LFG BQ

'Only three rounds left? Ah, you'll be fine mate!'  That’s something I’ve heard a few times lately. I get it, it’s been a long period of time for everyone, and I think there’s definitely an element of cancer fatigue - not just for me but for everyone around me. I’ve said before, it’s all encompassing. And I guess we could consider me to be as close to ‘fine’ now as I have been for while.  But with that said, it’s all relative. 18 months ago I was about as ‘fine’ as I could be. New house, settled job, happy relationship, fit and healthy. Now ‘fine’ consists of only having two rounds of chemo to go, only having 26 days until I can hopefully get the 38cm line removed from my chest and not waking up every  night in the two week cycle needing the toilet like I’m in my 70’s.  (Sometimes I get up three or four times a night and I simply do not understand how or why! It's not like I'm drinking a pint between each piss). The reality is despite being in remission and, in ef...

Today is World Cancer Day. I’m a new member, do I get a badge or a pen perhaps? As I’ve said before on these pages I knew naively little about the big C before my diagnosis. I think that was due to a mixture of being lucky enough to only know a handful of people to suffer from it, far belying the 1 in 2 stats, as well as just simply burying my head in the sand. It couldn’t happen to me, could it? Guess what Benny Boy, it definitely could. I thought today was as good a time as any to go through what I’ve learned over the past year - because that’s what it is now, a full year since my first appointment at the doctors for my itchy legs.  First things first - go to the doctors. I know it can be a ball ache getting an appointment and often a heady mix of worry and embarrassment but I can pretty much guarantee you the doctors will have seen whatever your ailment is before. And if they haven’t then boy, it’s probably even more important that you see them! Secondly, don’t take no for an an...