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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

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

  Post 88: A Legend and a Pain.

  Post 88: A Legend and a Pain. Rain, rain, go away… come back another day. ——— The day ended with a sharp jab of pain — one minute I was fine, the next I couldn’t get into bed without wincing and cursing. The f...

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

  Post 87: Camping and Christmas?

  Post 87: Camping and Christmas? Looking forward and not looking back is the best medicine – if you can bear to? ——— My sister’s eyes well up when I get too honest about how things really are in my medical world. I su...

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

  Post 86: Not the best first flight.

  Post 86: Not the best first flight. Some days are better than others — (U2) ——— Not having had much pain in my life until now, I’m a bit of a newcomer to this world of recurring discomfort. I’ve been lucky. I&...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  3. MDT get involved

  17th April 2025, I've been informed that my case is now to be discussed at the next MDT (Multi disciplinary team) at the Churchill hospital in Oxford, which I'm pleased about as its a cancer specialist hospital. Also received a phone cal...

  NorfolkBor over 1 year ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  2. The start of the new year of scans

  20th January 2025, Visit to ENT consultant who told me that the results from the ultrasound were "inconclusive"  but some abnormal cells were found. so after the consultant shoved his hand down my throat, to feel my tonsils, where he thought he ...

  NorfolkBor over 1 year ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  1. Not so Happy Christmas

  It was actually the end of November 2024 that i first noticed the lump on the right hand side of my neck, we were out have a coffee and ran my hand down my neck and asked my wife, "do i have lump on my neck?", the answer was "yes, how come you'v...

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

  Post 85: Thunderstorm Sounds.

  Post 85: Thunderstorm Sounds. It’s the seventh day and all is well — but it’s the eighth day I’ve got my eye on, if last cycle is anything to go by. ——— I’ve been musing over how I feel about this ...

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

  Post 84: A Nice Cool Breeze.

  Post 84: A Nice Cool Breeze. I had a day of relaxation with my old pal, Mr Vicious. ——— Not a lot is supposed to happen on any day during the three-week stretches between Carboplatin cycles — so I’m quite pleased to ...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Welcome home

  First chemo cycle and new home

  It's been a busy few weeks hence the lack of posts. Hubby started first cycle of chemo for metastatic bowel cancer a little over two weeks ago. Having been through the new patient induction process we were extremely apprehensive about side effect...

  Lizig over 1 year ago