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Austin Birks
Dec 29, 20193 min read
Ho, ho, ho, The Force is Strong With This One. Aka: The Real Spirit of Christmas
So, what a great Christmas that was! And indeed, the festive season continues in full flow. It is, without doubt, a wonderful but strange...
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Austin Birks
Dec 27, 20191 min read
Austin's Week: Christmas 2019
The weather on Christmas morning was wonderful in the Clent Hills, so Yvi and I went for a little walk and decided to do a short...
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Austin Birks
Dec 24, 20194 min read
I am dreaming of a white (blood cells) Christmas
Before I was unwittingly enrolled into the cancer club, it is fair to say that I really did not have a clue about, well frankly, anything...
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Austin Birks
Dec 11, 20194 min read
Fluorescent Socks, The New Black
I've always loved music, from an early age. Indeed, I can recall when I was about 13 and had been working as a washer upper in a Wimpy...
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Austin Birks
Dec 9, 20194 min read
Living in a Box
So, here we are again. It is 01:56 on a Sunday morning. I’m watching some film about USA special forces, as they like to say, “kicking...
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Austin Birks
Dec 5, 20191 min read
Austin's Week - 05 December 2019: A New Chemo Regime
I've had an eventful week. After having a portacath fitted, I started my new chemo regime of Cetuximab and FOLFIRI. The side effects have...
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Austin Birks
Nov 26, 20192 min read
Woop, woop, disco duck! And portacath!
Today Austin had a small procedure to fit him with a portacath. He also received some exciting news I wanted to share!
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Austin Birks
Nov 20, 20193 min read
A Bag Is For Life Not Just For Christmas
When I was in hospital recovering from the life-saving surgery that saved my life, when a tumor the size of the surgeon's fist was...
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Austin Birks
Nov 15, 20193 min read
Riders on the Stom...a
Not only a classic tune from The Doors in the sixties, but I thought a fitting title for my next stoma bag related ramblings. Living with...
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Austin Birks
Nov 13, 20192 min read
It's a Stoma in a Teacup
One of the great ironies, and at the same time, benefits of owning a stoma bag, is the sense of liberation that you acquire after you...
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Austin Birks
Nov 10, 20191 min read
Austin's Week - Video Diary for 10th November 2019
Following the launch of the new website last week I thought that it might be interesting to keep a little video diary about living life...
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Austin Birks
Nov 6, 20194 min read
Any Port In A Storm...a
One of the rather strange consequences of having level 4a stage bowel cancer, is that depending on your severity, sadly sometimes it...
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