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So it begins
5th April 2025 Greetings all. Whilst I was sitting on the toilet this morning wondering why there wasn’t a towel to dry my hands on, it occurred to me that I hadn’t done a health update recently. I will rectify this forthwith. My ‘new’ liver is doing very well and other than a recent virus…
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Time well spent
7th May Quick update as promised. My first consultant appointment on Tuesday, for my colorectal cancer, was a waste of time. Spent over an hour waiting for my appointment, having to endure listening to daytime TV! The mental state of someone who voluntarily watches it… anyway, my hospital hadn’t done the referral correctly, hadn’t sent…
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To many medics spoil the cure
11th June Health update. I believe I threatened you all with an update on my current medical predicaments. If you have some wet paint you wish to watch dry then it may be more interesting than the following. In the past 19 days I have been up and down to King’s (Maidstone once) more often…
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Land of confusion
24th June Health update No.2 I have just received the following from King’s which, I think, concisely summarises my current position. “Dear Patient, Your Screening appointment (via phone) has been arranged for the 09/07/2025 at 09.20am, however this not a fixed time and you may be called earlier or later depending on the nurses’ schedule,…
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For whom the bell tolls
2nd July Health update No. 3 Yes it’s me again. Subject to what does, doesn’t, may do or may not happen following my 9th July phone, face to face, video or telephone appointment/non-appointment, I have a date with Mr Haq (the surgeon with a firm handshake) and his scalpel on Thursday 17th July. If I…
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Tube talk
22nd July As I sit here in South East London I thought what could be more appropriate than a tube update (and other things). So then, I have had my CT scan and the gastrointestinal tract seems very well. In particular, they were very happy with the anastomosis. Deb and Emily will confirm that it…
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Hopeful
19th August Hello all, Annoyingly this won’t be my last health update. I popped up to King’s today. Histology of the bit they cut out of me does some show some localised spreading of the cancer and they found cancer cells in four of the 13 lymph nodes they removed. The good news is that…
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The end of the beginning
16th September Hello all. Yes, another health update. Maidstone & Tunbridge Hospital obviously doesn’t like me as they have, again, refused me! Someone obviously has a red reject stamp especially for me. I’m now being dealt with at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ (now that name is an excellent demonstration on how to use the apostrophe).…