Life– Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. We [myself and Gail] have co-owned 65 cars together. Gail’s current daily, a sexy 595 Abarth is ‘Reynolds’ car number 63. The maintenance and administration of our cars is exclusively my domain. Over time I have built a close circleContinue reading “Time to Sell”
Tag Archives: cancer
Sick Note Me
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. I don’t usually post, specificity, regarding my own medical conditions. However, as many of my ‘closest’ will read my blogs it can be an effective way of keeping people up-to-date. It does feel a tad impersonal, this way, andContinue reading “Sick Note Me”
The Age of Entitlement?
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. There has be much in the news and extending social ether lately about the recent, widespread, UK riots, looting and violent disorder triggered by the shocking and horrifying murders and stabbings in such an unlikely location, Southport, Merseyside. AContinue reading “The Age of Entitlement?”
Scan Season
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Living / Dying with/of Cancer Scan Blood Test Consultation Twenty-third of December Two-thousand and fifteen, what will be, nine years ago this Christmas, I was informed by my GP that I ‘probably’ had prostate cancer. My world changed. MuchContinue reading “Scan Season”
Sixty-five
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Tuesday, 14th May 2024. I awake. It is less than a week to my sixty-fifth birthday. How do I feel about being 65? Health wise [cancer]? About life in general [the state of our fucked up world]? Being 65Continue reading “Sixty-five”
1 in 2
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. 1 in 2 – not great odds? An ‘average’ family of four, two adults, two children? Two from four will contract cancer within their lifetime. That phone call, that conversation. As a parent, the most horrific, devastating news youContinue reading “1 in 2”
Motivation
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. The things that motivate us push us toward new heights and inspire us to keep going during challenging times. For many a cancer diagnosis is time to reflect on what they value most in life and to focus timeContinue reading “Motivation”
Dapagliflozin
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Results day My first results since getting back from a long, six weeks in Australia. CT scans – Abdomen, Pelvis, Chest, Thorax. Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test. I have been on immune system suppressant injections for several months sinceContinue reading “Dapagliflozin”
Retirement
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Retirement is the withdrawal from one’s position or occupation or from one’s active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload. Retirement is ranked 10th on the list of life’s 43 most stressful events. Some peopleContinue reading “Retirement”
Glastonbury in the Sunshine. No Place Like it on Earth
Life– Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation, Hope. Love. Peace – Death. 2023 – My 13th Glastonbury, 13? lucky for some? 100% I got to go to my happiest of happy places once again but this time with a significant twist. Normally, I would do Glasto with my tribe, my Glastonbury posse. The tribe has diminished in recent years, from 7 at its peak toContinue reading “Glastonbury in the Sunshine. No Place Like it on Earth”
Dying to Live 