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• Warm your teaspoon

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Latest blog posts

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

  Post 184: I Feel Free at Last…

  Post 184: I Feel Free at Last… A lucky break is all I need The rest is fully guaranteed I can do more than I thought Gone are harmful words like distraught ——— Round two of the cake making today was a joy, and being two ho...

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

  Post 183: A Lucky Break and Greased Paper.

  Post 183: A Lucky Break and Greased Paper. Largely our garden’s been neglected, But my Darling’s now detected A bloom of immense rarity — It’s more like a celebrity. ——— I listed at the top of the blog yes...

  Mr U 10 months ago
• (Cancer) Garden journey day by day

  Prickly and painful underfoot

  Paying attention to underfoot – where our feet tread, in my pre-chemo life something I never thought twice about, apart from when picking my way across a pebble beach to reach the sea. Now, though, nature created a perfect parallel to the sudde...

  WalkerGirl 10 months ago
• Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy

  Third 12 Week Review

  Telephone call from my consultant this morning, all blood test results good and my PSA remains undetectable. I don't know why but I was getting very nervous before the call which is unusual for me. Just over 1 year since finishing chemo most side eff...

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

  Post 182: Recovery in Harmony, Advocacy in Tatters

  Post 182: Recovery in Harmony, Advocacy in Tatters Crunchy Nut are way too nice, One bowl’s good — better is twice. My appetite is here to stay, And teeth are into fast decay. ——— Update: Vital signs: good Weight: inc...

  Mr U 10 months ago