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Stent and Chemo 6 update

A lot… an awful lot… has happened since my last post. And, yes, a lot of what has happened has been awful. Not physically awful like my reaction to that anti-biotic, but emotionally and mentally awful. Because, while November and December were replete with signs that I was getting steadily better and better (including a […]

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My stent stint

Recent weeks have seen a heartening increase in the number of inquiries about how I’m doing – and the number of good wishes coming by email, post and via parents and siblings. They, along with the many offers of treatments from friends and colleagues, are all very much appreciated. In time I will get back […]

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Low LDH eclipsed by a kidney

Wednesday 16th, just as I was beginning to revel in new found feelings of body strength, physical energy and emotional confidence, I received a phone call that shattered me. It was my oncologist following up on the previous week’s CAT Scan results (I call this CAT 2, with CAT 1 having been conducted back in […]

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Going well. But please don’t stop.

The requests for updates are heartening. It’s good to know so many of you are concerned and thinking of my well-being from places as distant as Germany, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Poland and South Africa as well as from both the UK and, of course, Ireland LDH TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION My most recent […]

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Cancer Chemo Follicular Lymphoma Medicine Uncategorized Wellness

Hello Cancer

Never figured it would happen to me. But it has. In June I was diagnosed with Follicular Lymphoma – a slow-progressing form of cancer that I might have had developing for perhaps 3 years (based on some symptoms). Or maybe even 15 years (based on some other symptoms). No one knows. Things came to a […]