The Bag for Life 

Following on from the first part of my journey exploring what the side effects of chemotherapy are and what they are actually like. I...

I often get asked what having chemo is really like, and my reply is consistent: the chemo itself is actually quite manageable. After 68...

So, my dear chums, a new year is already upon us and can you believe it, we are already in February. Not sure where January went, but hey...

Well, my dear chums, here we are and today was my first day back at chemo, having missed my last one and a half chemo sessions, which is...

Well, my dear chums! Today is a landmark day in the life and times of myself, for today is the day that I attend the Rigby unit at...

It was good while it lasted, I have to say, but it did not last long. My wonderful oncologist, Doctor Peter, had agreed to give me a...

So, here I am, my dear friends. It is 02.45 on Thursday July 22. The daily temperatures have been record-breaking for 5 days solid and...

It is a strange quirk of fate how we find ourselves drawn to music of different sorts. No rhyme or reason as to what we might like or...

Truth be told, some days are frankly a bit frightening on this journey with cancer. And in truth, 9 days out of 10, I never bat an eye...

Monday, May 3rd, 2021 saw me celebrating my 61st birthday on a day that witnessed some truly wild and inclement weather. Part of me...

So, picture the scene: it's a lovely hot April evening and I am doing a spot of shopping in my usual supermarket. All is good. I've just...

So, here we are, a day or two after the bank holiday that has celebrated the resurrection of Christ. For me, if honest, I have in the...

So, here I am. It's been a long time, or so it seems, since I last wrote a blog. My world got turned upside down again on February 2nd,...

Time spent with dear friends who are supporting my third battle with cancer is absolutely priceless.

At the beginning of February 2021, I found out that my level 4a bowel cancer had returned for a third time. This was a tough blow, but as...

There is a classic line in literature that says: it was the best of times and it was the worst of times. Yes, you get points if you know...

I've had a stoma since September 2018, when I was unexpectedly diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer and had to undergo emergency surgery....

2 weeks ago I was diagnosed with bowel cancer for the third time. This week, I started back on the chemotherapy and medication regime.

The Bag for Life saga continues with the very recent news that cancer has returned in 2 places and yet again, I find myself on the eve of...

Before I was diagnosed with level 4a bowel cancer in September 2018, it would be fair to say that if truth be told, I was not a huge fan...