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

  Mr U 9 hours ago
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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 77: A lazy day with a hospital twist.

  Post 77: A lazy day with a hospital twist. Weight: stable  Blood pressure: good  Hair: coiffured   (with a hint of aging despair) Today started as all the best ones do — under a duvet, mid-episode of a mu...

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

  Post 76: I’ve not cried much lately, I must be stronger.

  Post 76: I’ve not cried much lately, I must be stronger. ⸻ With Thursday’s chemotherapy now firmly booked, and my A&E visits becoming just ghostly memories, it’s finally time to breathe again. To prepare. To face the next roun...

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

  Post 75: Another week.

  Post 75: Another week. ⸻ It is the start of another week Chemo is the one thing I seek I only hope my heart stays strong Right can now replace the wrong After months of indecision Finally, there’s a good decision To stop the cancer growing ...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• uterine leiomyosarcoma

  Leiomyosarcoma

  Hello everyone, my journey so far…

  I had a lot of pain in my lower abdomen area last year. Investigations started on my bowel because I have already been diagnosed with IBS. In December 24 I had a lot of brown watery discharge (I haven’t had a period since before lockdown so it’s assumed I have been through/going through menopause). This led the way for a scan on my pelvis in January this year, where a mass was found. Biopsy confirmed malignancy. I had a full hysterectomy in April this year...

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

  Post 74: Thunder in my Back, Sunshine in Farewells.

  Post 74: Thunder in my Back, Sunshine in Farewells. The visitors had a good send-off, but my back pain stayed. ——— My Darling slept well and woke up in high spirits, smiling at the sound of our visitors already bustling about do...

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

  Post 73: Olive Rides Again.

  Post 73: Olive Rides Again. No AFib today, and the sun shone on a happy family outing. ——— With chemo now delayed a week while I wait to be rebooked into the system, today was always going to be a quieter one — thankfully....

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

  Post 72: Roller-Coasting Up Then Down.

  Post 72: Roller-Coasting Up Then Down. Today was always going to be a big one — the first meeting with my new oncologist, Dr A. Whatever else happened, I just needed to hear those two words: chemo restart. ——— No time to d...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Life insurance after cancer diagnosis

  Who is best

  My son in law has recently been diagnosed with bladder cancer, he is 37 and needs life insurance to comply with the terms of his mortgage  it looks as though his premiums will go up 10 fold.., are there any life insurance companies that could b...

  Anonymous63 over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 71: Grasmere Gifts.

  Post 71: Grasmere Gifts. With only a couple of things on the agenda today, I gave myself permission to stay in bed all morning. As it turns out, I completely missed a hot and sunny one — lying there in the cool of the bedroom, utterly unawa...

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

  Post 70: Fit-full Sleep.

  Post 70: Fit-full Sleep. It was going so well… I suppose it had to tip back toward frustration eventually. I’m not sure if I’m worrying because I’ve run out of things to worry about — or if I’m just on the famil...

  Mr U over 1 year ago