Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death In 2025, the focus for cancer vaccines is on continued clinical trials, particularly for personalised mRNA vaccines and therapeutic vaccines. The NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad is fast-tracking patients with head and neck cancer into an mRNA vaccine trial using technology to train theContinue reading “NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad”
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Holly Butcher (1990 – 2018)
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. I recently read a blog by a young woman, Holly Butcher, who has now died aged 27 from cancer. She was offering her ‘final piece of life advice’ — written the day before she died. It caused me toContinue reading “Holly Butcher (1990 – 2018)”
Sick Note Me
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. [As] my cancer has spread (metastasised) to 5 other areas, including my lungs, I completed a month, 4 weeks, 20 days (with weekends off), Radiation Therapy. At the same time commencing, for the first time, Hormone Treatment. After anContinue reading “Sick Note Me”
Radiation Therapy
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Radiation therapy, also known as radiotherapy, is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy rays, like X-rays, to kill cancer cells and shrink tumours, either alone or in combination with other treatments e.g. hormone drugs, chemotherapy even surgery. Radiation therapyContinue reading “Radiation Therapy”
It’s a Marathon not a Sprint
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Fighting [living with] cancer is absolutely physically exhausting, and mentally devastating not just for the person but for those close to them. Knowing it will never, fully, be beaten, but rather, how long will you be able to outrunContinue reading “It’s a Marathon not a Sprint”
Athazagoraphobia
Life– Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death The fear of not being remembered, Athazagoraphobia. It’s a specific phobia characterized by an [intense] anxiety about being forgotten [or losing one’s memories], often stemming from concerns about mortality or the passage of time [drawing nearer to the end ofContinue reading “Athazagoraphobia”
Good Luck
Life– Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death I woke up. Nothing unusual, my night-time pain meds had worn off and I needed to pee. It was still dark outside. I knew it was early, too early to get up, I’m guessing 6.00am ish? I am good atContinue reading “Good Luck”
Yippee Ki Yay Mother Fuckers
Life– Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death I have been juggling with heart issues for a while now. At first I thought I was imagining it? An extra breath or two after climbing stairs? An extra wheeze or two when washing the car? Or, it might be related toContinue reading “Yippee Ki Yay Mother Fuckers”
The ‘NHS’ Wheels Turn Slowly
Life– Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Sick Note Me – Medical Update Advanced Prostate Cancer – Advanced to Lungs/other organs (Awaiting Further Scans to inform new treatment plan moving forward). Chronic Diabetes – Diabetic Neuropathy- Feet/legs Chronic Psoriasis/Eczema – Biweekly Immunosuppressant Injections Coronary Artery Disease – Mild MitralContinue reading “The ‘NHS’ Wheels Turn Slowly”
My Last (ever) Glastonbury?
Life– Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Glastonbury 2025 Ticket Sale Sunday. A hapless nervous, Saturday night sleep. Fitful, despite, reassuring, alarms, “but what if I sleep in”? Glasto Tickets Sale – Always a tense affair. All or nothing, reward or not? Ecstatic if successful and devastation if not.Continue reading “My Last (ever) Glastonbury?”
Dying to Live 