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  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

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

  Post 215: A Letter That Suggests Honesty Soon

  Post 215: A Letter That Suggests Honesty Soon I’ve been frustrated lately — properly frustrated — and all it’s got me is closer to chasing my own tail like a confused dog. Running in circles, watched, fed, watered… but...

  Mr U 9 months ago
• (Cancer) Garden journey day by day

  Morning glories

  The cancer journey was always going to track the changing seasons; now it is really showing, always in the most beautiful and surprising way. Waking up each morning, after I've wriggled fingers and toes and stretched the limbs, it's time to draw the ...

  WalkerGirl 9 months ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  18. Week 6 Post treatment, 4th to 10th October

  Sunday 5th October 3 days of antibiotics and no change to the lump in my arm. Still eating ok, albeit smaller portions than what I used to have before 2025, but getting slightly bigger each week. Still only taking paracetamol first thing in the morni...

  NorfolkBor 9 months ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  17. Week 5 Post treatment 27th September to 3rd October

  Saturday 27th September My routine is now mouthwash in the morning followed by flush and twist of the PEG, paracetamol 4 times a day and 8, or as close to 8 Fortisip drinks per day.   Sunday 28th September Same routine, but I have decided to cut...

  NorfolkBor 9 months ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  16. Week 4 Post treatment 20th to 26th September

  Saturday 20th September I stopped taking my ibuprofen today as my pain levels are ok and I don’t think its adding anything, but will carry on with the paracetamol as well as the 8 bottles of Fortisip drinks a day. For dinner had another ready m...

  NorfolkBor 9 months ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  15. Week 3 Post Treatment 13th to 19th September 2025

  Saturday 13th September Continuing to drink the drinks normally but taking the meds through the PEG. Managed to eat a yogurt at mid-day and had a small amount of scrambled eggs but no toast, this was ok on my throat but the top of my mouth was a bit ...

  NorfolkBor 9 months ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  14. Second week Post Treatment

  Saturday 6th sept / Sunday 7th September Throat doesn’t seem to hurt as much this morning but that may be the morphine kicking in. And the other good news is that I am having “movement” each day, which is a relief, so have stopped t...

  NorfolkBor 9 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  MRI scan yesterday

  Yesterday was a long tiring day.  I went to Nottingham for my MRI scan.  It reminded me a little of the sort of hectic working days I had when I was many years younger and a lot fitter.  It was exhausting then, goodness ...

  Margaret853 9 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 214: Twenty Minutes of Hell.

  Post 214: Twenty Minutes of Hell. All day today, from the frosty white morning to the cold breeze of dusk, I stayed in bed. I didn’t go downstairs once. I only went to the loo — which is in the next room. The foreman told me to rest aft...

  Mr U 9 months ago
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  What the UTUC!

  The Date is Set.......Nephroureterectomy on 30th December

  I haven't posted in a while, and a lot has happened........ So after many months, I had a meeting with the urologist last week at the hospital where I will have my surgery.  My surgery will be on December 30th, 2025.  I could have had a wee...

  Toulouse4ff1cd 9 months ago