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Tag Archives: Macmillan Nurses
Nearly…but not quite
In the last few months I have tried many times to publish a blog, as you will have gathered, to no avail. The longer time has gone on, the more it has become clear to me that I just cannot … Continue reading →
Posted in Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Health, Manchester, Oldham, Saddleworth, The Christie, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Festivals, Glastonbury, Liver, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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I’m On Fire
I thought I might try and bang one out while I can, despite battling with a keyboard that has been bathed in orange juice (with bits !). In a way it’s slowed me down which is good because I don’t … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Clear On Cancer, Be Loud Be Clear, Beating Bowel Cancer, Blur, Bono, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, Bruce Springsteen, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, chemotherapy, Colorectal Cancer, Constipation, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Dexamethasone, Drug trials, Festivals, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Goring-by-Sea, Health, Liver, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Music, Never2Young, Oldham, OxyNorm, Palliative Care, Pleural Tumour, Portal Vein thrombosis, Pyramid Stage, Saddleworth, Springhead, Stage 4 cancer, Steroids, Terminal Cancer, The Christie, U2
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Dexamethasone, Festivals, Glastonbury, Liver, Macmillan Nurses, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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Sunday Supplement
This blog was supposed to be getting easier, just a few words, music and photos, but such is the nature of cancer, it’s not going to let me. I should’ve kept my mouth shut saying everything seemed to be settling … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Clear On Cancer, Be Loud Be Clear, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, BUPA Great Birmingham Run, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Constipation, Dexamethasone, Dr. Kershaws, Drug trials, Fentanyl, Health, Hospice care, Just Giving, Liver, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Music, Never2Young, Oldham, Palliative Care, Pleural Tumour, Pregablin, Saddleworth, Springhead, Stage 4 cancer, Steroids, Terminal Cancer, The Christie Charity, The Stranglers
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, BUPA Great Birmingham Run, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Dexamethasone, Liver, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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It’s All Over
I suppose if I’d have given it any thought I could have predicted it would happen. Not the timing though, that was completely unexpected. I’d had a crap day, but it wasn’t that bad. Nothing that would leave me in … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Clear On Cancer, Be Loud Be Clear, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, BUPA Great Birmingham Run, Cancer, CAVA research study, Cava trial, chemotherapy, colonoscopy, Colorectal Cancer, Dev Patel, Health, Liver, Liver resection, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, MRI SCAN, Music, Never2Young, Nicholas Hoult, Oldham, Palliative Care, Saddleworth, Skins series 1, Springhead, Stage 4 cancer, Steroids, T in the Park, The Broken Family Band, The Christie, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, BUPA Great Birmingham Run, Cancer, Chemotherapy, colonoscopy, Liver, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, The Christie
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Me Me Me
There’s no stopping me now, I’m on a roll. After a couple of months silence I’m out to make up for lost time…or time I haven’t got maybe. I’ve made an executive decision also, all future blog entries will be … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Clear On Cancer, Be Loud Be Clear, Beating Bowel Cancer, Birds Cakes, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, BUPA Great Birmingham Run, Buxton, Cancer, chemotherapy, Colorectal Cancer, Dads Flag, Dr. Kershaws, Festivals, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Glossop, Goring-by-Sea, Health, Hospice care, Just Giving, Liver resection, Macmillan Nurses, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Morphine, MRI SCAN, Muse, Never2Young, Oldham, Origin of Symmetry, Palliative Care, Pyramid Stage, radiotherapy, Reading Festival, Saddleworth, Showbiz, Springhead, Stage 4 cancer, Steroids, T in the Park, Terminal Cancer, The Christie, Uncategorized, Valium, Worthing, Y_Not Festival
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, BUPA Great Birmingham Run, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Dr Kershaws, Festivals, Glastonbury, Hospice care, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, MRI Scan, Muse, Oldham, Saddleworth, T in the Park, The Christie
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HOW DO YOU FOLLOW THAT ?
I’m not sure you can really, it all seems a little over dramatic to me, life goes on as it did before. Once I had spoken to everyone who needed to be spoken to, everything went back to the normal … Continue reading →
Posted in Adrenal Tumour, Be Loud Be Clear, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, BUPA Great Birmingham Run, Cancer, chemotherapy, Colorectal Cancer, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Health, Just Giving, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Morrissey, MRI SCAN, Music, Oldham, Palliative Care, Pleural Tumour, Radiohead, radiotherapy, Saddleworth, Stage 4 cancer, Steroids, Terminal Cancer, The Christie, The Christie Charity, The Smiths, Worthing
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, BUPA Great Birmingham Run, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Festivals, Glastonbury, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Saddleworth, The Christie, The Stone Roses
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Normal Service Will Resume Shortly
Now then, where were we? Before we were so rudely interrupted The longer the absence has gone on the harder it has become to rectify. If thought recognition software were available I’m sure I’d have dealt with this ages ago, … Continue reading →
Posted in Be Loud Be Clear, Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, chemotherapy, colonoscopy, Colorectal Cancer, CT scan, Drug trials, Festivals, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Health, Hepatectomy, Liver, Liver resection, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Palliative Care, radiotherapy, Stage 4 cancer, Steroids, The Christie, The Christie Charity
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Festivals, Glastonbury, Liver, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Saddleworth, Steroids, 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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Sweet Dreams
That’s another one crossed off, not quite so quick this time, but seven days isn’t bad. By the time the anaesthetic had worn off and wires and tubes removed, I was ready to come home. Well in my mind anyway. … Continue reading →
Posted in Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Bowel Cancer UK, Cancer, Collapsed Lung, Colorectal Cancer, Glastonbury, Health, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Morphine, Oldham, Patient Controlled Analgesia, PCA, pneumothorax, Posterolateral Thoracotomy, Saddleworth, Springhead, Thoracotomy, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Festivals, Glastonbury, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Posterolateral Thoracotomy, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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Rain Hats, Old Hats and Lost Hats
The dust seems to have settled and the reality of being home is, well, hitting home. It’s been a over a week now and whilst there have been some hurdles, in general everything seems positive. Perhaps the worst and most … Continue reading →
Posted in Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer UK, Cancer, chemotherapy, Festivals, Glastonbury, Health, Imperial War Museum North, Kendal Calling, Liver, Manchester, Morphine, Oldham, OxyNorm, pneumothorax, Saddleworth, Salford Quays, Springhead, Stockport Hat Museum, Uncategorized
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Tagged Beating Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Festivals, Glastonbury, Kendal Calling, Liver, Macmillan Nurses, Manchester, Metastatic Bowel Cancer, Oldham, Saddleworth, Springhead, The Christie
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