Bernard is banished
April 21, 2020
Hopefully the last we see of the bowel cancer. … More Bernard is banished
Category: Bowel Cancer
Back to the river
April 20, 2020
Finally, after almost three weeks, I made it to the river. … More Back to the river
An Awfully Big Adventure
April 17, 2020
My first tentative photo walk for two weeks. … More An Awfully Big Adventure
Status update
April 15, 2020
So far so good in my post bowel cancer op recovery. … More Status update
Bernard gets real
April 1, 2020
The op is happening – tomorrow! … More Bernard gets real
And not forgetting Bernard…
March 29, 2020
A general update on where I am with the cancer, and how we’re doing under lock down. … More And not forgetting Bernard…
Bernard’s non biopsy
March 12, 2020
More red herrings, and writing again, yay! … More Bernard’s non biopsy
Bernard takes a twist
February 25, 2020
A surprising turn, but not in a good way… … More Bernard takes a twist
Scanning Bernard
February 20, 2020
Finally in for the PET-CT scan today! … More Scanning Bernard
Aaaaaargh!!
February 11, 2020
Bernard may now not be +1 after all – or he might still be… … More Aaaaaargh!!
Bernard +1
February 4, 2020
I spoke too soon – Bernard now has a little friend… … More Bernard +1
Again with the shorts
February 4, 2020
Back at Yeovil District Hospital, this time for another flexible sigmoidoscopy to remove the polyp they found what seems like an age ago now. It’s a very minor routine, compared to what is to come, which requires a self-administered enema, and the wearing of the special shorts, the ones with the gap at the back. … More Again with the shorts
Pointless pre-assessment with an unexpected benefit
January 31, 2020
For some reason I had an appointment for an anaesthetic pre-assessment today, even though no operation has yet been scheduled, presumably because they hadn’t had the results of Monday’s MRI. But I went along anyway, hoping they did have the results, and the ‘simple’ bowel op had been scheduled, meaning the liver spot was no … More Pointless pre-assessment with an unexpected benefit
Scanning Bernard
January 27, 2020
MRI first thing this morning, which are never fun. To be fair it’s only my second, the first was a head and neck one a few years ago when they were trying to work out whether or not I had Meniers Disease – I didn’t, it turned out, just a junior version called BPPV, a … More Scanning Bernard
The stages of Bernard
January 25, 2020
Some kind of good news – unless the liver spot does turn out to be cancerous, the official stage that Bernard’s at is T3N0, which means he’s quite big (2-3cm) but hasn’t spread to the lymph nodes, so officially Stage 2. For more on staging go here: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/what-is-cancer/stages-of-cancer#tnm So the MRI on Monday will show … More The stages of Bernard
Beating Bernard
January 24, 2020
A very ordinary cancer, as my wife jokingly calls it, because she’s near the end of three months of tonsil cancer treatment, which is much more special, obviously. … More Beating Bernard
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