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Category Archives: The Christie
What A Marathon
News reports on the Boston Marathon this week reminded me it’s 12 months since I had the second of my lung operations. It was the night before my op as I listened to the radio trying to drop off to … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Bowel Cancer UK, Brody Dalle, Cancer, CAVA research study, Cava trial, cetuximab, charities, chemotherapy, Colorectal Cancer, CT scan, Festivals, Fluorouracil, Folinic acid, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Health, Hickman line, irinotecan, Lift The Lid, Liver, Manchester, Manchester Academy 2, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Never Too Young, Never2Young, North Manchester General Hospital, Oldham, oxaliplatin, Peggy Sue Band, Picc Line, Port-a-cath, Portacath, Saddleworth, Silent Radio, The Christie, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Festivals, Glastonbury, Lift The Lid, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Saddleworth, The Christie
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The C List
You can’t understand how much I don’t want to be doing this. I don’t really know what I’m supposed to be writing,and I’m not even sure why I’m writing it in the first place. It’s become everything I didn’t want … Continue reading →
Posted in Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, Cancer, chemotherapy, Collapsed Lung, Colorectal Cancer, CT scan, Fentanyl, Health, Hepatectomy, Laprascopic surgery, Liver, Liver resection, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, North Manchester General Hospital, Oldham, pneumothorax, Posterolateral Thoracotomy, Rachel Bown, radiotherapy, Springhead, Stage 4 cancer, The C List, The Christie, Thoracotomy, Uncategorized, Video Assisted Thorasic Surgery
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, PET CT Scan, Rachel Bown, Saddleworth, The C List, The Christie
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Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area
After almost 36 hours of continuous sleep I thought I’d better drag myself out of bed. I’d been dreaming of Bakewell Tarts for some reason. I could elaborate on how the latest mixture of morphine has been affecting my sleep … Continue reading →
Posted in Bakewell Tart, Be Clear On Cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, CT scan, Fentanyl, Health, Hepatectomy, Liver, Liver resection, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Morphine, MRI SCAN, Oldham, PET CT SCAN, Saddleworth, Stage 4 cancer, The Christie, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, MRI Scan, PET CT Scan, Saddleworth
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You Shall Go To The Ball
Another, wet dreary miserable Sunday afternoon. I shouldn’t complain, considering the terrible weather and flooding in the south west. It’s a scenario I do not find difficult to imagine, many times I’ve stood at the top of Glastonbury Tor, gazing … Continue reading →
Posted in Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Cider Bus, Co-Op, Colorectal Cancer, Constipation, CT scan, Fentanyl, Festivals, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury Tor, Health, Liver, Liver resection, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Michael Eavis, Morphine, MRI SCAN, Music, Oldham, Oramorph, OxyNorm, Palliative Care, Pilton, Pregablin, Saddleworth, Somerset Levels, Springhead, Stage 4 cancer, The Christie, Uncategorized, Worthy Farm
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Festivals, Glastonbury, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, MRI Scan, Oldham, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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I’m Okay…
…or is it ok ? I know the difference is important to some people. I’m finding it increasingly easier to say I’m ok rather than try and explain to people the reasons why I’m not. ‘Oh you’re looking well’. For … Continue reading →
Posted in Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, chemotherapy, Health, Manchester, Oldham, The Christie, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, colonoscopy, Liver, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, Snow, Springhead, The Christie
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No ‘Summer Holiday’
Well here we are again. I say ‘we’, it’s me of course, I’m on my own for this one, nobody else can stand in for me. I’m sitting at home waiting for the call that tells me a bed is … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Clear On Cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, Cancer, chemotherapy, Cliff Richard, Collapsed Lung, Colorectal Cancer, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Health, Hepatectomy, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, North Manchester General Hospital, Oldham, Pneumonia, pneumothorax, Posterolateral Thoracotomy, Saddleworth, Summer Holiday, The Christie, The Villagers, Thoracotomy, Uncategorized, Video Assisted Thorasic Surgery, Warpaint
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Cliff Richard, Festivals, Glastonbury, Liver, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, The Christie
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Where Did I Put That Bag ?
Any moment now I’m going to press the ‘publish’ button.’m not even going to proof read it, so apologies in advance. It’s taken me a week to get this far and I can’t put it off any longer. There’s another … Continue reading →
Posted in Bowel Cancer, Cancer, chemotherapy, Collapsed Lung, colonoscopy, Colorectal Cancer, CT scan, Festivals, gardening, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Health, Just Giving, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, MRI SCAN, Oldham, oxaliplatin, Peripheral Neuropathy, PET CT SCAN, Pneumonia, pneumothorax, Saddleworth, The Christie, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, BUPA Great Birmingham Run, Cancer, Chemotherapy, colonoscopy, Festivals, Glastonbury, Liver, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Peripheral neuropathy, PET CT Scan, The Christie
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The Sweary Blog
F8#k s @#t bo@**$%s, that’s all the sweary words you’re going to get out of me. It’s not big and it’s not clever. If you looked purely because of the title I guess this is where you leave. Unless of … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Loud Be Clear, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, Cancer, chemotherapy, colonoscopy, Colorectal Cancer, CT scan, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Health, Liver, Manchester, Manchester Blog Awards, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, MRI SCAN, Oldham, PET CT SCAN, radiotherapy, Saddleworth, The Christie
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Tagged Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, colonoscopy, Glastonbury, Liver, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, MRI Scan, PET CT Scan, The Christie
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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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Tickets, Trolleys and Trauma
I had nodded off again after waking to take my tablets and imbibe the usual cup of black coffee in the morning. My level of consciousness is directly related to how interesting the guests on The Wright Stuff are. Nodding … Continue reading →
Posted in Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Collapsed Lung, Colorectal Cancer, CT scan, Festivals, Glastonbury, Health, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Morphine, Music, Oldham, OxyNorm, pneumothorax, Royal Oldham Hospital, Saddleworth, The Christie, Thoracotomy, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Festivals, Glastonbury, Macmillan Nurses, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, PET CT Scan, Saddleworth, The Christie
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