I’m really pleased to say that I’ve had my three-year bowel cancer follow-up checks (a kidney function test, a CT scan and a flexi-sigmoidoscopy, plus…
Dear Friends and Family, I’m sorry I haven’t posted for SEVEN months – I’ll never make a good blogger! I had written a post in…
Two years ago I had my first flexible-sigmoidscopy, which showed that a tumour was almost blocking my large intestine. It also showed dozens of polyps…
Eighteen months ago (Feb 2018) I had my large intestine removed. Since then I’ve been asked many times ‘What’s it like having no large intestine?’…
Some weeks ago I had my first annual CT scan to look for signs of new tumour growth and this week I had official confirmation…
My first job out of university was as an estate agent. Perhaps not the natural career choice for a music and theology student, but it…
Precisely one year ago I was asleep in a hospital ward and I was woken up by a lot of commotion as a man was…
I think it was Ronan Keating that sang “Life is a Rollercoaster”. I agree! Recently, I went from a wonderful high (being told my liver…
For those who have been following my blog, I’m sorry that I haven’t posted for a while. Thank you for the kind celebration messages –…
It’s been a traumatic couple of weeks to say the least and today was bizarrely amazing. I had a call first thing this morning to…