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Latest blog posts

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

  Post 266: Thoughts of love and money.

  Post 266: Thoughts of love and money. The feelings I have for my Darling are like nothing else in my world. During the counselling this week was two interesting things; the first one was that I didn’t cry, incredibly. The other needs more thou...

  Mr U 7 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Hospital clinics yesterday

  Yesterday as we had to travel to Nottingham for various clinics at the hospital.  Up early as we are never sure when hospital transport will arrive.  H is now allowed to come with me due to my lack of speech and hearing.  We had a busy...

  Margaret853 7 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 265: Snowy Storms are forecast.

  Post 265: Snowy Storms are forecast. The diary’s not complete. The pages turn quite slowly in the diary of my life, The emptiness is all too clear but for struggles and the strife, Where is the love the whole of love that glues us all togethe...

  Mr U 7 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 264: More Forms, Fewer Fears.

  Post 264: More Forms, Fewer Fears My dancing fingers and aching shoulder are both here to stay but, on the whole, I’m feeling ok. When it comes down to it, you sometimes forget to realise things could be a whole lot worse, and the fact that I...

  Mr U 7 months ago
• Kidney Not

  Telling the Young People - Jan 2022

  After I was diagnosed with treatable metastatic kidney cancer on 24th November 2021, my husband and I discussed who to tell and when.    The first decision was easy.  Regarding telling our immediate families, we had no plan forwards.&n...

  Mmum 7 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Recovery is a full time job.

  H and I both started of the day feeling quite overwhelmed with everything and not coping well.  There is so much to do, especially for him as I can't speak yet and I've pretty much lost all my hearing.  So he has to deal with phone ...

  Margaret853 7 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 263: Blue badge blues.

  Post 263: Blue badge blues. Is you’re clutch a little too tight Or is it hard to find the flipin’ bite Perhaps it’s now very old news Or else you’ve got the blue badge blues My poorly pelvis is now creaking more Than the fro...

  Mr U 7 months ago
• Creating a short film about the experience post Teenage cancer

  Making a short film.

  I have had a few years to reflect on my experience with cancer now and thought I was more over it than I am. I started researching in November, a lot of it was looking at side effects that I experienced or potential issues down the line I face as som...

  abbief 8 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 262: A non-talkathon.

  Post 262: A non-talkathon My emotions melt into a Netflix show All my pills tied in a nice neat bow It feels like it’s just another day But there’s little to do and less to say I ring the .gov to see where’s my form But half an ho...

  Mr U 8 months ago
• My Journey

  In the beginning, cancer in Jersey

  I'm going to give the background and will try to be as open and honest as I can. I am not going to name individuals where I think we have got it wrong but will identify departments. If I do not identify problems, then nothing will change. I will also...

  Breakfast 8 months ago