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Latest blog posts

• Black

  Black no 1 and 2

  BLACK11.10.25 It was black. Black and round. Not the shape of a partially formed babe which you usually see when your wife is being scanned by one of those scanners which requires gel on the tummy. This was cancer. Black round ish and very obvious. ...

  CO24 10 months ago
• (Cancer) Garden journey day by day

  Always look closely ...

  "Look closely (at my feet) and send us a photo" was something I was asked to do by my oncology helpline when I rang to discuss how sore my feet were getting. Very understanding support as always, but have you ever tried to photograph the un...

  WalkerGirl 10 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 187: Bed rest and a street parade.

  Post 187: Bed rest and a street parade. Like it or lump it I needed the rest So I’ll laze for a day and acquiesce ——— The summary for this last week is, in short, a pretty damn good week. I’ve walked over twelve mile...

  Mr U 10 months ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  13. Week Seven and the first Post Treatment week

    Saturday 30th August. My routine in the morning is now to use numbing mouthwash, give that 20 mins to work, and then dissolving paracetamol and drinking it. Struggling due to pain in mouth and throat, taking soluble paracetamol really makes b...

  NorfolkBor 10 months ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  12. Sixth Week of Treatment (and the last)

  Over the weekend my throat gets a lot worse, ulcers in the top of my mouth and sides of my tongue now which isn’t helping, still no taste. But just 5 days of treatment left…… not that I’m counting !   Monday 25th August...

  NorfolkBor 10 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  It never rains but it pours

  You know that old saying that it never rains but it pours?  Or perhaps trouble always comes in threes?  H and I are not having a good week. H went for his annual routine check up at the doctors surgery last Monday.  He's always hea...

  Margaret853 10 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 186: Lovely Flowers and a Lost Week.

  Post 186: Lovely Flowers and a Lost Week. I can’t ever remember my last bouquet, But I will buy the two today. One for my Darling forever beside, The other for Sis, for gifts supplied. ——— It’s Friday! That’s ca...

  Mr U 10 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  MRI scan today

  I went for the MRI scan today.  It was at the local diagnostic centre again, the same place I went for the CT scan last week.  I thought I was all organised for the MRI.  I had a short sleeved top on ready for the cannula, I didn't...

  Margaret853 10 months ago
• Journaling my cancer journey through poetry

  Journaling my cancer journey through poetry

  Hello everyone, I've just joined this Community Forum so I hope you find my first blog, useful.  My story in brief, is that I was diagnosed with a T3 oesophageal cancer spreading to my clavicle lymph nodes in April 2024 and I've been on...

  Twin Castor57b5d5 10 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 185: House boats and natter.

  Post 185: House boats and natter. Living on an island just beside the sea It’s easy to forget all they mean to me ——— After the good news yesterday from Nurse T, I awake in a healthier and happier mood than usual. It’...

  Mr U 10 months ago