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

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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 213: Home, work and uncertainty.

  Post 213: Home, work and uncertainty. Although the green wheelie bin is jammed full of hawthorn and bramble with a sprinkling of wild garlic — which sounds more like a gastronomic delight from Clarkson’s new venture than a heap of garden...

  Mr U 9 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Fed up today

  We had a lovely weekend, it felt like the good old days, we hardly thought about cancer for two days.  Today I came down to earth with a bump.  Woke up feeling very fed up and grumpy.  Went for a blood test this morning which prob...

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

  Post 212: Spring bulbs and clever stockings.

  Post 212: Spring bulbs and clever stockings. Reviewing the patient status right now, I’d say things are medium bad, but there are glimmers of hope. ——— After two days where my emotions stayed firmly in their cubby hole, tod...

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

  Post 211: A better day, hip hip hurrah.

  Post 211: A better day, hip hip hurrah. I slept on it it helped me see That one and one sometimes makes three ——— My Darling was going to get up early so I could stay in bed, but I got up my usual time and helped myself to brea...

  Mr U 9 months ago
• Peter's Blog

  May 2025 to November 2025

  Following on from the results in May 2025, I had my next treatment the week after the results and it was interesting to get the nurses opinion on the Nivolumab jab as her understanding of it was that it might speed up the process slightly but that a ...

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

  Post 210: Tears; for fears.

  Post 210: Tears; for fears. ——— There are no words to ease confusion, of the uncertainty of a future conclusion. ——— Only dry white tissues help me with the streams that are abundant today. I haven’t a cl...

  Mr U 9 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  More planning news

  Another busy day.  Up early for my flu jab appointment and then on for some supermarket shopping.  H is slowly improving from his prostate biopsy.  He's a bit less uncomfortable today.  He was OK driving for our short car...

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

  Post 209: All neatly tied in a satin bow.

  Post 209: All neatly tied in a satin bow. “Today’s powwow. How can I explain… There is a need for pain-relief pills to be upped and a radiotherapy zap on the ribs where all the pain is. The pain is apparently a metastasis and the...

  Mr U 9 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Frustrating day

  It's been a frustrating day.  Got a phone call late this morning to say that there is a last minute appointment available for my preassessment clinic appointment at Nottingham.  Can I get there for 8.30am tomorrow morning?  I ...

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

  Post 208: What happens tomorrow?

  Post 208: What happens tomorrow? The overriding concern on our minds is the oncology report tomorrow. I get up early — well, early for me — and after showering carefully, I carefully get in the car and go to the GP surgery. Everything i...

  Mr U 9 months ago