. ——— My back pain is worse. It seems chronic now, and even though the hospice doctor kindly wrote to my GP yesterday...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Still enjoying life with cancer

  Ask for help when you need it don’t forget!

  Yesterday a routine call from the pharmacist prior to next week’s treatment turned into a visit to hospital visit.. My ALT was 216 and the pharmacist had decided to postpone my treatment for at least a week until this was investigated. The phar...

  Slartybartfast over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 93: Taking Stock and Planning.

  Post 93: Taking Stock and Planning. There are a few things that, once suggested, are hard to ignore — moving house is one of them. ——— Dozing all night on the hastily arranged rocking chair-bed was neither comfortable nor ...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
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  One Life Live It

  Well that took the experience to a whole new level

  Imagine having to lie super still on a hard bed for 30 minutes, paranoid that if you move you'll make the images fuzzy. The clunking and banging noises are so loud, even with headphones they drown out the music. The bed jerks as it moves intermit...

  Irishgirl16 over 1 year ago