Health Update
Aside from its normal content of security and the locksmithing trade, this blog was interrupted for a couple of years back in 2011/12 during my “battle” with throat cancer. (Although…
Read moreScan Results
My throat cancer therapy check-up scans are now eighteen months apart. I had one the other day. A PET-CT. All clear. Hooray! The PET (positron emission tracks glucose uptake and…
Read moreEven More Catching Up
What else needs updating regarding the throat cancer recovery … There were a couple of surprises. After a routine blood test, I had a call from the family doctor saying…
Read moreMore Catching Up
So, what else needs updating regarding the throat cancer recovery … Eventually the RIG tube came out, thank goodness. I’d seen the speech therapist a couple of times, as apparently…
Read moreHow The Others Faired
During the “throat cancer” year that I’ve just finished describing, I was very aware of anyone else with throat cancer. It’s impossible to find out what happened to the other…
Read moreUpdate
I’ve come to the end of the diary. As you probably know, these last few months’ posts have been from the past. But I’ve reached the end of the diagnosis…
Read moreThirtieth Blast
Last dose of radiation today. I’d say ‘Phew!” if I could say anything. My throat is pretty painful inside and out now, with the musositis as the revolting icing on…
Read moreNil By Mouth
I’m not eating anything now. Everything is going in through the feeding tube. They were right about the RIG tube. It’s a good thing that it was put in back…
Read moreA Bit Of Burning
Back at the start of this course of treatment the radiation department gave me some gel strips. The idea is that they soak up cold water and ease any burning…
Read moreStruck Dumb – Nearly
This mucositis is pretty awful. One of my kids has been kindly coming upstairs each evening to keep me company watching an episode from one of our boxed sets of…
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