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 I had my large intestine removed. Since then I’ve been asked many times ‘What’s it like having no large intestine?’ Well, read…
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…
My next round of tests are all done and I’m awaiting results again. So, to distract myself from the ‘Big C’, here is the first…