Friday, January 18, 2019

Bringing It All Back

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How strange it is that I decided to get rid of all my old paperwork and notes about my illness.  Well, I say get rid of, what I mean is that...
Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Twelve Years Ago Today

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Yes, it's been twelve eventful years since that day that I arrived at my Hotel and went to the toilet, only to discover that I was urina...
Thursday, June 07, 2018

A Qualified All Clear

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I have to say that hydrating for a few days beforehand and using arnica seems to work in lessening the after effects of the flexible cystosc...
Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Creeping Up On You

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It does that, every now and then you get a blast of depression, not the huge overwhelming stuff you had years ago but a sort of deep-seated ...
Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Infrequent Posts - Just a memory now

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Bladder Cancer is just a memory now and I suppose I only think about things two or three times a year - normally around scope check up time ...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Goes the day well - another clean bill of health

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Well that was good.  A later appointment meant that I dosed myself up with Paracetamol and ibuprofen before heading off to the Hospital and ...
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Friday, July 21, 2017

Sixty - Not Out

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I had a few moments to myself this morning and realised that I'd not put anything on this blog for a while and I hadn't marked my ...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Clearly a Delay - but still ALL Clear

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It's always great to hear your Consultant saying "good, good, that's good... Yes, All clear!"  However the last time I hea...
Saturday, July 02, 2016

Hard to Believe - TEN years today

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Ten years ago today I presented with the classic symptoms of Bladder Cancer and my life changed forever. Within weeks I had life saving su...
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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Cancer - Some interesting information

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I know that Mercola isn't everyone's "cup of tea" but there are some real nuggets of information that come out and this on...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

ALL CLEAR - Third False Positive - Blood Pressure Normal - What Can I Say?

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Pleased but what a horrible couple of weeks.  My Blood Pressure was truly off the scale even after medication but (not surprisingly) as they...
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Ten Minutes to the Off

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Ten minutes until we head off to Hospital.  After the pre-assessment pointed out I had high Blood Pressure I had to arrange to get meds to s...
Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Assessment and Operation Days set

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OK so I have to go to the Pre-assessment this Thursday at 3.  Of course it is in the Hospital with no real Car Park!  How can they have rebu...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Mixed Results

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Now this has happened before so I'm not overly concerned apart from the whole going back through the procedure all over again. The mix...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

Judgement Day

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That was nice, got a call to book the appointment although they then changed the date but an early one this time 08:15 and back at the Priva...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Where's all the time gone?

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It's been a long time since I wrote here.  All is well, I feel good and I'm getting on with my life.  Today, for the first time in a...
Tuesday, July 07, 2015

I missed that

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For the first time in a long time I've realised that I'd forgotten the date that I first showed signs of Bladder Cancer (it was the ...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

All Clear Once Again - Delighted With Progress

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It is amazing to think that It's been almost 9 years since I was diagnosed.  I went back today to that same Hospital (the first time sin...
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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Surprised that it's been so long

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My word, it's been 3 months since my last posting here.  To say I've been somewhat busy is an understatement but life's changed ...
Friday, January 30, 2015

Is It Really That Long? Anniversary and a Sad Day

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It is 1 year and 2 days since I moved out of the old house.  I didn't think I'd be here for a year but here I am and there's lit...