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Category Archives: Be Clear On Cancer
Wish You Were Here
If I bit my fingernails, now would be the time I would be doing it. No, nothing medical….The Ashes. It’s lunch on the final day and Australia need 20 more runs to win the first of the Ashes test. Already … Continue reading →
Posted in Affleck's, Ashes Test Match, Be Clear On Cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Brighton, Cancer, Champagne, Chester, Chester Tourist Bus, Cider Bus, Cricket, Festivals, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Health, Kendal Calling, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Michael Eavis, Mumford & Sons, Music, Oldham, poetry, Pyramid Stage, Saddleworth, Shoes, Springhead, Tennis, Vintage
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Tagged Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chester, Festivals, Glastonbury, Kendal Calling, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, Springhead
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Stage 4 Survivor
This is one of the easy ones to write, some of you will have heard the news already, so I’ll get straight to the the point. I am clear of cancer. Yes, you read that right, I AM CLEAR OF … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Clear On Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, chemotherapy, Collapsed Lung, colonic stent, colonoscopy, Colorectal Cancer, CT scan, Drug trials, Festivals, Glastonbury, Keyhole surgery, Laprascopic surgery, Liver, Lung Function Test, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Michael Eavis, Music, Oldham, pneumothorax, Posterolateral Thoracotomy, radiotherapy, Rolling Stones, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie, Thoracotomy, Uncategorized, Video Assisted Thorasic Surgery
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Tagged Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Festivals, Glastonbury, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, Stage 4 survivor, The Christie
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Two Fingers To Cancer
If you’re reading this expecting to find out how I am after my operation, you really didn’t read until the end did you. For the rest of you, I couldn’t go without saying something. Besides, whilst I’m writing this I’m … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Clear On Cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Coronavirus, Health, Jake Bugg, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, pneumothorax, Saddleworth, SARS, Springhead, The Christie, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, colonoscopy, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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I Huffed and I Puffed……..
Wow, things are moving so quickly again, I’ve got appointments coming out of my ears at the moment, and it looks like I’ll back in hospital within a matter of weeks. I’ve hardly had chance to catch my breath (no … Continue reading →
Posted in Andy Murray, Australian Open, Be Clear On Cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, chemotherapy, coffee, Collapsed Lung, Colorectal Cancer, CT scan, Fairfield Hospital, Health, Keyhole surgery, Laprascopic surgery, Liver, Lung Function Test, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Peripheral Neuropathy, Pneumonia, pneumothorax, Royal Oldham Hospital, Saddleworth, snow, Tennis, The Christie
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, CT Scan, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Peripheral neuropathy, Saddleworth, Snow, Springhead, The Christie
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’tis the season to be jolly
Well, here we are at last. I’m not sure I know what to say, but it didn’t seem appropriate to let this momentous occasion pass without saying something. Whether it’s boredom of blogging, or boredom with cancer that has led … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Clear On Cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, Cancer, Cricket, Health, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Saddleworth, Springhead, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Liver, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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12.12.12
Here we are again ! A number of things have contributed to the lengthy period since my last entry. I am sorry to report that after a long illness my laptop eventually died. Don’t worry, it’s been a long illness … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Clear On Cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, Cancer, chemotherapy, CT scan, Garden Birds, Health, Liver, Loperamide, Manchester, Matlock, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, MRI SCAN, Oldham, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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The Brown Envelope
Everything was ticking along nicely, enjoying the freedom from chemo and feeling better every day. Then I decided on a day out last Monday, followed by a late night Tuesday watching the US election results as they came in. The … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Clear On Cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, Cancer, CEA Levels, chemotherapy, CT scan, Health, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, oxaliplatin, Peripheral Neuropathy, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, CEA Test, Chemotherapy, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Peripheral neuropathy, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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Please Place The Item In The Bag
I awoke reasonably early in anticipation of the day ahead. District nurse then a mad rush to the hospital to get my tooth extracted. I was sitting up in bed thinking how I was going to brush my teeth without … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Clear On Cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, chemotherapy, Co-Op, Health, Hickman line, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Rochdale, Saddleworth, Springhead, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, Springhead
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All Systems Go
There always seems to be a parking space outside the vintage shop, which is both convenient and expensive. Convenient because of the parking space, expensive because I always end up buying something from the shop. Today it was another jacket, … Continue reading →
Posted in Alt-J, Avastin, Be Clear On Cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, Cancer, chemotherapy, CT scan, Health, Hickman line, Jessie Ware, Liver, Manchester, Mercury Prize, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, MRI SCAN, Music, Oldham, Plan B, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Macabees, Uncategorized, Uppermill, Vintage
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Tagged Alt-J, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Jessie Ware, Liver, Macabees, Manchester, Mercury Prize, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, MRI Scan, Oldham, Plan B, Saddleworth, Springhead
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Here it Is
OK OK, I know it’s been a while. I’m up at stupid o’clock to write this. It’s not the lack of things to write about, my mind has been working overtime in that department, it’s the lack of will to … Continue reading →
Posted in Avastin, Be Clear On Cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, chemotherapy, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, BUPA Great Birmingham Run, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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