Week 6 – Chemo

  Another Week Done – and more drugs injected and destroying this tumour! I am now coming to terms with my “New Normal”. It is normal that I potentially am not going to sleep much after each chemotherapy, I am going to have aches throughout my body, I am going to...

To marry, or not to marry??

On the 6th August 2021 – my girlfriend Laura hijacked her surprise birthday party that I had organised, and chose that moment to propose to me. I was in complete shock as we had always said that I would propose, but then again, Laura never really sticks to a plan or...

Week 5 – Chemo

  Another round of chemotherapy done today! Glad I am getting through them, and I am generally in and out within a few hours. Some of the others are here pretty much all day getting their chemotherapy, so I am one of the lucky ones! Had a tough week this week,...

CT Scan

Just 7 days after I had asked my doctor, I had my CT scan appointment at Poole Hospital. I couldn’t believe how quickly I was seen! It was strange going to the hospital and going to a completely different wing. For the last month I had been going to oncology twice a...

Now that’s a close shave!!

Since chemo, this week has been one of the tougher ones. I believe it is down to having the Carboplatin, and having to take extra steroids this week, so my body has been aching non-stop, my insomnia is worse, and the heartburn has increased. Due to this, I have spent...