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

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Latest blog posts

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

  Post 462: Fresh Fish Friday.

  Post 462: Fresh Fish Friday. The now usual stroll down to the fresh fish aisle, past the fresh vegetables, fruit and deli, was once upon a time a sprint, but now it’s a wallow into Friday night supper. The slightly smoked salmon was what I had...

  Mr U 1 month ago
• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 23 — Out of Nowhere

  The meeting that followed Tom's early morning visit was, in its own way, just as significant as the visit itself. If the problem was that nobody had full oversight of my case — that decisions were being made in isolation, that information e...

  Phild26 1 month ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Chemo Fourth Cycle, Week One: Desdemona's Fourth Date

  As they say in football: ‘It’s a game of two halves’, well I am now officially on the second half of my chemo treatment. Knowing that there is less time to go than I’ve already spent on chemo is a definite boost. Preparation: ...

  Desdemona 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 461: Up all day and night.

  Post 461: Up all day and night. It wasn’t what you’d call a pleasant day for either my Darling or myself, but it had moments of happiness in amongst the worry and quiet tears. It’s a clear improvement for me and a stalemate for my...

  Mr U 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 460: Thank you for the love, kind words and advice.

  Post 460: Thank you for the love, kind words and advice. On a bad day, the one thing that really helps is the kindness shown on this site by the people who understand what I’m going through. Well… …apart from My Darling and the...

  Mr U 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 459: Coccyx pain so bad I can’t feel my rib.

  Post 459: Coccyx pain so bad I can’t feel my rib. This will be short and sweet because I’m in so much pain around my tailbone that I can’t think about much else. The Oramorph is in constant use now, and I’ll probably ring th...

  Mr U 1 month ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  A New Normal

  The dust is now settling and things are starting to feel more normal.Dad goes tommorrow Wednesday 22 July to see the ent folks again to discuss the path forward now he's not having the radiotherapy.Appatently a schedule will be discussed.Im not g...

  RedTree26 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 458: A long day with U3A ups and not-so-Mini downs.

  Post 458: A long day with U3A ups and not-so-Mini downs. Sometimes you wish you hadn’t done that… That thing you’ve just done. Especially when you get hurt. But more about that later. Let’s talk about the Mini first. Th...

  Mr U 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 457: That was a fine day.

  Post 457: That was a fine day. I started the day with a job I’d been putting off and slowly mooched through the day with little (and one big) jobs, then went to bed happy. That just about sums it up. Thanks, bye. Only joking… The fi...

  Mr U 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 456: Some days are easier than others.

  Post 456: Some days are easier than others. When you lose track of the days, and the cat crying outside the bedroom window at 6.30 am is driving you mad, the tendency is to think, what’s my life like when one day is so much like another? How to...

  Mr U 1 month ago